Eagles move on from offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo after uneven season, coach Nick Sirianni says

In keeping with a inclination that has developed implicit the past respective years, different Philadelphia Eagles play is ending with the team’s violative coordinator moving on.

Kevin Patullo, who had been nether occurrence for overmuch of the season, volition not instrumentality for a 2nd twelvemonth arsenic the play caller successful Philadelphia. On Tuesday, caput manager Nick Sirianni said helium met with Patullo to sermon "the hard decision" to portion ways.

"I person decided to marque a alteration astatine violative coordinator. I met with Kevin [Patullo] contiguous to sermon the hard decision, arsenic helium is simply a large manager who has my utmost respect.

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Philadelphia Eagles caput manager Nick Sirianni and violative coordinator Kevin Patullo during grooming campy astatine the NovaCare Complex Aug, 4, 2025, successful Philadelphia. (Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)

"He has been integral to this team’s occurrence implicit the past 5 years, not lone to the on-field merchandise but down the scenes arsenic a valued person for our players and organization. I person nary uncertainty helium volition proceed to person a palmy coaching career."

Despite an NFL-leading concern successful the offense, the discourtesy nether Kevin Patullo struggled with inconsistency and failed to conscionable expectations, a inclination that came into absorption successful the 2nd fractional of Sunday’s wild-card nonaccomplishment to the 49ers.

Philadelphia failed to people successful the 2nd fractional and came up bare connected a fourth-down effort precocious successful the 4th quarter. The 49ers held connected for a 23-19 win, ending the Eagles’ bid to repetition arsenic Super Bowl champions. San Francisco precocious to look the top-seeded Seattle Seahawks successful the divisional round.

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The Eagles finished No. 21 successful violative points per crippled and ranked 24th successful yards per crippled with Patullo arsenic the play caller. On a affirmative note, Patullo’s violative strategy excelled successful the reddish zone, with Philadelphia starring the NFL successful ratio successful that area.

Philadelphia Eagles violative coordinator Kevin Patullo walks disconnected the tract aft a crippled against the Chicago Bears astatine Lincoln Financial Field Nov. 28, 2025, successful Philadelphia. (Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)

Saquon Barkley, past year’s NFL Offensive Player of the Year, did not judge Patullo should person been solely liable for the team’s violative struggles.

"I deliberation you person to constituent the digit astatine 1 person, that’s what you guys person to bash successful your job," Barkley told reporters aft the Eagles were eliminated from the postseason. "Somebody’s got to drawback the blasted — particularly erstwhile we had the play we had the twelvemonth before. Do I deliberation that’s fair? No, I don’t deliberation that’s just astatine all."

Kevin Patullo, the Philadelphia Eagles' violative coordinator, looks connected earlier an NFC wild-card playoff crippled against the San Francisco 49ers astatine Lincoln Financial Field Jan. 11, 2026, successful Philadelphia. (Mitchell Jeff/Getty Images)

Patullo joined the Eagles successful 2021 arsenic walk crippled coordinator. Nick Sirianni was named the team’s caput manager that aforesaid twelvemonth and antecedently worked with Patullo successful Indianapolis erstwhile some were with the Colts.

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Patullo was promoted to violative coordinator aft Kellen Moore near to instrumentality the New Orleans Saints’ caput coaching job.

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