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Kevin Patullo Will Be Calling Eagles Plays Whether You Like it or Not
By Kyle Pagan
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Nick Sirianni said on Monday he’s not taking the play-calling from Kevin Patullo:
Q. Have you contemplated making a change at the offensive play caller position? And if not, why the confidence in Offensive Coordinator Kevin Patullo this far into the season? (Dave Zangaro)
Nick Sirianni: No, I haven’t. Again, we are always looking for answers. As coaches, we’re always looking for answers and we’re never into assigning blame. It’s just looking for answers. I think what sometimes can happen is it’s like, ‘It’s just this.’ Well, it’s not just that. It’s every piece of the puzzle; coaching, playing, execution, scheme, everything. We’ve got to be better in all of those aspects. (Sunday) I thought Kevin did a good job of calling it. Obviously, he’s going to want plays back just like every player and myself, we all want plays back. When you’re going through it like that, that’s what you’re always looking at. It’s never in football just one thing, even though you’re always trying to find answers. So, no, I haven’t considered that.
Sirianni:
Do you think Sirianni is looking for answers? He didn’t say it enough during his reply. I’ve got a solution… take the play-calling from Kevin Patullo. I don’t know how people can look at this offense that just scored 10, 16, and 21 points over the last three games and not think something is wrong. Sure the run game hasn’t been there this year and that’s tough when 50% of your offense is lacking, but anyone with a brain knows they took their foot off the gas on Sunday. They didn’t score for more than 40 minutes! They went away from A.J. Brown. If I see another run on first down for two yards I’m going to lose it. The offense has looked like shit since the beginning of the season. How many more examples do we need?
This is my one bugaboo with Sirianni. It feels like no one is ever held accountable. I don’t need a public execution, but every answer is just a run-on sentence repeating the same thing over and over and mixing in a mundane coaching philosophy. There is rarely ever been anything insightful said at a Nick Sirianni press conference since he got here. The reason why is because that would be an admission of guilt since he promoted Patullo from within. We saw this with Brian Johnson and Sean Desai. They were two guys Siranni promoted/hired and both flamed out even though he had their back the entire time. Johnson was fired in the offseason and Desai was moved into the booth late in the season out of nowhere for Matt Patricia, Howie’s hire. If it wasn’t for Roseman making the change, it probably would’ve never happened. I appreciate loyalty, but you’re just wasting a year of your players’ primes not getting off the pot. It’s ridiculous.
Jordan Mailata stuck up for Patullo as well and blamed the players for not executing:
Sure, it’s hard to win in the NFL. But this isn’t one game you’re watching the offense claw a victory from the jaws of defeat. This is a unit that has relied on the defense to save their asses all season. The entire narrative of this season has literally been dominated by one wide receiver’s unhappiness with the offense. Don’t tell me it’s a player execution issue when the players executing it just won the Super Bowl. I appreciate the veteran leadership on the team not throwing a guy under the bus, but at this point what Eagles fan would blame them? We all see it.
Kyle writes blog posts and does Man on the Street-style videos all around Philadelphia. He graduated from Temple University (a basketball school) in 2015. contact: k.pagan@sportradar.com