The Philadelphia Eagles enter their Week 5 contest against the Denver Broncos undefeated, but the team is not flawless despite the 4-0 start. Wide receiver A.J. Brown made headlines this week for showing frustration with his role in the offense.
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The Eagles won February’s Super Bowl with Kellen Moore as the offensive coordinator. Philadelphia named Kevin Patullo, who had been the team’s passing coordinator since 2021, the new offensive coordinator when Moore left for the New Orleans Saints head coaching gig.
The transition has not been smooth. The Eagles are scoring 27 points per game, down two points from their average of 29 points per game in 2024. Philadelphia ranks 30th in total offense, and some players have questioned the playcalling of Patullo in the early season.
Per Cayden Steele of NJ Advance Media, Eagles offensive tackle Jordan Mailata called questions about Patullo’s job security “unfair.”
"It's very unfair," Mailata said. "I just think it's very easy to want to blame somebody. Easy target. It's an execution (issue). There's nothing else to it."
Per Steele, multiple Eagles players defended Patullo, saying players on offense need to execute better. However, the outside pressure is starting to seep inside the locker room, and it’s up to the first-year offensive coordinator to turn things around before he suffers a similar fate to Brian Johnson, who was fired after coaching the offense for one season in 2023.
Eagles tight end Dallas Goedert suggested Patullo needed to make better in-game adjustments when opposing teams show different looks than what they’ve put on tape in recent games.
"Lately on third down, teams are showing pressure, bailing out on Cover 2," Goedert said. "You don't see that very often. They've been doing it against us, and we need answers for that and be able to convert on those."
The Eagles will have to make a change for the offense soon, because the situation is becoming quickly unsustainable after Brown’s outburst and the questions that have followed.
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