PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Nick Sirianni is the son of a high school football coach, using what he learned from his dad into his own successful coaching career, first in college, then eventually in the NFL.

Sirianni is a bit of a coaching lifer, and knows intricate details about the game.

So it seemed a bit implausible when the Philadelphia Eagles coach confessed this week that he did not know the team was set to unveil its Super Bowl championship banner in a pregame ceremony ahead of the NFL season opener against Dallas on Thursday night.

The more educated guess is that while Sirianni surely knows there’s already enough hype and excitement around the game — the Eagles asked fans without tickets to not come to the stadium complex to avoid traffic headaches — he also wants to avoid any kind

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