The Eagles’ offensive crisis has already pushed Nick Sirianni into full reset mode, but one line in his Sunday answer needed a Monday clarification: not every part of the offense is being blown up.
Philadelphia is still searching for answers after four straight losses, and Sirianni said “everything’s on the table” as the team tries to stop the slide. But on Monday afternoon, he made it clear that one thing is staying put - Sean Mannion will continue calling plays.
Mannion, in his first season as offensive coordinator, has been trying to install an under-center system he brought with him this offseason. For now, Sirianni is not taking that responsibility away from him. The head coach said his comment was aimed at the bigger picture: how the offense functions, not who is holding the play sheet.
Sirianni said he, Mannion and the rest of the offensive staff spent a long stretch Monday morning talking through what can change.
“Everything’s on the table. Oh, but we’ve done this.
Yeah, well, maybe this isn’t working quite as good. So this is on the table,” Sirianni said.
“It hasn’t looked the way we wanted it to look, and we’re not scoring enough points.
“But as far as who’s coaching the positions and who’s calling the plays, that will remain the same. And we’re looking for answers, and we’re looking for solutions.”
He also backed Mannion directly.
Sirianni said he still has a “high confidence” in Mannion as the Eagles’ OC: “That’s why I hired him.”
The coach said the players and position coaches also have a role in what comes next, and he pointed to the obvious reality of the recent stretch: this offense has been broken. Injuries and absences have made the situation worse, with Jalen Hurts, Saquon Barkley, DeVonta Smith and Lane Johnson among the missing names. Still, Sirianni didn’t hide from the bigger issue.
“Right now, we are in a rough spot, as we know,” Sirianni said. “And so it is about controlling the things you can control in this moment and figuring out what the next steps are.”
“We all have a hand in the wins. We all have a hand in the losses. And right now, with four losses in a row, we all have a hand in that, and we have to get better.”
Next Monday’s game against the Dallas Cowboys will be the first chance to show whether any of that conversation leads to cleaner football. Hurts is likely done for the season with blood clots in his lungs, so Tanner McKee is expected to start at quarterback. Smith is back, and Barkley might be back.
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