Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni said he will not make changes at offensive coordinator or quarterback despite the Eagles’ losing streak reaching six games with a 27-10 loss to Washington. The decision keeps first-year offensive coordinator Sean Mannion and quarterback Tanner McKee in place as Philadelphia fell to 2-6 on the season.
“All of us have things that we have to improve on, and this is never just on one person. So, I’m not making any changes there,” Sirianni said. “It is on all of us to figure out how to get things going in the right direction.
Obviously, right now they’re not. But again, this is the ultimate team game and we’re in the problem-solving business.”
Sirianni’s Rationale For Standing Pat
Sirianni framed the Eagles’ offensive struggles as a collective problem rather than one tied to a single coach or player, which he said rules out a change at coordinator or quarterback. He pointed instead to coaching detail as the area he intends to address himself.
“Until we coach better, until we are better with our detail as coaches, until our players play with better detail, then we’re going to see the same results,” Sirianni said. “That falls on me. With all of the detail that’s not happening right now, I got to try a different approach. I’ll do everything I can do to try different things to make sure we’re getting that point across.”
Sirianni has steered the Eagles through difficult stretches in each of his previous five seasons as head coach, a track record that has so far kept his approach to in-season adjustments consistent.
An Offense That Has Stalled
The numbers back up the scope of the problem Sirianni is describing. Philadelphia has averaged just 15 points and 270.3 yards per game across McKee’s three starts, and the Eagles managed only 10 points against a Washington defense that entered the game allowing a league worst 28.7 points per game outside of one team.
McKee threw for 212 yards and an interception against Washington. Asked about the offense’s performance, he called it “frustrating” and pointed to “details and execution” as the core issue, echoing his head coach’s diagnosis.
The Eagles had a 10-0 lead built on a 3-yard direct-snap touchdown run by Saquon Barkley with 4:27 left in the first quarter, but they did not score again. Two drives ended in turnovers, and another promising series was undone by penalties that led to kicker Jake Elliott’s first missed field goal of the season.
Barkley, who rushed for 2,000 yards during Philadelphia’s Super Bowl championship season in 2024, finished with just 30 yards on 13 carries against Washington, with a long of five yards. “We’re not the big, bad Eagles anymore, I guess, right? We’ve got to understand that,” Barkley said.
Context Behind The Slide
The six-game losing streak is Philadelphia’s longest since an eight-game skid in 2012, and the Eagles’ 2-6 start is their worst since 1999, Andy Reid’s first season as coach. Reid was fired in 2012 after his first losing season since that 1999 campaign, a history that looms over any coach presiding over a prolonged Eagles slump.
Other coaching changes in franchise history followed different paths. Chip Kelly was fired with the Eagles at 6-9 in 2015 after back-to-back 10-win seasons, while Doug Pederson was let go after a losing 2020 season despite delivering the franchise’s first Super Bowl title and two more playoff berths.
The current offensive issues follow the departure of longtime offensive line coach Jeff Stoutland, who split with the team at the end of last season. Left tackle Jordan Mailata’s performance has also been cited as a factor in the line’s struggles, and cornerback Quinyon Mitchell was beaten for a 53-yard reception by Treylon Burks against Washington. Edge rusher Nolan Smith returned to the lineup for the Commanders game.
Sirianni said he still trusts the locker room and coaching staff to turn things around. “We need to get better as a whole. I got a lot of faith in everybody in that locker room.
I got a lot of faith in the coaches in that locker room. I know we got a bunch of guys who will fight regardless of the circumstances,” he said.
What’s Next
The Eagles host the New York Giants on Sunday in a game described as pretty much their last realistic shot at a playoff run. New York enters at 4-2-1 and sits in the driver’s seat to win the NFC East. The Nov. 10 trade deadline also looms before Philadelphia’s next game, giving the front office a window to make roster moves even as Sirianni holds his staff and starting quarterback in place.
The NFC East race, including the Giants’ rise, is covered in the NFC East standings report. Philadelphia’s quarterback situation also connects to the ongoing investigation into Jalen Hurts’ medical care.
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