LONG BEFORE HE WAS COACHING THE FOOTBALL TEAM THAT BELONGS TO THE CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE, NICK SIRIANNI RECEIVED HIS OWN VERSION OF BROTHERLY LOVE. MORE LIKE TOUGH LOVE FROM HIS OLDER BROTHERS, MIKE AND JAY. THE KID THAT SAT IN THE MIDDLE OF US. WE BEAT THIS NINE OUT OF THEM ON TRIPS OR, YOU KNOW, WE PLAYED, YOU KNOW, BOXING WITH PILLOWS OR PLAYING FOOTBALL WITH THEM, TACKLE FOOTBALL IN THE LIVING ROOM WITH THEM HAVING BOXING MATCHES WITH THEM, WITH THE COUCH PILLOWS HITTING EACH OTHER WITH THOSE. MAYBE THAT’S WHY THE YOUNGEST ONE IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE TOUGHEST. AND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, THAT’S RUBBED OFF ON THEM AND GOTTEN THEM TO WHERE IT IS. AS MIKE SIRIANNI HAS ENJOYED TWO DECADES OF SUCCESS AT NJ. HE’S WATCHED HIS YOUNGER BROTHER’S IMPRESSIVE RISE THROUGH THE COACHING RANKS. IN 2009, NICK’S SIRIANNI MADE THE JUMP FROM WIDE RECEIVERS COACH AT AUP TO THE NFL NOW AND A ROLE WITH THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS, FOLLOWED BY ASSISTANTS, STINTS WITH THE CHARGERS AND THEN THE COLTS. BEFORE LANDING AN INTERVIEW FOR THE EAGLES HEAD COACHING VACANCY IN 2021. I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, HE WAS ON THE RISE AND RISING THROUGH THE RANKS AND WAS HIGHLY RESPECTED. BUT WAS THERE AN ELEMENT OF SURPRISE THAT HE GOT THAT EAGLES JOB? OH, MY GOSH. I MEAN, HE CALLED ME. HE CALLED ME THE NIGHT BEFORE AND WAS LIKE, I THINK I’M GOING TO GET THE EAGLES JOB. I’M LIKE, NO, YOU’RE NOT. GET OUT OF HERE. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? YOU’RE NOT GETTING THAT JOB. THIS WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE, AND I’M LIKE, I TOLD MY WIFE, I’M LIKE, I THINK HE THINKS HE’S GOING TO GET THIS JOB AND AND SURE ENOUGH, THEN THAT AND HOW I FOUND OUT. THAT WAS NIGHT BEFORE HE TOLD ME THAT. AND THEN ONE OF MY COACHES, LIKE YOUR BROTHER’S HEAD COACH, THE EAGLES, I’M LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING, MIKE? FROM THERE, NICK’S ASCENT QUICKLY CONTINUED. HE LED THE EAGLES BACK TO THE PLAYOFFS IN HIS FIRST SEASON, AND THEN THIS SEASON LEADING THEM TO THE NFC’S BEST RECORD AND A SPOT IN THE SUPER BOWL IN ARIZONA WHERE COME SUNDAY, BIG BROTHERS MIKE AND JAY AND THE REST OF THE SIRIANNI FAMILY WILL BE THERE TO WATCH HIM COACH. THE BIGGEST GAME OF HIS LIFE. WHAT WILL BE THE FINAL THING YOU SAY TO HIM BEFORE KICKOFF WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE TO TALK TO HIM? I MEAN, I SAY THE SAME THING. I’M PROUD OF YOU AND, YOU KNOW, LEAVE IT ALL ON THE FIELD. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, AND THE ONE ADVICE I WILL GIVE TO HIM AS THE COACH, THE WAY YOU’VE DONE ALL YEAR, BECAUSE SOMETIMES IN BIG GAMES, YOU KIND OF TIGHTEN UP A LITTLE BIT. AND I’VE DONE IT. I’VE TIGHTENED UP IN BIG GAMES AND I COACH DIVISION THREE FOOTBALL, SO I DON’T TIGHTEN UP IN BIG GAMES. JUST COACH THE WAY YOU’VE DONE ALL YEAR. I MEAN, IT’S JUST STILL SO SURREAL TO ME. I MEAN, HIS RISE WAS SO QUICK, BUT HE STILL JUST THE LITTLE BROTHER WHO’S THE SAME AS HE’S BEEN HIS WHOLE LIFE. AND THAT ONLY PART OF THEIR FAMILY STORY BECAUSE MIKE AND NEXT MIDDLE BROTHER JAY WAS A SUCCESSFUL HIGH SCHOOL COACH IN NEW YORK, WHERE THEY GREW UP. AND THEIR FATHER, FRAN, ALSO A LONG TIME HIGH SCHOOL COACH AND WAS A HALL OF FAME FOOTBALL PLAYER AT CLARION. FRAN IS ALSO A TWO TIME CANCER SURVIVOR AND HE JUST CELEBRATED HIS BIRTHDAY THIS PAST WEEK. SO WHAT A GIFT. A WIN ON SUNDAY AND ARIZONA WOULD BE FOR HIM AND T