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I keep hearing how the Eagles are the gold standard because they are smarter than everyone else, more stable than Dallas, and always a step ahead.
So explain this to me: why does nobody want their offensive coordinator job?
Because once you peel back the hype, that position looks less like an opportunity and more like a setup.
Let’s be honest, the Eagles’ OC doesn’t actually run the offense.
Nick Sirianni wants control. It’s his system, vision, and his fingerprints on everything. The coordinator isn’t there to build or evolve the offense. He’s there to operate it and absorb blame when it stops working.
If the offense is rolling, Sirianni gets praised as an offensive mastermind. If it stalls, the OC is suddenly the issue.
We’ve already watched this play out, and it’s obvious around the league.
That job exists so someone else can take the fall.
This is the part Eagles fans hate hearing, and as an OU fan, me too, but league people have been saying it quietly for a while.
Word is Jalen Hurts can only run a limited playbook.
That doesn’t mean he isn’t talented. What it does mean is the offense has to stay small.
When a quarterback struggles with layered progressions, full-field reads, and post-snap processing, the scheme shrinks. What you’re left with is:
That can work, until the defenses adjust, and once they do, the Eagles don’t change. They double down, and we have all seen this happen.
Now imagine you’re a top offensive assistant. Are you taking a job where you can’t expand the playbook, and can’t showcase creativity? Especially when you know you’ll be blamed if the defenses catch up?
No chance.
This is why the Eagles OC role has become toxic.
If Hurts can only operate within tight constraints, the coordinator isn’t building a resume, he’s managing plays.
You’re not developing a quarterback or out-scheming opponents. You’re just keeping the machine running.
One coordinator got out at the perfect time and cashed in. The one who stayed ran the same limited offense and got crushed when regression hit.
That’s not bad luck, that is the system.
On top of all that, the Eagles’ offense is player-driven. Big voices, established stars, strong opinions.
A new coordinator isn’t walking in as the authority. He’s walking in hoping buy-in happens, and if things go sideways, nobody is shrugging him publicly.
He’s quickly replaceable, or so we thought.
Here’s the irony I see.
Philly loves to laugh at Dallas, but this is what real structural problems look like. Talent masking rigidity, coordinators used as shields,...
