9:45pm: Sirianni has taken on a larger role in offensive meetings this week, ESPN’s Tim McManus reports. Patullo has also been present, but it will be interesting to see if a heavier hand on the part of the head coach will yield the desired results against the Chargers. If not, the Eagles’ dynamic on that side of the ball will no doubt remain a major talking point.
2:28pm: Coming out of their Week 6 bye, the Eagles felt good about their season, winning two more games against some top competition in the NFC right out the gates, but concerns were really starting to build amidst some struggles on offense. Naturally, much of the initial external blame fell to offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo, but head coach Nick Sirianni was quick to defend the first-time play-caller. 
Sirianni has reportedly not been alone in his support of the first-year coordinator. According to Mike Garafolo of NFL Network, even recently challenging wide receiver A.J. Brown has stood up, vocally, behind Patullo. When asked if a coaching change might improve the team’s recent offensive struggles, Brown called it a “crazy question.” Staying in line with the veteran receiver, the sentiment appears to be constant throughout the locker room, as Garafolo claims to see no signs of mutiny from the players.
Instead, the team has had a series of what they’ve called “no-BS discussions” in anticipation for a Monday night trip to Los Angeles, per Dianna Russini of The Athletic. The objective of these meetings has been to put an end to the blame game, to “stop pointing fingers.” Instead of pinning fault solely on missed throws from quarterback Jalen Hurts, the health and execution of the offensive line, careless, undisciplined penalties negating big plays, or simply, the play calling from Patullo, the team has been forced to reckon with the fact that all of these issues plaguing the reigning Super Bowl champions have jointly contributed to the offensive struggles amidst this two-game slide.
In addition to some group accountability, Sirianni hinted that actual adjustments are still happening behind the scenes. “Everything was being evaluated,” the head coach told media earlier this week (via Zach Berman of The Athletic). “We’ll think about some different things, what we want to do, scheme, everything.” The fifth-year skipper declined to go into detail on just what adjustments fans may expect to see, claiming that it probably wouldn’t “benefit” him to share.
It remains to be seen whether or not these adjustments or the team’s ability to hold everyone accountable will improve an offense that ranks 20th in points scored, 24th in total yards, and 22nd in rushing yards after ranking seventh, eighth, and second, respectively, in those categories last year. After this week’s showdown with the Chargers, a trip to Buffalo remains the only true test as a home matchup against the Raiders and a home-and-home with the Commanders should give Philadelphia a decent opportunity to get into a rhythm before the postseason.
Ignoring reality has always been the most successful strategy. Good luck with that first round loss.
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If it was the Bills’ Joe Brady, you could add a screen on the second down. Always predictable.
The hate on Brady in my opinion is unwarranted. When your number 1 receiver is a glorified chole Beasley and your #2 is benched for 3 consecutive games and your #3 is a dude you picked up off waivers then the offense your going to run is gonna be run based especially when your top 2 weapons are James cook and Allen’s legs. Also when your 2 top tackles are out and when your right tackle is playing injured and he’s basically a pole then the offense is look very bad. They only look good when the game is tight and they run it. When they get down and they get one dimensional then they look horrible. This mess is every much on Beane as it’s on Brady. They have 0 depth at wr. And when kincaid went down they basically were reduced to a run and screen based offense only.
Same predictable plays game after game. Rewatch the Texans game and you’ll notice their defense knew the plays better than the Bills’ offense.
Run, screen for a loss, attempt a long pass (which lead to yet another sack). Brady has no creativity.
They can shift whatever they want, but unless they make some kind of adjustments, they’re not going to go far this year. All that talent and yet they’re 19th in points scored and 24th in yards gained. Saquon with only 3.7 yards per carry and only has one game over 88 yards all season. Not going to cut it in the playoffs.
“We have met the enemy and he is us” / Walt Kelly
He made the team one dimensional and on the cusp of zero dimensional. So much running with Barkley their passing game isn’t there when they need it. Now defenses have adjusted to make it that much worse concentrating so hard on Barkley his production is even falling. You have a good 1-2 punch at receiver use it. It’s also very hard on your RBs body which is why they have shorter careers don’t make that issue worse especially when it’s no longer effective
It’s been a perfect storm of things amounting to a terrible offense most mentioned above ( OL injuries, predictable play calling, a regression by Hurts not seeing and hitting open receivers and Barkley. They need to get a rhythm with quick passes and mixing in Bigsby at RB with more QB draws to keep the other teams D off balance. Other teams are stacking the box on Barkley and they keep running him up the middle for minimal gains or losses. They need to get back to using Goedart more as well. They have the talent but are squandering it.
Eagles shifting the blame away from their OC? Philly fans don’t think so — they egged his house the morning after the loss to Chicago.
Honest question.
If your QB’s biggest strength is his running ability, an ability that has been one of the foundations of the teams success the last 3-4 years … as well as helped your RB have an historic season just a year ago … why aren’t there any schemed/called plays this season?
There have been a few, but I agree in that they could ride it a little more. Brown is deadly on slants, too, which is an easy play to call out of an RPO. The line is good, so protection isn’t a problem. Hurts is good about protecting himself, so maybe he wouldn’t like the hits, but it seems like it would be a good way to build rhythm through positive plays. I’m sure our Eagles fans can chime in more with what specifically they’d like to see Patullo call more of that he hasn’t been.
Apparently after a few injuries in the past this year he went to the coaches saying he doesn’t want any more designed runs.
I’m not surprised, and it’s smart for Hurts to take care of himself. Unfortunately, his legs are great weapons, and the passing hasn’t been there as consistently without them. I’m sure that he wouldn’t pick it up more in the playoffs, though.
I mean, it can be multiple things. Patullo has been disappointing, and so has Hurts. Barkley hasn’t been as dynamic, even if it’s not all on him in this. Patullo needs to call better plays, but he’s also not out there missing receivers. The good news for Philly is that they’re still winning for the most part. There’s still time to figure it out, and the defense is good enough to pick up some slack.
It’s actually a lot like Denver-the offense can make enough plays to win games, even if it misses some in between. Maybe they need to just be more methodical, and get back into a rhythm with the basics to establish who they are. Hurts’ legs are still pretty dangerous-relying on those could maybe help Saquon get out of his rut a little better.
The offensive right guard and substitute right tackle are no good. The center and left guard are always injured or dinged up this year. That’s where it all begins. They can’t pull and are lousy this year getting to the second level.
What they need is to lift from the now old school west coast offense and get the ball to the perimeter via dump off or passes to the flat. Does Tank have hands? Then you throw now to the tight end in there more than usual in the same concept. Also if the qb doesn’t wanna run for yards, the way you defeat your own issue of a bad ol is to literally scramble away from it. Shotgun snap and roll out, you have three quick reads and the rb blocker escort if needed turned dump off option.
Get the ball outside and make all that trash jammed in the middle come chase you.
Thanks for the insight. These should be easy points to validate, here. The roll-out suggestion in particular seems interesting-even without the run game being what it was last year, teams are still going to account for Saquon. They can’t afford not to.
I do wonder what the plan for Bigsby really is, too-they acquired him, but I don’t feel like I’ve seen much of him on the field. He’s played well and the offense has moved in his limited snaps-he’s averaging a whopping 9.1 YPC in Philly (as opposed to 2.4 in Jacksonville) so far.