Despite the Eagles’ offensive woes, head coach Nick Sirianni has no intention of taking play-calling duties away from OC Kevin Patullo.
“We’re not changing the play caller, but we will evaluate everything,” Sirianni said after Philadelphia’s 24-15 loss to the Bears (via Zach Berman of The Athletic). “It’s never just about one person. You win as a team, you lose as a team, and you try to evaluate everything, win, lose or draw and get better from it.”
But Eagles fans do not agree. Chants of “Fire Kevin” rang out at Lincoln Financial Field on Friday as Philadelphia’s offense converted only four of their 12 third downs and turned the ball over twice. The Bears finished with a massive advantage in rushing yards (281-87), number of plays (85-51), and time of possession (39:18-20:42). But Sirianni does not think Patullo is the problem.
“I know it will keep coming back to Kevin, but again, if I thought it was one thing, then you make those changes,” Sirianni said. “Obviously, it’s a lot of different things, but I don’t think it is Kevin. Now, we all have a part in it. Kevin has a part of it. I have a part of it. All the coaches have a part of it. All the players have a part of it.”
However, Patullo’s offense is the Eagles’ worst in years. Currently, the unit are ranked 19th in points and 24th in total yards, which would be the franchise’s worst finishes since 2020. That, of course, was Doug Pederson‘s last year in Philadelphia before Sirianni took over the top job. In other words, this is the Eagles’ least productive offense in the Sirianni era.
Patullo is also the Eagles’ fourth coordinator in four years. After running Sirianni’s offense for the first two years of his tenure, Shane Steichen took the Colts’ head coaching job in 2023 and was replaced by Brian Johnson. But Johnson’s offense sputtered in the second half of the season and only put up nine points in a wild card loss to the Buccaneers. Kellen Moore took over in 2024, and he put together a dominant offense that fueled the Eagles’ playoff run, especially in the NFC Championship Game and the Super Bowl. He was hired as the Saints’ next head coach, and Patullo was promoted from pass game coordinator to OC.
As a result, Sirianni may be hoping that he can weather the storm with Patullo in the hopes that the 44-year-old coach can bounce back by the rest of the season. That would prevent Sirianni from finding another offensive coordinator and, ideally, allow Patullo to learn from his initial mistakes and put together a stronger campaign next year.
Im tired of the these decisions or lack of decisions. Eagles never showed up yesterday on defense. Got ran over. No effort. Yet campbell dosent play a snap on defense Barkley again with a nothing burger. Same run play over and over for nothing. Yet bigsby dosent even get a carry. Why dont they change things in game when things clearly aren’t working. Im tired of these coaches. Im okay with firing the oc and hc at this point. They aren’t winning the division.
I can’t remember a Fangio defense ever getting abused liked that. Glad the Bears won but I feel bad for Vic.
Didn’t sceme well. And didn’t make adjustments. And on the field most of the game cause the offense is a joke.
They are currently winning the division, have two tough games left (Chargers & Bills) and 3 softer games (Raiders and Commanders (x2).
Cowboys need to run the table (which is very possible) and Eagles need to lose both tough games for them not to win the Division. If they lose to Chargers next week, which I predict will happen, then it gets interesting.
I admire Nick sticking with his guys but I don’t know how he doesn’t see Patullo as a problem.
Wait for other teams to poach Eagles coaches, front office, and players..year-year Patriots built a dynasty
Please hire a seasoned oc thay has actually called plays before with zero aspirations for a head coaching gig. These patullo and Brian Johnson hires are brutal and falls on nick and Howie. Completely irresponsible. Stop wasting seasons.