Nick Sirianni says he’s staying more involved in the Eagles offense

Nick Sirianni confirmed what everyone suspected. The Eagles’ head coach was far more involved with the offensive game plan leading into Monday night’s overtime loss to the Chargers, and he is not backing away from that role anytime soon.

After the Eagles dropped their third straight game, Nick Sirianni backed up an ESPN report that he stepped deeper into the offensive meetings last week.

“Yeah, you know, I’m the head coach,” Sirianni said. “My attention goes to places that I feel like it needs to go. This week was with the offense and I will continue to go in there with those guys, grind it out through the weeds and move forward with that.”

Kevin Patullo still called the plays, but the fingerprints looked a little different. For the first time in weeks, the Eagles actually moved the ball. They totaled 365 yards, their second highest mark all season, even if it only resulted in one touchdown and another long list of mistakes.

Saquon Barkley broke 100 rushing yards for just the second time this year. The deep passing game at least existed again. They hit chunk plays and looked like a functioning offense… between all of the turnovers.

“I feel like we had our moments,” Barkley said. “We just weren’t consistent. That’s been a theme for the offense and the team this whole season. Everything we want is still in front of us, so we’ve got time to figure it out. We just have to do it sooner rather than later.”

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No secret that the turnovers were what killed the Eagles in Los Angeles.

Jalen Hurts committed five of them, including four interceptions and a fumble. A.J. Brown dropped passes he never drops, including one that bounced into an interception and another that would have been a touchdown.

The mistakes were brutal, but the play calling and overall structure were noticeably better. Nick Sirianni acknowledged the offense did some good things, even if they wasted almost all of them.

“We moved the ball and did a lot of good things today,” he said. “But we didn’t finish drives and we had turnovers for multiple reasons. You always look to improve the process and we will get back to work.”

This year is the opposite of last season when Nick Sirianni took a step back and allowed Kellen Moore to run the offense while Sirianni managed the roster like a CEO. With Patullo struggling and the Eagles falling apart on that side of the ball, Sirianni is stepping back in.

The crazy part.

Despite losing three straight games, despite Hurts turning the ball over five times, despite AJ Brown playing his worst game in years, the Nick Sirianni-helped Eagles’ offense actually looked better last night. They were aggressive. They pushed the ball downfield. Saquon finally looked like himself. There was at least a spine to the operation.

The execution was an absolute disaster, but the framework looked like something you can build on. We could sit here and argue about why it look until Week 14 with four games left on the schedule to figure out that changes needed to be made all night.

I don’t think anyone actually wants to do that, right?

I also have no idea how much of an impact was made by Nick Sirianni but if you didn’t see the difference last night, I can’t help you.

Nick Sirianni will remain in the mud with the offense. Whether that saves the season or just delays the inevitable will become obvious soon. It starts Sunday against the Raiders.