By Eliot Shorr-Parks | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

The Giants are reportedly set to hire a new head coach. It is a familiar name to the Eagles and their fans.

According to an NFL.com report, the Giants will hire Minnesota Vikings offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur, a move that reportedly will become official once the Vikings lose in the playoffs (or win the Super Bowl).

Giants fans should be very concerned.

Here are some thoughts on what I learned about Shurmur during his time with the Eagles, and why the Giants likely will regret the hiring.

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LEARNED UNDER CHIP KELLY

Shurmur was last with the Eagles from 2013 to 2015 as the offensive coordinator to former head coach Chip Kelly. Shurmur was an interesting hire for Kelly, who came into the NFL running an uptempo offense. Shurmur's background, however, is rooted in the West Coast offense.

Judging Shurmur on his time in Philadelphia is difficult, because he didn't call plays and the Eagles ran Kelly's offense. It was Kelly's show, and Shurmur was just along for the ride.

Shurmur deserves some of the credit for the offense's success. He also deserves some of the blame for what happened next.

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HE WAS THERE AS SHIP WAS SINKING

In 2013, Shurmur's first year as offensive coordinator, the Eagles finished fourth overall in points. The next year they finished third, but it became clear the offense was a sinking ship.

Even though they scored more in 2014 than 2013, the Eagles averaged almost a full yard less per play. They scored more points thanks to the insane speed at which Kelly ran the offense. In Kelly's final season with the Eagles, the team dipped to 13th in NFL in total points, and 23rd in points-per-play.

Although Shurmur didn't call the plays, he was on the staff as the offense took a nose dive, and does deserve some blame for the offense going from one of the best in the NFL in 2013 to one of the worst just two years later.

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CHANGED THINGS UP WHEN HE COACHED ONE GAME

To Shurmur's credit, however, he did switch things up during his one game as interim head coach at the end of the 2015 season when he coached against the Giants.

With Kelly gone, Shurmur slowed down the pace of the offense, gave quarterback Sam Bradford more time at the line of scrimmage to dissect what the defense was showing him, and he put Bradford under center more.

The Eagles scored 35 points in a win over the Giants with Shurmur calling the plays, the second-highest point total of the season.

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DIDN'T IMPROVE QUARTERBACK PLAY WITH EAGLES

Whether it was Nick Foles, Mark Sanchez, Michael Vick or Sam Bradford, quarterbacks never showed much improvement after their initial success with the Eagles. Foles took a step back from 2013 to 2014. Sanchez slowly regressed during the 2014 season. Bradford had a disappointing 2015 season.

While it's not a crop of All-Pros, quarterbacks did not improve with Shurmur as the offensive coordinator.

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HELPED BRING ALONG DONOVAN MCNABB

Shurmur's stint with the Eagles from 2013-2015 was not his first time with the team: He coached on Andy Reid's staff from 1999-2008. Shurmur's first stint with the Eagles earned him a job as the St. Louis Rams offensive coordinator during the 2009 season, and then as head coach of the Cleveland Browns in 2011.

A positive for the Giants: Shurmur worked closely with quarterback Donovan McNabb from 2002-2008, arguably the best years of McNabb's career. Although Reid is given credit for developing McNabb, who became the best quarterback in franchise history, Shurmur certainly deserves some of that credit.

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PLAYER'S COACH

The Giants had locker room issues in 2017. Shurmur is likely not going to be the coach to fix that.

Shurmur is an easy-going guy, mild-mannered guy, not the disciplinarian the Giants need to change the culture. Players will enjoy playing for Shurmur, and during his time with the Eagles, the offensive players always had nice things to say about him.

As a leader and motivator, however, it is tough to see him inspiring much confidence.

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ONLY SPEAKS "COACH'S TALK"

How a coach handles himself at the podium is important -- which Ben McAdoo learned during his time with the Giants. Shurmur, who has experience as a head coach, will not stick his foot in his mouth the way McAdoo did occasionally.

He also won't rally the troops with a message via the media.

Shurmur was painfully boring during his weekly press conferences with the Eagles, sticking to the script. After a rollercoaster 2017 season, Giants' fans might appreciate Shurmur's calm during press conferences -- if, of course, they can stay awake.

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WILL BRADFORD FOLLOW SHURMUR?

Shurmur played a big role in the Eagles' decision to trade for quarterback Sam Bradford before the 2015 season, a shocking decision at the time. Although Kelly was running the personnel department, the former head coach said Shurmur's history with Bradford -- and the high praise Shurmur had for the quarterback -- influenced the decision.

It would not be surprising to see Shurmur try to bring Bradford -- who is a free agent -- to the Giants. Bradford knows Shurmur's offense, and could help install the kind of culture Shurmur wants in his new locker room.

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DOUG PEDERSON 2.0?

The decision to hire Shurmur is in someways very similar to the Eagles' decision to hire Doug Pederson as their head coach.

Pederson, like Shurmur, had a ton of experience working with quarterbacks during his way up to becoming a head coach. In his two years with the Eagles, Pederson has helped turn quarterback Carson Wentz into an NFL MVP candidate. The Eagles have shown that in today's NFL, the blueprint to success is to get a good, young quarterback prospect and pair him with a head coach you trust to develop him.

Whether Shurmur will have the success Pederson did remains to be seen, but the hiring of Shurmur could indicate the Giants are about to try to go down the same path the Eagles did.

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BORING AND UNINSPIRING

Based solely on his time with the Eagles, it is tough to find any reason for Giants fans to be excited about the hiring of Shurmur.

During his time with the Eagles, he never displayed the kind of attitude or charisma you would want to see from a head coach tasked with turning around a franchise. He didn't get the quarterbacks on the roster to improve. He was part of Kelly's sinking ship.

Yes, Shurmur has since had some success with the Minnesota Vikings as their offensive coordinator, but finishing 10th in the NFL in points is not exactly a huge accomplishment. It is possible Shurmur takes what he has learned from working under three very different head coaches -- Kelly, Reid and Mike Zimmer -- and surprises people with the Giants.

Overall, however, the hiring of Shumur by the Giants is a boring and uninspiring one -- and not one that will likely end up working out.

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WHERE TO REACH ME

Eliot Shorr-Parks may be reached at eshorrpa@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @EliotShorrParks. Find NJ.com Eagles on Facebook.

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