John McMullen

John McMullen is the NFL Insider for JAKIB Media and contributes Eagles and NFL coverage for SI.com. You can listen to John every Monday and Friday on SIRIUSXM’s Tony Bruno Show with Harry Mayes, every Tuesday and Thursday with Eytan Shander on SBNation Radio, and daily on your favorite podcast platform for “Extending the Play.” A South Jersey native, John has covered the NFL and NBA for over two decades. He lives with his wife and best friend, Isabella, the Beagle Bulldog who often chimes in with her own opinions on-air.

You can reach him at jmcmullen44@gmail.com or on Twitter @JFMcMullen .

October 25, 2021

Opinion

John McMullen: Eagles coaching staff is facing mounting questions — both internally and externally

by John McMullen

There was always some danger involved with Jeffrey Lurie’s decision to pluck Nick Sirianni out of relative obscurity to be the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles. Some of that danger was revealed during and after the team’s ugly 33-22 setback to the Raiders in Sin City on Sunday to drop to 2-5 on the season.

October 15, 2021

Opinion

John McMullen: Eagles' 'Second City' offense needs more structure to succeed

by John McMullen

Every NFL pressbox has a seating chart and mixed in among the reporters and team personnel is a group of advanced scouts getting a first-hand look at an upcoming opponent.

October 11, 2021

Opinion

John McMullen: Overreaction Monday should be kind to the Eagles defense

by John McMullen

Overreaction Mondays are a way of life in the NFL and they can be frustrating for coaches who not only have to deal with the realities of what’s going on in their buildings but also the perceptions being generated outside of them.

October 4, 2021

Opinion

John McMullen: Can Nick Sirianni fix the Eagles' penalty problem before it's too late?

by John McMullen

The NFL has gone a bit haywire when it comes to penalties coming off a somewhat out-of-character COVID-19 season in which the yellow laundry was kept to a minimum, resulting in a more enjoyable experience for the consumer. And nowhere is that more obvious than in Philadelphia.

September 28, 2021

Opinion

John McMullen: Accountability is great but accomplishment needed by Jalen Hurts

by John McMullen

In fairness to Jalen Hurts, flushing it was the perfect metaphor for what was, to be kind, a poor performance during a 41-21 drubbing at the hands of the Dallas Cowboys on Monday night.

September 20, 2021

Opinion

John McMullen: Ill-conceived gamble with nostalgia falls flat for Nick Sirianni

by John McMullen

You have to be comfortable in your own skin to be a successful NFL head coach.

September 13, 2021

Opinion

John McMullen: Eagles rookie head coach Nick Sirianni serves notice on the NFL

by John McMullen

Arthur Smith was the headliner in the 2021 NFL coaching carousel, an offensive guru who turned Ryan Tannehill from a bust in Miami to a quarterback who earned the type of coin in Tennessee to join the same country clubs as Smith’s father, billionaire FedEx founder Fred Smith.

September 7, 2021

Opinion

John McMullen: How Howie Roseman’s ‘bad-cop’ act kept Zach Ertz in Eagles green

by John McMullen

Carson Wentz has already taken his soap opera on the road to Indianapolis and Ben Simmons has made it clear to the Sixers he’s willing to do whatever it takes to get away from the toxicity that demands the occasional free throw be drained by a “superstar.”

August 30, 2021

Opinion

John McMullen: What 'Minshew Mania' really means for the Eagles

by John McMullen

The “Quarterback Factory” has restocked the shelves with the damaged Nick Mullens model removed from the clearance aisle and replaced by the refurbished and mustachioed Gardner Minshew line.

August 23, 2021

Eagles

John McMullen: One of Nick Sirianni’s core values is being ignored for now

by John McMullen

To be fair, it’s not all that meaningful to lose in the preseason in the NFL — or even look terribly bad doing so — when the vast majority of your key players are either making cameos or not participating at all. However, it’s also not exactly counterintuitive to point out that relentlessly talking about competition as one of your core values and then begging off the minute an antagonistic environment arrives seems inconsistent.