Kevin Patullo Has Mercifully Been Relieved of his Duties By The Philadelphia Eagles, No Longer Has To Live Life As The Worst Offensive Coordinator In Football
Mitchell Leff. Getty Images.He should have never been put in this position in the first place. At no point was Kevin Patullo ever the right man for the job. The Eagles had one of the most explosive offenses in all of football. They have superstars all over the field on the offensive side of the ball. They had a roster on paper that gives you every opportunity to do what so few teams in NFL history have ever been able to do, and repeat as back-to-back champs.
Kevin Patullo was never the right guy for the job. Everybody knew it from the start. But he was already on the Eagles staff, he was familiar with the personnel, and he's Nick Sirianni's boy. So Jeffrey Lurie and Howie Roseman decided to let Nick Sirianni make his 2nd in-house promotion to offensive coordinator.
It didn't work before when he promoted Brian Johnson from the quarterbacks coach to OC. His offense was to simple, couldn't get guys open, and he was fired after just one season. History often has a knack of repeating itself.
Shane Steichen--Super Bowl appearance. Leaves to become a head coach.
Brian Johnson--promoted from within, sucks shit, fired the next year.
Kellen Moore--Super Bowl win. Leaves to become a head coach.
Kevin Patullo--promoted from within, sucks shit, fired the next year.
All things considered, it's not the worst track record ever. In 4 years you have 2 guys who are now head coaches in the NFL. That's a pretty good hit rate. But at some point it would be nice to get a little bit of stability in the building. At some point, maybe it would be fun to see what Jalen Hurts is capable of doing when he doesn't have to work with a new coordinator basically every year since he's been 18.
The Eagles need to bring in a proven offensive mind. That much is obvious. You can't afford to take a chance on a first time play caller anymore with how quickly the window can close in the NFL. You need to bring in someone who is experienced, respected, and can keep Nick Sirianni as far removed from the offense as possible. But he also can't be too hungry to land a head coaching spot either. You can't bring a guy in here who is basically just looking at this job as an internship to become a head coach in 2027. It would take an extraordinary amount of luck for the Eagles to be able to land the Vic Fangio equivalent on the offensive side of the ball, but that's what the blueprint should be.
Kevin Patullo sucked. It wasn't all his fault. The players all sucked as well. But the fact of the matter is that Kevin Patullo did absolutely nothing to highlight anything that anyone on this offense does well, the offense never established any sort of identity, and he's a guy who is so very easy to fire. It was a necessary, and deserved, firing. Thank god it's over, but now we have to see just how well Jeffrey Lurie and Howie Roseman can clean up Sirianni's mess.