The Eagles are going into their bye week as losers of seven straight and owners of a miserable 2-7 record. With two weeks to prepare for a meeting with the Steelers on Nov. 22, Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni will consider making changes to his staff (via Josh Alper of PFT).
“We’ll talk,” Sirianni said after a 19-11 loss to the NFC East rival Giants on Sunday (via the team’s website). “Obviously, right now my job is to be there for our guys and to go watch the tape and go look through everything. I think we always think — we’ll do everything. I’ll do anything I can to help this team win football games. Like I said, I’ll look at myself internally first and then go from there.”
If Sirianni does reshuffle his staff, it seems unlikely to affect defensive coordinator Vic Fangio and his group. Sirianni said the “defense is playing solid,” though he admitted that “none of us offensively have done a good enough job.” While Sirianni assigned blame to himself and didn’t throw any of his coaches under the bus, it’s fair to wonder if offensive coordinator Sean Mannion could be in hot water.
The Eagles only gave a year to previous O-coordinator Kevin Patullo, whom they ousted after they finished 19th in the NFL in scoring and 24th in yards in 2025. They considered double-digit candidates for the job (a couple of them withdrew from the search) before finally settling on the 34-year-old Mannion. A former backup quarterback, Mannion is only in his third season as a coach and his first as a coordinator. He worked as an offensive assistant with the Packers in 2024 before taking over as their QBs coach last year.
So far in Philadelphia, Mannion has led an offense that ranks 30th in scoring and 32nd in yards. In fairness to Mannion, the on-field cast isn’t the one he expected to lead. The problems begin at quarterback, where Jalen Hurts landed on IR with blood clots after Week 5 and will miss the rest of the season. In Hurts’ absence, Mannion has been forced to make do with the overmatched tandem of Tanner McKee and Joe Milton at the game’s most important position.
Adding to the Eagles’ issues longtime stalwart right tackle Lane Johnson abruptly retired after Week 4. As a result, third-round rookie Markel Bell had to go from developmental player to starter quicker than the Eagles intended. Meanwhile, starting wide receivers DeVonta Smith and Dontavyion Wicks have combined to miss eight games because of injuries.
If the Eagles demote or fire Mannion, Sirianni could grab the play-calling reins or assign those duties to pass game coordinator Josh Grizzard or another staffer. Grizzard was a first-time offensive coordinator with the Buccaneers last season, but head coach Todd Bowles canned him after the unit fell well short of the production it posted under Liam Coen in 2024. While Grizzard’s play-calling resume doesn’t inspire much confidence, Sirianni could view him as a better fit for the position than the beleaguered Mannion. Sirianni, who is in Year 6 in Philadelphia, is already on OC No. 5. We’ll see if he adds to the total during the Eagles’ bye.
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