While we wait for Jeffrey Lurie’s decision on what he’s going to do with his prisoner in the NovaCare Complex, a report from Ralph Vacchiano at FoxSports.com says Jalen Hurts and Brian Johnson were rarely on the same page late in the season:

One team source said Hurts audibled and freelanced more frequently late in the season, and that he and Johnson rarely seemed to be on the same page. Hurts regressed badly during the six-game slide, throwing just six touchdown passes with five interceptions. And the Eagles got away from their dangerous run-pass option attack, as Johnson shied away from the running game in general. In fact, Hurts unbelievably had just one carry in the loss to the Bucs, and that didn’t appear to be a designed run.

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, ya think?

My thoughts:

If this is true, how can it not be malpractice from Hurts, Johnson, and Nick Sirianni? How as the head coach do you not nip in the bud the obvious problems your franchise QB and the OC have? How have two people who have known each other for 20+ years not have an adult conversation during the week when you’re going over the film and game planning? Did they just not communicate ever? If you’re out on Sirianni like some are, this just adds more fuel to the fire. If you’re not going to pick the personnel, and the offensive game plan is trash, then what exactly are you good for? He’s a coach’s son that preaches all of these teachings and philosophies about teamwork and competitiveness and with each report that comes out about what goes on inside the locker room it sounds like none of that worked this year. So are guys are tuning you out and everything you’ve preached isn’t as effective anymore?

Obviously we don’t know how many audibles Jalen made this year, compared to last year with Shane Steichen, but I feel like they were more significant this year. We had Jason Kelce wave him off in Kansas City:

We had the 3rd and 2 audible in the Bucs game Monday that confused the receivers:

Then the worst one was the audible to AJ Brown deep down the sideline against the Seahawks that Sirianni took the blame for:

There were good audibles too this year:

There are more interesting details in the article, including a report that Lurie would want Sirianni to fire his coordinators to keep his job and that his decision to hire someone outside of the organization instead of Dennard Wilson for the DC job was a mistake:

But a team source said that Lurie, like many in the organization, has soured on his choices. In fact, one team source said that if Sirianni was allowed to keep his job, Lurie and general manager Howie Roseman would likely insist that he fire both his coordinators, if he wasn’t planning to do it anyway.

There is an internal belief that he made a big mistake hiring Desai from outside the organization while passing over popular defensive backs coach Dennard Wilson, who immediately left to take the same job with the Baltimore Ravens. They could fix that by hiring Wilson to replace Patricia and Desai.

Of course hindsight is 20/20. Lurie praised Sirianni for his relentless interviewing over the summer. And now if this report is true, Lurie and Howie are going to have even more power over Sirianni than before. Feels like a mid-season firing is coming for the Head Ball Coach next year, if the Birds start slow.