Posted this in the blog, thought I'd share here, about the offensive coaching philosophy, what needs to happen and prepare for coming changes to the offensive roster (in 2 years Brown, Barkley, Lane and Goedert will all be gone, perhaps others. Who's going to coach up the rookie replacements?)

I think it's fairly simple. Siri's approach went like this:

• He previously called plays for Philip Rivers (who had years of success before Siri and his numbers and style didn't really change)

• He then called plays for Andrew Luck, a #1 overall pick who also had success before Siri and he was in Frank Reich's system so was it Siri or was it Reich and the QB?

• He was hired here and called a lot of pass plays and fans were pissed he wasn't running the ball. He had Hurts, rookie Smitty, Reagor and JJAW and he was trying to throw it like Rivers

• Steichen took over and focused more on the run game and actually schemed to Jalen Hurts strengths

• They promoted Brian Johnson due to familiarity with Hurts. In retrospect he wasn't as bad as Patullo, and if the defense wasn't among the league's worst that season wouldn't have been so bad

• The 2023 collapse which included career high turnovers from Hurts is what made Nick conservative. He became obsessed with the turnover stat. We see it on Hard Knocks, he preaches it as the top priority.

• 2024 Hurts with yet another OC doing new things, with Siri having everyone scared to turn it over we saw Hurts more hesitant, taking sacks instead of throwing it away, likely fearing an INT. Hurts himself said they "took the straight jacket off." That turned out ok because of the dominant run game and great defense under Fangio, Hurts became a game manager QB. But, at times they opened up the pass game and were more explosive with deep passes. The NFCCG and Super Bowl the offense played great. In the SB they shut down Barkley and Hurts led in the passing game. So it's possible, the coaches just limit what they will do.

• This year you have Patullo who doesn't have experience calling plays so he's taking his marching orders from Nick. If Nick doesn't like things, he is the head coach and should address them but it hasn't changed. Cowards draws, misuse of TEs, not giving Tank carries despite his production. Nick doesn't know how to fix the offense. He couldn't in 2023, he couldn't this year. That's why they hired Moore, an outside OC with experience and why they should have done that again. Patullo has been a coach in the NFL and college since 2007 and has never called plays in that time, hmm.

Siri does the CEO Head Coach well. Motivates players, runs the process of practices, meetings, preparation. All that must be going well, you don't just have that much success and not contribute anything. But he doesn't know how to fix the offense, or he would have. Plus, his obsession with turnovers and being conservative tightens up and limits the offense. What he needs is an OC experienced in calling plays who knows game flow, situational football, uses the right personnel, adjusts. They don't have to be a genius at scheme, they need to have wisdom in decision making, efficiency in getting the play call in, utilize the personnel better and have a feel for the game and the right call in the right moment. The roster should be producing so much more on offense. And yes Hurts is part of that, he's not a prolific passer and he is a dual threat so a coach needs to scheme to his strengths.

My hope is that they hire an experienced OC who will push back on Nick and balance him out, to open things up and not play so scared. And get more out of the roster they have. Because the time will come that AJ Brown, Barkley, Goedert and Lane Johnson will be gone, and maybe others. They have to get younger and cheaper on offense, and you need an experienced OC to coach the young guys up.

Hurts even said it last season, when he said in a presser "they took the straight jacket off of me" after a good win with some passing production. I can't remember which game it was though.

1st thing offseason- Patullo MUST be gone. MUST be. Get and experienced, proven OC in here. We just need a GOOD OC, not a great one, because we have the talent. As far as firing Siri- if they have a good replacement who in the background has told the Eagles he would take the job, fire him. But Howie and Lurie- NEVER let Siri make organization hurting huge decisions anymore, or ever again- like choosing ANYONE or ANYTHING. He simply manages games, and even THAT is a joke anymore.

8 hours ago, Talonblood said:

1st thing offseason- Patullo MUST be gone. MUST be. Get and experienced, proven OC in here. We just need a GOOD OC, not a great one, because we have the talent. As far as firing Siri- if they have a good replacement who in the background has told the Eagles he would take the job, fire him. But Howie and Lurie- NEVER let Siri make organization hurting huge decisions anymore, or ever again- like choosing ANYONE or ANYTHING. He simply manages games, and even THAT is a joke anymore.

Of all the boneheaded play calls this moron made this year the topper has to be putting McKee in shotgun at the 5 with 3rd and one and having McKee throw two times. Bigsby is moving the ball on the ground and we get this. Bigsby not playing the 4th qtr had to be a pre-planned Siri decision before the game. Offensive staff will just not adjust to anything that isn't pre-planned.

The debate about playing starters versus 2nd team is pretty irrelevant when the game was there for the taking by the reserves if not for idiotic coaching decisions.

Howie's trade for Bigsby looks very good. He won't or can't step in and demand that Siri use Bigsby more.

22 hours ago, EazyEaglez said:

Well at some point they have replaced coaches and players who don’t perform, but if you’re wasting time waiting for that fall to happen rather than enjoying what’s been the best 5 year span of Eagles football then that’s on you .

Just because it’s been the best 5 year span doesn’t mean it shouldn’t have been better. Incompetent hires led to the collapse in 2023. The fact that they didn’t fully collapse in 2025 is why they’ll keep the incompetence for 2026. They only move on when they aren’t successful. Not when they’ve won in spite of that. Now there will be changes after a major step back in 2026, but not before then. The fact that they allow unqualified people to be hired in key positions is a joke.

53 minutes ago, RainWave23 said:

Just because it’s been the best 5 year span doesn’t mean it shouldn’t have been better. Incompetent hires led to the collapse in 2023. The fact that they didn’t fully collapse in 2025 is why they’ll keep the incompetence for 2026. They only move on when they aren’t successful. Not when they’ve won in spite of that. Now there will be changes after a major step back in 2026, but not before then. The fact that they allow unqualified people to be hired in key positions is a joke.

Everyone is entitled to believe what they want. I believe Lurie and Howie are super unhappy watching a golden opportunity to repeat slip away due to an offense that is performing WAY below the expected level, all due to the incompetence of the OC, and should we make an early exit from the playoffs they will force Sirianni to fire him and hire a proven play caller.

Every time the Offense starts doing stupid things because of Petunia, I think: