Welcome to the Loony Bin: Nick Sirianni vows to stand by Kevin Patullo as Eagles try to change their offense by not changing anything at all

Nick Sirianni is insane and not always in the fun, “this guy might run through a wall” kind of way. On one hand, it works. He’s categorically nuts on the sideline (win or lose), and when things are rolling, the players absolutely feed off that energy.

But there’s a flip side to insanity. Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result has basically been the 2025 Eagles in a nutshell.

And Sirianni’s answer about whether he’s changing play callers this week? Yeah, that really drove the point home.

Nick Sirianni: “We’re not changing play callers”

Nick Sirianni says Kevin Patullo will remain the play-caller. He says it's not part of the "re-evaluating" the team will be doing. pic.twitter.com/G5X2xp988c

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When this team is in a bad spot, I feel like I’m taking crazy pills. They’re 8-4 but it feels like they’re on a 10-game losing streak. Two disgraceful losses in a row, and when anyone asks what needs to change, all we get is the same hollow line: “We just have to play better.”

It’s not just Nick Sirianni parroting that nonsense. Players have said it all year, even though they occasionally slip up and tell the truth. Like when Landon Dickerson admitted they weren’t prepared for Dallas’ five-man fronts. Or when Dallas Goedert said they didn’t even game plan to use the tight ends against a Bears defense that’s been torched by tight ends all season. Those aren’t minor details. Those are coaching failures.

The foundation of this offense is broken. No amount of “executing better” fixes that. Let’s be real: the only reason they’ve stayed above water this long is because they have All-Pros everywhere. But the dam is breaking.

I don’t think Nick Sirianni has a clue how to fix this. We’ve seen this movie before, and we know exactly how painful the ending is. It’s death by a thousand paper cuts. The regression has been obvious since Week 1, but somehow they kept stealing wins. Now the freefall has begun, playoff seeding is slipping, and nothing is guaranteed. Missing the postseason isn’t some dramatic doomsday take. With the way they’re playing, it’s absolutely on the table.

So is there a light at the end of the tunnel? Technically, yes. But it requires this coaching staff to get brutally honest with themselves. They have let this roster down. Nothing comes easy in this offense because every single play asks the skill guys to win their matchup with zero schematic help.

Nothing is designed to make their lives easier. The coaches are banking on the players to make their lives easier. That’s completely backwards.

But that’s the Nick Sirianni offense. Always has been. Unless he’s got an offensive savant running the show, everything becomes cookie-cutter at best.

Then you watch Ben Johnson carve up the Eagles defense with his zone run scheme, perfectly marrying run and pass, and the differences are blinding. That’s what a real offense looks like. What the Eagles are doing every Sunday doesn’t belong in the same sport.

And just to drive it home, remember Nick Sirianni’s comment after the 2023 season: “It doesn’t matter who’s calling plays — this is my offense.”

“No matter if Kevin Patullo is calling it, Shane Steichen’s calling it, Brian Johnson is calling it, Jeff Stoutland’s calling it, Jason Michael is calling it, Jonathan Gannon comes over and calls it, Howie (Roseman) calls it from up there, (Jeffrey) Lurie, (security chief) Dom (DiSandro), Julian (Lurie) [this is my offense,] … I’m very particular and I know what I believe in, in the passing and the running game and offensive football.”

It starts and ends with Sirianni. Full stop.

Fine. Don’t change the play caller, but don’t just sit there and do nothing. You have to do something to get this thing rolling. It’s never just one person, but we all know where the blame is landing.

If they’re going to keep running the same old shit and expecting different results, there’s no one to blame but Nick Sirianni.