Firing Kevin Patullo won’t magically fix the Eagles offense, because it’s not even his offense

We need to make one thing clear in the Kevin Patullo debate. Yes, he’s a total idiot and doesn’t deserve to keep his job. No, he’s not the only reason the Eagles offense sucked ass in 2025.

Some people are blaming the players. Others are going full rabid mode on Kevin Patullo. The players deserve their share, sure, but the main culprit has been, and always will be, Nick Sirianni.

What we watched in 2025 wasn’t “The Kevin Patullo Offense.” It was the Nick Sirianni offense. Full stop. It’s always been the Sirianni offense, even when Shane Steichen was here. Same thing with Kellen Moore last year.

The only difference with Steichen and Moore is they were actually fluent in NFL offense. They brought their own ideas, their own rhythm, and they learned the game from people who weren’t named Nick Sirianni.

That was not the case with Kevin Patullo and Brian Johnson in 2023. Those were Sirianni protégés. Kevin Patullo might be the most “Nick Sirianni guy” we’ve had yet.

And the results spoke for themselves.

If you don’t believe me, take it from Sirianni himself. This is what he said when he was asked about his offense heading into the 2023 season.

Nick Sirianni claims everything the Eagles do offensively is on him, not Kevin Patullo or anyone else:

Those who’ve been around Sirianni have been privy to another all-encompassing similar love for his own offense.

In the spring of 2023 after handing off the play-calling duties to Johnson, here’s how Sirianni described it:

“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,] Sirianni chuckled. “… I’m very particular and I know what I believe in, in the passing and the running game and offensive football.”

You can read that entire article here.

So, where do we go from here?

The first instinct is to say fire Sirianni. I don’t even know if that’s the solution, but I’m also not opposed to it if he’s still going to put his shackles on the offense. Because to be clear: his version of this offense has never worked.

When he was calling plays in Year 1? Complete disaster.

When one of his cronies gets the play-calling duties? Total shit show.

When someone with actual offensive pedigree calls plays? Not half bad.

Still not as good as it should be, because of course Nick Sirianni has to slap handcuffs on it and make sure it stays “his.”

Firing Sirianni would be a pretty insane move considering his overall record and the Super Bowl ring, but it’s not some impossible, made-up scenario either. Howie Roseman and Jeffrey Lurie aren’t afraid to bail on something that clearly isn’t working, even if they’ve already invested a ton into it. We’ve seen it before. Carson Wentz. Doug Pederson. Pick your example.

There’s no room for ego here. Sirianni either gives up his stranglehold on the offense, or the team moves on.

This group of offensive players is still in their prime. Howie doesn’t want to waste any more prime years. And neither do I.

Deep down, we all know what has to happen for this Eagles offense to get back on track. I’m just anxiously waiting to see if ownership sees it the same way.