Eagles Mailbag: Can Nick Sirianni Right the Ship in Philadelphia?

The Philadelphia Eagles have lost back-to-back games and appear to be losing their grip on first place in the NFC East. Yet there is still plenty of time left for Nick Sirianni to right the ship and avoid another collapse like the Eagles suffered in 2023.

If Sirianni fails to fix this mess, would the Eagles consider making a change at head coach in 2026? Can Philadelphia take advantage of a relatively soft remaining regular season schedule and run the table?

I’ll discuss that and more in my Eagles mailbag ahead of Week 14.

This might not be what some Eagles fans want to hear but I don’t think there is any realistic scenario where the team would move on from Nick Sirianni after this season. While you can argue what exactly he brings to the table, the truth is that this team just won the Super Bowl.

If they lose their first playoff game or fail to make the postseason at all, I think we would just see the team do what they did after 2023. Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie and general manager Howie Roseman will handpick a new offensive coordinator and Sirianni would be on the hot seat entering next season.

Then if the Eagles were to struggle next season, that’s when Philadelphia would think about a potential change at head coach. Yet based on the pattern in recent years, they’ll probably reach the Super Bowl again.

The best case scenario is that current offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo figures it out and they won’t have to make a change at all. Since that seems unlikely, I’ll go with your second proposal as what’s better for the team.

Assuming Patullo doesn’t drastically improve, the Eagles will likely be hiring a new offensive coordinator in the offseason. In that scenario, it would be great if they found the Vic Fangio equivalent at offensive coordinator to provide that multi-year stability in a key role.

Someone like Frank Reich, who many Eagles fans don’t want to see return to Philadelphia, would fit that identity. He’s an older coach that likely doesn’t want to be a head coach again, similar to Fangio, but he has shown promise as a play caller in the NFL.

I’m going to sound like a broken record but I think people often lose sight of how ugly the offense looked at times late last season. While the running game was drastically better, the passing offense looked even more dysfunctional than it has at times in 2025.

Despite a humiliating loss overall, I thought the offense showed a few promising flashes in garbage time against the Chicago Bears last week. I also appreciated how Nick Sirianni seemed to change his tone and messaging when answering questions from the media.

Would I bet on the Eagles turning things around and making another Super Bowl run? Probably not. But they certainly have all of the talent necessary to do so, if they can all just finally get on the same page.

No and no. I understand that Jalen Hurts is coming off his worst performance of the regular season and the running game has stunk. But Philadelphia’s offense is a mess from top to bottom.

The Eagles won’t magically look better with the backup quarterback or running back playing. Everyone, including Hurts and Saquon Barkley, needs to be better. It’s that simple.

Honestly? I hate it. While I understand that it could help Jalen Hurts stay healthier, it feels like a somewhat selfish decision that doesn’t help the team overall. The threat of Hurts as a runner opens up significantly more doors for the Eagles to go through.

One of the main things that separates Hurts from other quarterbacks is his running ability. If you aren’t maximizing a player’s skillset and utilizing one of his greatest strengths, that is doing a disservice to everyone else.

We always talk about coaches having to put players in positions to succeed. Well if Hurts wants to run less, he is significantly hampering what plays the coaches can call and is failing to put everyone else in positions to succeed.

Prior to the start of the regular season, I predicted that the Eagles would have a final record of 11-6. I’m going to stick with my initial prediction and say that Philadelphia will win three of their final five regular season games.

My guess is that the Eagles will lose one of their games against the Washington Commanders, as they have already split with both the New York Giants and the Dallas Cowboys. They will also lose to the Buffalo Bills on the road in Week 17.

I’m not sure that a lack of leadership on offense is necessarily a problem. Jason Kelce wasn’t in the building last season and they were able to work through their struggles and ultimately win the Super Bowl.

While Jalen Hurts certainly isn’t as vocal as many people would like him to be, he seems to share the right messages publicly. It feels like the offense lacks confidence and seems unprepared at times, which could actually be a coaching issue that falls back on Kevin Patullo.

This issue is one of my biggest complaints about the Eagles this season. Despite all of the struggles on offense, it feels like the coaching staff hasn’t thrown enough curveballs or mixed things up at all in 2025.

The Eagles have found success with Tank Bigsby running the ball or when utilizing Cameron Latu as a blocker. Yet they continue to play as little as one snap on offense.

Nick Sirianni said something that stuck out to me during his press conference on Monday:

“You can’t just keep doing the same thing over and over and over again and expect different results.”

Well it’s Week 14 and the Eagles have literally done the opposite of that up until this point. Maybe we’ll finally see Sirianni and his coaching staff mix things up on Monday night.

I’m not sure if that all falls on Nick Sirianni or not. My guess is the positional coaches play a huge role on which players are rotated in or out throughout a game. Therefore, some of the blame for that likely has to fall on them.

As far as draft picks go, Eagles general manager Howie Roseman does a great job of drafting a year or two ahead. So a lot of the players that they drafted in 2025 ideally won’t see the field or even compete for legitimate roles until 2026.

Ironically, three of Philadelphia’s final five games are against two of the top rushing offenses in the NFL. Here’s where each remaining opponent ranks in total rushing yards per game this season:

• Bills - 155.7 RYPG (1st)

• Commanders - 138.9 RYPG (3rd)

• Chargers - 122.1 RYPG (12th)

• Raiders - 75.4 RYPG (32nd)

Even if the Eagles held each of those teams to their season averages, they would allow 631 rushing yards over their final five games. Yet given how Philadelphia’s defense has played in recent weeks, I’m going to go with the over.

Yes. I don’t care how mad fans are at a player or coach, there is a certain line that you don’t cross and those people crossed it. There is never a reason to get physical with a player or coach, especially violating their privacy and going near their homes.

Kevin Patullo has a wife and kids that don’t need to be exposed to nonsense like that. While some people want to brush it off as just an egging, it’s still inexcusable behavior that is totally uncalled for.

Well we already saw Eagles general manager Howie Roseman trade for Fred Johnson earlier this season, who initially left in free agency. It seems like Mekhi Becton is unhappy in Los Angeles, for a number of reasons, so a potential reunion would make sense.

I’m just not sure where Becton would fit in. It’s not like his replacement, Tyler Steen, has been the only problem along the offensive line. If the Chargers are willing to trade or even release Becton in the offseason, there will likely be a discussion about a potential reunion.