We were having a hypothetical discussion the other day.

With Kevin Patullo soon-to-be fired (now official), say a guy like Mike McDaniel or Kliff Kingsbury shows interest in the Eagles’ offensive coordinator job. Does it make more sense to go for the Browns head coach job, or come here?

There was a lot of knee jerk reaction in favor of the former. Why would anyone turn down a head coaching job to become a coordinator?

Well, you’d turn down a head coach job if the team stinks, or doesn’t have a franchise quarterback.

That’s the case for several of these...

There it is:

Now we move on with our lives.

And so what if Jalen Hurts has to work with another coordinator? That narrative is overrated. Hurts has gone to two Super Bowls through all of the changes and played great in both of them. He’s also running a version of the same offense despite the coordinators changing. Let’s hope the next one unlocks this offense again in 2026.

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As we deliver the postmortem on this Eagles season, we peruse the data and come to the realization that the penalty situation was hideous.

According to the Sportradar data, the Birds had the NFL’s worst penalty differential, finishing -26 in the regular season for a total of -276 yards:

They committed 117 of their own penalties while opponents committed just 91, so not only did the Birds get flagged a ton, but the teams they played were apparently the most disciplined teams out there.

All of the Birds’ penalties amounted to 1,073 yards lost. The offense lost 518 yards while...

The Pittsburgh Steelers lost to the Houston Texans on Monday night, 30 to 6 on their home field to exit the postseason:

42-year-old Aaron Rodgers threw for 146 yards and an interception against the league’s best defense. Kenny Gainwell and Jaylen Warren carried the ball 18 times for 63 yards. This was easy money for anybody who watched either of these teams at least once during the regular season.

To recap, the Pittsburgh Steelers last won a playoff game on January 16th of 2016. Barack Obama was still in office and Ben Roethlisberger was handing the ball to Le’Veon Bell...

The saying goes that the brighter the star, the faster it burns. But for A.J. Brown, it feels like his 2025 season has ended on more of a whimper.

There are plenty of problems to dive into for why the Philadelphia Eagles’ postseason run ended without a single victory. Brown has certainly earned a place in this conversation. The drop(s) heard round the world were the breaking point of frustration for plenty of Eagles’ fans in this lifeless playoff exit:

But this is just the straw that broke the camel’s back for what has been a season of issues for...

It feels like it’s a matter of when, and not if, the Eagles fire offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo.

If they don’t, there will be a riot at NovaCare that will make January 6th look like amateur hour.

But in the interest of keeping things real, and holding to the mantra that more than one thing can be true, how many offensive players had good seasons in 2025? How many played at the same level they did in 2024?

Not many.

And sure, it’s a chicken and egg kind of thing. Maybe they stunk because the offensive coordinator stunk, but consider...

Good story idea here from Sully:

Yes, it is time to consider this. Who is the worst Kevin in Philly sports history? There are plenty of options.

The candidates:

Kevin Hayes

He was good during his first Flyers season, led the team in playoff points, then didn’t do much in the ensuing three years. He possibly had his fingerprints all over the Cutter Gauthier situation, if you believe Anthony SanFilippo from the Snow the Goalie program.

Hayes denied that he had anything to do with Quitter Gauthier quitting on the Flyers, leaving us to choose sides between Ant and...

By now you’ve probably figured out that the Eagles alternate between Super Bowl appearances and first round exits.

Since 2021, when Jalen Hurts became the starter:

• lost to Bucs in the first round
• went to the Super Bowl
• lost to Bucs in the first round
• went to the Super Bowl (ended the Chiefs dynasty)
• lost to 49ers in the first round
• (will go to the Super Bowl)

There pattern here is obvious. You go to the Super Bowl, lose your offensive coordinator, hire a shit coordinator, then replace him with a good coordinator and...

There’s been a lot of chatter about the final play from Sunday’s loss.

Jalen Hurts threw into triple coverage for Dallas Goedert as the Eagles pulled “four verticals” out of their high school playbook, a failed attempt to move sticks on 4th and 11 with seven San Francisco players defending four Birds.

Here’s the play itself, and a log of what was called on the final drive:

There was much of the same throughout that entire drive. A lot of 2×2 in 11 personnel, predictable routes that we’ve seen all season long.

Here’s the rest of that tweet from Kevin...

It’s time to hand out awards, and the Eagles’ offensive MVP goes to Dallas Goedert, who caught four of his seven targets for 33 yards and a touchdown on Sunday evening. He also ran for a score on a goal line end-around, which was the most creative thing Kevin Patullo called all night.

Goedert was one of maybe three or four offensive players who had a good season.

Funny enough, he was the subject of trade rumors in the summer and only wound up staying after he took a pay cut, agreeing to a reworked contract at $10 million, down...

Well, I can’t exactly say I’m surprised at how the Eagles’ season ended. Ultimately, the offense could not formulate a competent enough drive to extend the season that probably would have ended in Chicago next weekend anyway.

Remember when J.T. Realmuto said the Phillies had hoped to flip a switch offensively heading into the 2024 MLB Playoffs? Many of us hoped that’d be the same for the Eagles’ offense heading into their Wild Card game against the 49ers.

Once again, the offense scored a couple touchdowns and then completely turtled when it mattered the most. Blame Jake Elliott all you...

It’s a given that Kevin Patullo is fired, right? You can’t keep him around for another year. The fans will revolt. There’s no way Jeffrey Lurie will sit there and watch that slop again.

Naturally, there’s a lot of chatter that the Birds should can Patullo and go get Mike McDaniel, who is interviewing for the Cleveland job:

For who? For what? To coach Shedeur Sanders and Dillon Gabriel? The Browns aren’t winning anything any time soon.

The job he should take is the Eagles’ offensive coordinator job. Think about it. He gets a Super Bowl-winning quarterback. He gets DeVonta...