EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. − Now we're going to find out.

All the previous weeks of speculation on whether Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni is losing the team has led to this: embarrassment upon embarrassment upon embarrassment, culminating with the latest indignity, a humiliating 27-10 loss to the New York Giants on Sunday.

It's possible that Sirianni's future as Eagles coach could very well depend on the upcoming playoff game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers next Monday night in Tampa.

That should sound preposterous because the Eagles have reached the playoffs in all three of Sirianni's seasons. They were in the Super Bowl only 11 months ago. They were 10-1 just six weeks ago.

Yet it's all crashing down.

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That's what happens when a team loses five out of six to close the regular season, including back-to-back losses to bad teams.

Sirianni's panic move to change defensive coordinators has backfired as Matt Patricia has not been any better than Sean Desai. Over the last two games, the Eagles gave up 62 points to two teams that have a combined record of 10-24 this season.

"We’ll see what we’re made of. We’ll see what this team is made of," quarterback Jalen Hurts said. "Now, it’s about finding that deep in our souls, and figuring out ways to win."

So far, the answer is clear. The Eagles appear to be trying hard − to get Sirianni fired.

After all, this was a complete surrender. The Eagles fell behind 24-0 in the first half. Journeyman Giants quarterback Tyrod Taylor completed 15 of 20 passes for 229 yards by halftime.

Taylor picked apart the Eagles' defense as if he was Peyton Manning and Tom Brady rolled into one.

“When you get hit in life, when you get hit in football, you’ve got two options," Sirianni said. "You can stay down, or you can get the eff up. And I know this group as fighters.

"We've all been through things in our life that we've all had to deal with (expletive), and we know how to get up. That’s why we're all sitting in this room ... Not only are we physically tough, we’re mentally tough."

How tough?

On one play, Taylor saw edge rusher Nolan Smith covering running back Saquon Barkley, a mismatch if there ever was one. Taylor threw to Barkely deep down the sideline for 46 yards, with Smith futilely giving chase.

It wasn't any better for the Eagles' offense. The Giants blitzed Hurts so often and so effectively that it seemed like the Eagles were facing the 1985 Chicago Bears defense − and not one that gave up 407 points this season (the Eagles gave up 428 points, by the way).

"We just got beat up pretty good by a really bad football team," Eagles defensive tackle Fletcher Cox said.

Cox was one of the lucky Eagles. He was held out of the game to rest. Many of the other starters rested too − while they were playing.

That is, until halftime, when Sirianni mercifully pulled them.

So where do the Eagles go from here? Cox, for one, gave an impassioned speech when asked what kind of mindset it takes to come out of this funk.

"You got guys in this locker room that have made millions and millions of dollars," he said. "It shouldn’t be a question on their mindset. They’re focused on going to the postseason. That’s nothing they’re worried about − anybody’s character, players’ effort, or anything like that.

"I think, the feeling I get from this team is very scary right now. Obviously, everybody’s sad."

Then Cox turned optimistic, when asked about explaining the last six games.

"We get to go out and play again next week," he said. "You’re speaking on our last six weeks, and I’m speaking on the weekend we got coming up, ahead of us. I want to think positive and not negative. It’s a whole brand new season for everybody − no matter went on in the past, no matter what went on (Sunday).

"Obviously, we wanted to come out and play good (Sunday), to kind of build. But obviously, we didn't."

That's true of the entire team.

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Hurts was 7 of 16 for 55 yards and an interception when he was pulled either because of ineffective play or a finger injury, or both.

Sirianni left that open to debate.

But Sirianni also pulled Jason Kelce, Lane Johnson, and cornerback James Bradberry, a full-fledged surrender considering that the Eagles had an entire second half left to play. And while Dallas eventually pulled away to beat Washington, thus clinching the NFC East anyway, that game was close in the first half.

"I was doing a little bit of scoreboard watching, and I think that at that time, the Dallas game was close," Sirianni said. "But our game was three scores, a three-score game, and we hadn't moved it very well, and (the Giants) were up 24-0.

"That's why I made that decision at that point."

So now Sirianni's fate could be down to one last chance, in the playoffs. Lose meekly to the Bucs, like the Eagles have over the past six weeks, and who knows where the fury of Eagles chairman and CEO Jeffrey Lurie and general manager Howie Roseman will lead?

It could start with Sirianni, continue to offensive coordinator Brian Johnson and the defensive duo of Patricia and Desai, down to the assistants, and then to so many players, including veterans like Cox, Kelce, Brandon Graham, Darius Slay, Bradberry and so on.

All of this seemed so preposterous just six weeks ago.

Now, the unthinkable is practically here. There's one game left to salvage everything. This is what it has come down to.

The players said the right things, that they still believe in themselves, and in the coaches.

"You know how hard it is to get into the postseason?" Cox said. "It’s really, really hard. You know how many teams are having exit meetings (Monday)? A whole lot of them. We’re not one of those teams."

That’ll come soon enough.

Contact Martin Frank at mfrank@delawareonline.com. Follow on X @Mfranknfl.

This article originally appeared on Delaware News Journal: Are Eagles trying to get Nick Sirianni fired after loss to Giants?