Kevin Patullo out after disastrous year as Eagles' offensive coordinator

By Reuben Frank • Published January 13, 2026

To the surprise of absolutely no one, Kevin Patullo is out after one year as the Eagles’ offensive coordinator and play caller, the team announced on its web site.

"I have decided to make a change at offensive coordinator," Nick Sirianni said in a statement. "I met with Kevin today to discuss the difficult decision, as he is a great coach who has my utmost respect.

"He has been integral to this team's success over the last five years, not only to the on-field product but behind the scenes as a valued leader for our players and organization. I have no doubt he will continue to have a successful coaching career. Ultimately, when we fall short of our goals that responsibility lies on my shoulders."

Mike Garafolo of NFL Network reported Tuesday there's a chance Patullo could remain on the Eagles' coaching staff in a dimished role.

Patullo, promoted in February after four years as Nick Sirianni’s passing game coordinator, oversaw an offense that underachieved all year, finishing 20th in scoring, 24th in total yards 23rd in passing offense, 24th on third down and 18th in rushing yards.

The offense looked stale and predictable and was rarely productive in the second half. Although they both finished with over 1,000 yards, nothing came easily for A.J. Brown and Saquon Barkley, who both got off to slow starts and didn't approach their performances of previous seasons.

The Eagles, with the 6th-highest offensive payroll in the NFL according to Spotrac, scored 19 or fewer points in their last seven games against playoff teams, including 19 in their disappointing wild-card loss to the underdog 49ers Sunday at the Linc.

The Eagles’ 20.9 offensive points per game this year matched their fewest since 2012, when they averaged just 17.5 in Andy Reid’s final season.

Patullo’s offense had a penchant for starting out games productively, then collapsing in the second half. They scored fewer than 20 points in nine of their last 14 games and failed to score a 2nd-half touchdown six times, including Sunday.

With only right guard Mekhi Becton gone from the lineup that ranked 7th in the NFL in scoring last year and 8th in total offense and then scored an NFL-record 145 points in the postseason on the way to a Super Bowl championship, the Eagles only scored more than 19 points once against a winning team and that was in Week 3 vs. the Rams.

After the Eagles’ home loss to the Bears in late November, Patullo’s Moorestown home was pelted with eggs.

Despite Patullo’s ineffectiveness as a play caller throughout the season, Nick Sirianni defended his play caller week after week, insisting the team’s offensive issues went beyond any one person.

Patullo and Sirianni have coached together since 2018 with the Colts, when Sirianni was offensive coordinator under Frank Reich and Patullo was receivers coach. When Sirianni replaced Doug Pederson as Eagles head coach in 2021, he brought Patullo with him.

But the Eagles never got going on offense and actually regressed during the season, averaging 24 points during the 4-0 start of the season but just 20.2 over the last 14 games, when the Eagles were 7-7.

Patullo’s dismissal continues a pattern of constant upheaval on Sirianni’s offensive coaching staff.

Whoever replaces Patullo will be Sirianni’s fifth offensive coordinator, following Shane Steichen in 2021 and 2022, Brian Johnson in 2023, Kellen Moore in 2024 and Patullo in 2025. He will be Jalen Hurts’ seventh play caller as a pro, including Pederson in 2020 and Sirianni the first half of 2021 plus Steichen, Johnson, Moore and Patullo.

That lack of stability is something Hurts has often lamented. Steichen is the only play caller he’s had for more than a year since high school and Patullo’s replacement will be the Eagles’ fifth offensive coordinator in five years.

Hurts’ performance this year is a big reason Patullo is no longer here. Hurts didn’t have a bad 2025 season but was rarely elite and threw for 185 or fewer yards an NFL-high nine times, most by an Eagles QB since Ron Jaworski in 1979. He passed for only 168 yards in the playoff loss to the 49ers and only rushed for 14 yards.

The 44-year-old Patullo attended Hillsborough High School in Somerset County, also the alma mater of former Phillie Joe Lis and long-time NFL receiver Ricky Proehl, now the Panthers’ WRs coach.

He played football at South Florida before starting his coaching career as a quality control assistant with the Chiefs in 2007. After stints with the Bills, Titans and Jets, he spent a year at Texas A&M before joining Reich with the Colts in 2018.

The game Sunday was the first in franchise history that the Eagles lost at home after leading by six or more points going into the fourth quarter. It was also the first playoff game they’ve lost at home after leading by at least three points going into the second half.

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He had to go. There were too many issues with the offense this year to let it slide and leave him in position. There were too many experts / analysts that watched this offense and said it was basic, it was unimaginative, it played in to the hands of the opposing defenses and it was predictable.

The players were a disappointment on offense. The execution problems sit with the players as well as the coaches. But at the end of the day KP didn’t do a good enough job and didn’t show enough. And they weren’t going to move on from Sirianni and they aren’t going to move on from Jalen yet so KP was the only choice.

But he shouldn’t stay here. If he’s an ambitious guy then he needs to move on. If he wants to be an OC again or even a HC then that isn’t going to happen here. He needs to go and get his career going again.

Buh bye.

Hate to see people lose their jobs, but this is a well deserved firing. He had all the talent he could ask for, and he never made the Offense better.

Siri has some blame too.

Better late than never, as the old adage goes. But damn man, we wasted such a golden opportunity to add another trophy to the case this year with how much talent we have on both sides of the ball and how well the defense played for the most part.

I don’t care that Sirianni took the team to 2 Super Bowls (and won 1), I don’t care that he led the team to the playoffs 5 years in a row … I’d like to think he is held accountable in some way for such a boneheaded decision and for blowing this opportunity for us.

Why does Howie keep promoting from within?? We've seen the unsuccessful results. STOP IT.

15 hours ago, LacesOut said:

Why does Howie keep promoting from within?? We've seen the unsuccessful results. STOP IT.

Wasn't Howie ... that was Nick.

2 hours ago, time2rock said:

Wasn't Howie ... that was Nick.

Oh. Huh. Interesting.

Ok then we now know that Nick, like Doug P, shouldn't be allowed to hire anyone.

25 minutes ago, LacesOut said:

Oh. Huh. Interesting.

Ok then we now know that Nick, like Doug P, shouldn't be allowed to hire anyone.

No doubt. That is why there are reports that Howie will be leading the search for the new OC and Lurie and his son Julian will be part of the interview process (along with Nick).