The Eagles’ 2025 offense was frustrating more often than not, but there were still a few nights when it looked like everything was finally coming together. Those stretches deserve a closer look, because they showed what Philadelphia could be when the passing game found its rhythm and the whole operation started humming.
The clearest breakthrough came in Week 3 against the Los Angeles Rams, a 33-26 Eagles win that was about more than Jordan Davis’ block-and-return touchdown on the decisive field goal attempt. Philadelphia had opened the season with two games in which the passing attack never produced a forward touchdown, and by the third quarter it was staring at a 26-7 hole.
Then Jalen Hurts flipped the script. He threw three touchdown passes, including a 33-yard strike to Dallas Goedert, a nine-yard dot to A.J.
Brown, and a four-yard scoring pass to DeVonta Smith. That burst suggested the offense might be ready to take off, even if the rest of the season would prove that idea came and went.
Week 7 at Minnesota was another strong showing, and this one felt even more complete. Coming off back-to-back losses to the Broncos and Giants, with the offense managing only one second-half touchdown across those games, the Eagles answered on the road with touchdowns in every quarter of a 28-22 win over the Vikings.
Hurts was locked in from the start, finishing 19 of 23 for 326 yards and three touchdowns with a perfect 158.3 QB rating. Smith delivered one of the biggest plays of the day, hauling in a 79-yard touchdown on a beautifully thrown ball, while Brown came through with a key 45-yard catch on a late third-and-long to help close it out.
Smith’s final line - nine catches for 183 yards - marked his second 100-yard game in three outings and hinted at a shift at receiver.
The last of the standout performances came in December against the Raiders, when Philadelphia finally got a chance to let out some of the frustration that had built during a three-game losing streak. The offense was balanced from the opening snap to the finish, with Saquon Barkley carrying 22 times for 78 yards and a touchdown, and Hurts going 12-for-15 for 175 yards and three scores in a shutout win.
Even then, the larger issues around the unit never really disappeared. The fanbase kept pushing for offensive changes, questions around Brown kept hanging around, and Nick Sirianni spoke about his team’s toughness after the losing streak ended.
But the bigger truth remained the same: in 2025, Philadelphia’s offense had its moments, just not nearly enough of them.
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