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Kevin Patullo Dodges Question About Predictable Eagles Offense With Rambling Response
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The Philadelphia Eagles offense under first-year coordinator Kevin Patullo has been a mess. The Birds rank 30th in total yards, 29th in passing yards and 25th in rushing yards per game, despite bringing back 10 of 11 starters. Saquon Barkley , who ran for 2,005 yards in 2024, has yet to have a 100-yard rushing game. A.J. Brown has two games with eight or fewer receiving yards. In back-to-back losses, the offense has scored 17 points per game with only seven points after halftime combined.
Following their upset loss to NFC East rival New York Giants last Thursday, All-Pro right tackle Lane Johnson said the offense has been getting too "predictable."
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"I don't know if we're predictable, but it seems a lot harder than what it needs to be," Johnson said, via The Philadelphia Inquirer's Jeff McLane . "Maybe moving forward have a little bit more variety, hitting the perimeter some and doing a little bit more of that."
Patullo's Non-Answer on Predictability
With the Eagles looking to get back on track in Week 7 against the Minnesota Vikings , Patullo was asked about Johnson's comment about the offense being predictable. His rambling, 130-word response never actually addressed the criticism.
"I think the comment Lane had, and what's great about the players is the communication with all of us is constant, whether it's during game, whether it's during the week, even on days off, things like that. That's been really, really good and productive for us. I think a lot of it comes down to is, and I know Nick [Sirianni] alluded to this, too, is sometimes situational moments in the game where you're limited a little bit depending on where you're at [with] field position, down and distance, select plays, what the defense does at times, if they're a big edge pressure team during certain situations, that can dictate a little bit of what you want to do," Patullo said, via The Athletic's Zach Berman.
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"I think when you talk about the situational stuff and/or the predictability, you've just got to look at where the whole context is, and I think that's what kind of the last day or so, over the weekend, things we were able to look at where we were, where we are, where we want to go, and what we know we need to do to go forward. I think it was very productive. We had a good meeting yesterday as an offensive unit, and so I think we're in a good spot working forward."
If this were "Billy Madison," principal James Downey would call it a "rambling, incoherent response" that wasn't even "close to anything that could be considered a rational thought."
While Patullo is trying to sidestep questions from the media, he better have answers inside the Eagles complex for how to fix an offense that ran all the way to the Super Bowl last season. Many are already calling for his job, and if the offense can't get out of neutral against the Vikings, calls will grow even louder for Patullo to be ousted.
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