The Eagles are 8-4 and sitting atop the NFC East, but let’s be honest - it hasn’t exactly been a smooth ride to that record. Most wins have come by the skin of their teeth, and the losses? Well, they’ve been the kind that leave a mark.
Head coach Nick Sirianni isn’t ducking the criticism. In fact, he’s putting himself right in the crosshairs.
“Of course, none of us are doing a good enough job right now,” Sirianni said on Monday. “We all have to look internally and get better. When I say that, hopefully you guys always understand that I'm looking at myself first.”
That’s not just coach-speak. It’s an acknowledgment that when a team is this inconsistent - when it blows big leads and loses games it should win - the responsibility starts at the top.
Let’s rewind a bit. The Eagles opened the season 4-0, but since then they’ve gone 4-4.
And the four losses? They’ve been rough.
A 17-3 fourth-quarter lead vanished at home against the Broncos. An 18-point loss to the Giants - as seven-point favorites.
A 21-0 lead evaporated in Dallas. And then came the Bears game, a home loss where they gave up one of the highest rushing totals the NFL has seen in the last six decades.
That’s not just a team having a bad day. That’s a team struggling to close, struggling to adjust, and struggling to execute on both sides of the ball.
And the numbers back it up. The Eagles are one of just four teams - alongside the Dolphins, Titans, and Steelers - ranked in the bottom 10 in both offense and defense. That’s a hard stat to swallow for a franchise with Super Bowl aspirations.
Kevin Patullo, the offensive play-caller, has taken plenty of heat. And sure, the offensive rhythm hasn’t been there. But Sirianni made it clear: this isn’t about one guy.
“It isn't just one person, it's the ultimate team game,” Sirianni said. “We're working through everything.
I have a lot of faith in all the players. I have a lot of faith in all the coaches.
We’ve just got to execute it better and scheme it better. We’ve got to call it better.”
That’s the balancing act - belief in the people in the building while acknowledging that the product on the field hasn’t been good enough. It’s a message of accountability, but also one of unity. Sirianni’s trying to keep the locker room together during a stretch that’s felt like a slow unraveling.
“When you get into these adversities that you're in, you can band together as a football team or you can get into a blame world,” he added. “If we're all looking internally, that's what it's all about. We’ve all got to do better, and that's everybody.”
There’s a familiar feeling creeping in for Eagles fans - and not in a good way. This slide is starting to echo the 2023 collapse, when a 10-1 start turned into an 11-6 finish and a quick exit in the wild-card round.
Sirianni hasn’t forgotten that stretch. And he’s hoping the hard lessons from two years ago can help prevent a repeat.
“I think you saw ... the lessons we learned in ‘23 resulted in what happened last year,” Sirianni said, alluding to the Super Bowl run that followed. “You're always constantly trying to learn and get better. Sometimes that sting of the loss or the 2023 season has even more impact, which is why I'm grateful for adversity and looking for an opportunity to get better from the adversity.”
The Eagles have five games left to find their footing - a road trip to face the 8-4 Chargers, then home against the 2-10 Raiders, a visit to 3-9 Washington, a tough matchup in Buffalo, and finally a home closer against the Commanders.
It’s not an impossible stretch. But if they’re going to make noise in January, they’ll need more than just talent. They’ll need cohesion, consistency, and a whole lot more execution than we’ve seen lately.
Sirianni knows it. The players know it. Now it’s about proving they can fix it - before the season slips away again.