Unacceptable

Posted November 24th, 2025

The Eagles blew a 21-point lead on Sunday and lost to the Cowboys. This is unacceptable. The offense has struggled throughout the season, despite having a lot of talented pieces. This is unacceptable.

What the hell does that even mean?

Unacceptable.

If the Eagles had a better offense, but a worse record…would that be acceptable? Detroit is #2 in scoring, but would not make the playoffs if the season ended today. Their defense is 11th in points allowed. That’s a good team, but at only 7-4 they could miss the postseason. I’m sure their fans think that is unacceptable.

People saw the Eagles returning a lot of talent and said this group should be back in the Super Bowl. Anything less is unacceptable. On what planet is that true? Do you know how hard it is to make the Super Bowl. Detroit has never been. Dallas hasn’t been in 30 years. The Giants haven’t been since 2011. Washington hasn’t been since 1991.

I think some people saw what the Patriots and Chiefs did and assumed that was normal. It absolutely was not. The Patriots had the greatest QB of all time and arguably the greatest coach of all time. The Chiefs have an all-time QB and an all-time coach. Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes are on a level that Jalen Hurts just isn’t. Maybe that will change over time, but not now. Bill Belichick and Andy Reid are on a different level than Nick Sirianni and that is not changing.

This Eagles team makes a lot of sense on paper. But as we know, games aren’t played on paper. I’m as frustrated as anyone by the Eagles offense. It is torturous to watch this much talent play this poorly.

This situation goes beyond Kevin Patullo. He’s the face of it and I get the criticism, but he’s not holding back some juggernaut. The OL is a mess this season. It shocks me to see how poorly they run block. Some of that is on the players, some is on Jeff Stoutland. The OL isn’t healthy and you can see that in the struggles of Landon Dickerson and Cam Jurgens. I don’t know what is wrong with Jordan Mailata. He’s healthy, but is way too sloppy this year.

The lack of creativity with the passing game is absolutely on Patullo. He has not gotten the most out of his players, or anything close to it. You don’t have to be Ben Johnson or Sean McVay, but running hitch after hitch after hitch is maddening. There must be some creativity. You must be able to scheme for players to get open in specific situations. Patullo has been fantastic in the red zone so you know he can get creative. I don’t understand why some of that can’t come out before you get to the 20-yard line.

Jalen Hurts is the QB and like all QBs he gets too much credit when things are good and too much blame when things are bad. Hurts has done some really good things this year, but could still be better.

There is another X-factor. Some of the players just seem "off”. There are times when AJ Brown doesn’t seem locked in. Dallas Goedert used to be one of the better blocking TEs in the league. There are times this year when he’s been bad. Saquon Barkley has been sloppy. His blocking has been inconsistent. His running hasn’t been the same. The OL is killing him with poor blocking, but it does feel sometimes like Barkley is hunting for big plays instead of just getting what he can. You can’t force the big plays. You have to let them come to you.

Is there a Super Bowl hangover? Are the players just worn down from a long, tough, physical 2024 season? I wish I knew the answer.

It feels like the coaches are waiting for things to get back to where they should be. I understand that idea, but it sure doesn’t feel like that light switch is getting flicked on anytime soon. The good news is that there is enough talent on this roster for them to still be able to win a lot of games and beat good teams. The coaches need to figure out how to get more out of this offense. They don’t need it to be great, but it must get better.

And the players need to be smarter and more consistent. Dumb penalties really hurt the offense on Sunday. This group can’t overcome those mistakes right now. Clean up the issues and the offense would have scored more points yesterday. You don’t have to cure cancer. Just get a little better. We can talk about more serious changes in the offseason. The goal now is how to get the most out of this group.

Sirianni said he’s not making any changes. This is a short week so it wouldn’t make any sense to do that. Depending on how things go against the Bears, we’ll see if he changes his mind. There would be more time before the next game.

For now, sit back, eat some turkey and see if this is the week the hitch route works like magic.

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The Eagles got some bad news on Monday.

Ugh. Not a shock. Mukuba was in real pain on the field. This is even more complicated because Reed Blankenship hurt his thigh and left the game. I haven’t seen an update on him yet. You wouldn’t want to be without both safeties. Blankenship’s situation didn’t look overly serious, but this is a short week and that complicates things.

The Eagles never want life to be boring for their fans.

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In other words it’s all bad and they should burn it to the ground… 😂😉