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Eagles stay or go: Offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo – PhillyVoice
Sirianni already acknowledged with his actions that he lost confidence in Patullo when he took a more active role in the offensive game planning late in the season. But that aside, Jeffrey Lurie and Howie Roseman could see how bad the offense was this season, just like you and I did. There is no way that Patullo is going to be the offensive coordinator again in 2026. The bigger question is whether they make bigger changes. Sirianni isn’t going to be fired as the team’s head coach, but it will be interesting to see if Lurie and Roseman can hire an offensive guru with some caché to run his own offense, with power to tell Sirianni to get out of the way.
It’s hard to believe that Hurts doesn’t have a say in those conversations. He has said his influence has steadily increased. Some team sources have said it’s much greater than has been conveyed. But if he has been overpowering coaches, isn’t that as much of an indictment of Sirianni and Patullo as it is the quarterback? […] Hurts has progressed. He’s better as a drop-back passer. He’s better at reading coverages. He’s better vs. the blitz. But in his growth as an NFL quarterback, he may have lost sight of how his mobility made him dynamic. “He is not who he thinks he is,” an Eagles source said. Teammates openly call him “Lil Jordan” in reference to his relationship with Michael Jordan, being one of the faces of the Air Jordan brand, and wanting to emulate and be the NFL version of the iconic basketball player. It’s a slight tease and Hurts rolls with it, several players said. He is an easy target, of course. No one faces as much scrutiny. And some of the internal forces against him seem to be holding his famously stoic demeanor against him. He isn’t the most cuddly creature.
Jalen Hurts had a new phrase handy for reporters during his final interview before the offseason. “Home base.” Hurts said it twice, unprompted. The ever-intentional, word-conscious quarterback seemed to be floating out the phrase like a fishing bobber. It sunk. “Home base” set the framework for those 13 minutes at Hurts’ locker. It served as a synonym for the offensive identity the 2025 Philadelphia Eagles never established. It served as a metaphor for the systemic stability that has eluded a face of the franchise who could soon be playing for his seventh play-caller in seven years. It served as an offseason theme for a talent-laden roster that too often struck out swinging with too little consistency with its stance. Sunday staged the offense’s damning demerit. A first-half surge that secured a one-score lead gave way to familiar second-half stagnation. A defense that delivered a plus-two turnover margin could not save the Eagles from elimination in their 23-19 NFC wild-card loss to the San Francisco 49ers. Eagles coach Nick Sirianni gathered players for a final team meeting on Monday, just before noon. Meanwhile, the entire region and a legion of reporters awaited news of whether or not Sirianni had informed players of any upcoming staff changed — most notably, the fate of first-time offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo. “No,” Hurts answered, before quickly redirecting his focus toward his desire to “just having a home base of what we do, who we are.”
It’s fair to say winning — at least not winning Sunday’s wildcard matchup — shouldn’t have been quite as hard for the 2025 Eagles as it looked for most of the season with consistently listless offensive performances weighing the team down throughout the regular season and again on Sunday. The Eagles managed just 114 net yards of offense across six second-half drives and came up just short late in the fourth quarter with a chance to win the game with a touchdown against a significantly depleted San Francisco defense. As has been the case on several occasions this season, the Eagles went three-and-out on four of their five drives between the end of the second half and the start of the fourth quarter.
Eagles’ Super Bowl MVP says plan is in place for new OC: ‘I’m telling you’ – NJ.com
On “The SZN with Nick Foles and Evan Moore” podcast, Foles said the Eagles are ready to replace first-year offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo, who led a disappointing group. “I’m telling you, they’ve already got a plan in place,” Foles said. “They’re not just caught off guard by this. They’ve had all season to prepare. I think at the halfway mark, we knew what was going to happen, but Eagles fans and football fans were thinking like, ‘Hey, maybe they’ll figure it out.’ They never did. But I guarantee you, behind closed walls in a secret little dungeon, someone was researching who the next OC of the Philadelphia Eagles will be.”
Wild-Card Weekend QB Notebook: The Caleb Williams Rorschach Test – The Ringer
But Philly’s final play call also shows how little help Hurts is getting from Sirianni and Patullo. We’ve seen past Eagles coordinators disguise those simple pass concepts with pre-snap window dressing and design tweaks to prevent opposing defenses from catching on to their tactics. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a team repeat plays from the same formations as often as the Eagles did this season. In theory, simpler pass concepts are easier to defend, and Philly’s coaches make the defense’s job even easier with their lack of creativity and attention to detail. Fans in Philadelphia have spent the entire season debating which party deserves the most blame for the state of the Eagles passing game while overlooking a very obvious truth: Sirianni, Patullo, and Hurts all deserve an equal share of it.
Eagles updated 2026 NFL Draft order: 1st-round pick finalized with Wild Card loss to 49ers – BGN
The Eagles are currently projected to make eight total selections in the 2026 NFL Draft. It’s quite possible that number will change since Howie Roseman is always active when it comes to making trades. We also need to see confirmation of the Eagles’ projected compensatory picks. But, for now, here’s what their situation looks like.
Jaelan Phillips unsure what will happen in free agency – NBCSP
Jaelan Phillips enjoyed his half season with the Eagles. He seemed to fit in with the defense and in the locker room. But he doesn’t know what will happen next. The Eagles acquired the veteran edge rusher before the trade deadline in a deal with the Dolphins but Phillips is on an expiring contract and will be a free agent in March. “I don’t really know,” Phillips said about free agency the day after the Eagles’ 23-19 loss in the playoffs to the 49ers. “It’s up to my agent and ultimately up to me too. But it’s my first experience with it so I’m not really sure how it plays out. But we’ll see. I’m excited.” Back in November, the Eagles traded a 2026 third-round pick to Miami to acquire the 26-year-old Phillips to bolster the team’s edge rushing depth. Because Phillips had already played for Vic Fangio, the Eagles had a sense he would fit in their defense and they were right.
2026 NFL Draft priorities for every eliminated team – PFF
Philadelphia Eagles: Add offensive depth. The Eagles could stand to add depth to nearly every position unit on offense. Offensive tackle could be an option in the draft as they prepare for the eventual retirement of right tackle Lane Johnson. Whether or not the team intends to keep wide receiver A.J. Brown, Philadelphia would benefit from additional wide receiver depth beyond Brown and DeVonta Smith. Dallas Goedert is also entering free agency, so tight end could be a priority in the draft, as well.
Spadaro: The Eagles look ahead to 2026 – PE.com
“There’s a lot of things that we can learn from this year. I just have the utmost confidence in the leadership here, the guys, the team, the players, the coaches, from top to bottom, that we will get the thing back on track, and it just sucks that we’ve got to wait a little longer,” running back Saquon Barkley said. “But that’s part of the nature of this business, there’s only one team that wins, and there’s going to be 31 losers. So, we’ll move on, and you’ve got to get better.” “I love this team. I love this program. They gave me an opportunity,” defensive tackle Jordan Davis said. “They believed in me when nobody did. And I felt like it was my duty to be the best player I could be. And I’m still focusing on growth. This is not the best that I have been. This is not the best that I can be. So, I’m always scratching. I’m always clawing for that. The ceiling is the only thing that you can place upon yourself. If you feel like you have no ceilings, then you have no ceilings.”
Jim Leonhard completed his virtual interview with Dallas on Saturday. With the Denver Broncos set to host the Buffalo Bills this week, the Cowboys will have to wait at least one week to move forward with Leonhard if he’s their guy, assuming the Broncos lose Saturday. Until then, that doesn’t mean the team can’t continue interviewing other candidates to make sure there’s no one else who could impress them more than Leonhard. Belt also mentioned Carolina Panthers pass game coordinator Jonathan Cooley as a potential name the team could request to interview. While nothing has been confirmed, Cooley fits the criteria Dallas appears to be looking for in its next defensive coordinator.
Washington Commanders Coaching Tracker: Brian Flores Sweepstakes? – Hogs Haven
Hoping for Brian Flores.
Brian Daboll will get head coach interview with Tennessee Titans – Big Blue View
Former New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll has re-emerged on the coaching carousel interview circuit. NFL insider Jordan Schultz reported Tuesday morning that Daboll will interview on Friday for the Tennessee Titans vacant head-coaching job. Schultz further reported that Daboll is considered a candidate for a number of offensive coordinator openings around the NFL, and that Tennessee might not be the only team that interviews him for its head coaching job.
Confidence rankings, Super Bowl odds for 8 NFL playoff teams still in contention – NFL.com
8) San Francisco 49ers. Kyle Shanahan and Robert Saleh have deftly navigated an injury-plagued season to capture 13 total wins and a spot in the Divisional Round. They’re my respective picks for Coach of the Year and Assistant Coach of the Year. So don’t take San Francisco’s spot in our ranking as an indictment of the staff or a minimization of the players’ performances to this point. It’s merely an honest assessment of the Niners’ current circumstance: Down multiple star contributors on both sides of the ball, they have the smallest margin for error of any surviving team. Even if this banged-up squad, playing on short rest, can win at No. 1-seeded Seattle on Saturday, it still then would have to beat either the Bears or the Rams — two clubs that posed major challenges for San Francisco during the second half of the season — on the road before it can even clinch a date with the AFC champion in the Super Bowl. At least that game would be at home. If any of these eight remaining clubs is equipped to overcome such steep odds, it’s Shanahan’s gritty outfit. But performing near perfection in three straight matchups — with so many missing pieces — seems like too much to ask. As Gennaro said while we were discussing our ballots, the Niners should receive two Lombardi Trophies if they’re able to get across the finish line.
NFL Playoffs’ 8 teams still standing, ranked by 2026 Super Bowl chances – SB Nation
8) San Francisco 49ers. The San Francisco 49ers are headed back to the Divisional Round. The 49ers went into Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday and knocked off the defending Super Bowl champions, beating the Philadelphia Eagles by a final score of 23-19. In many ways, the win was emblematic of everything the 49ers have endured this year. They lost star tight end George Kittle to an Achilles’ tear early in the game, but overcame that injury to bounce the defending champions out of the playoffs. It is another impressive win in a season of overcoming adversity, but things get much harder from here. The 49ers, by virtue of the win, now get to head to Seattle to take on the Seahawks, a team they lost to just two weeks ago when the No. 1 seed in the NFC was at stake. Oddsmakers have already installed the Seahawks as touchdown favorites, and that Week 18 meeting is a big reason why. San Francisco struggled to get anything going offensively as they lost 13-3, those three points matching his debut game with the 49ers back in 2017 as the lowest-scoring efforts from his offense during Kyle Shanahan’s 49ers tenure. That rematch is a big reason why, despite what they have overcome, it is hard to see San Francisco making a deep run. But if they do, it would be yet another hurdle they have overcome. [BLG Note: Nice to see the opponent the Eagles lost to at home is ranked as the team with the worst chance to win the Super Bowl.]
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