The Eagles have a championship quarterback and a championship head coach, but four games into the 2026 season, the offense looks nothing like one built around either.
Sunday’s 24-20 loss to the Los Angeles Rams didn’t just drop Philadelphia to 2-2. It added another rough chapter to the Jalen Hurts-Nick Sirianni partnership, one that is starting to draw real scrutiny after a second-half collapse that left the Eagles searching for answers.
Philadelphia had a 20-10 lead at halftime and then vanished offensively. The Eagles didn’t score again after the break, while the Rams adjusted and the Eagles never found a counter. For a team that won the Super Bowl in 2025, that kind of empty half feels hard to explain away.
The injuries mattered. DeVonta Smith was out, and Saquon Barkley left early with a hamstring injury. Against a Rams defense this talented, losing both of those players clearly changed the shape of the game.
Even so, the Eagles had enough going early to build that lead. Jalen Hurts threw two touchdown passes to Darius Cooper, though one of them was extremely lucky.
After halftime, though, the offense flatlined. Hurts finished 12-for-27 for 93 passing yards, Philadelphia went 0-for-12 on third down, and the team finished with only 172 total yards.
That’s where the blame has to spread beyond the quarterback. Hurts absolutely has to own his part in the mess; a veteran quarterback can’t keep getting a pass every time things go sideways because the roster is banged up. But this can’t be treated as only a Hurts problem, because the coaching staff is responsible for the plan, the adjustments and the responses when the game changes.
That’s the part Sirianni has to answer for. If Barkley and Smith are unavailable, the offense should take a hit. It should not fall apart so completely that the Eagles can’t convert a single third down or score for an entire half.
Sirianni’s fourth-quarter choice to go for a touchdown on fourth-and-goal from the 2-yard line only added to the debate. Hurts’ throw to Cooper fell incomplete, and the Rams finished the comeback soon after. Being aggressive can pay off, but in that moment it came with a cost for an offense already struggling to finish drives.
This is what makes the situation feel so unstable: football demands adjustments, and Philadelphia didn’t make enough of them. What works early can disappear once the opponent figures it out, and that’s when coaching matters most. The Eagles needed a better answer once the Rams took away what had been working, and they never found one.
None of that proves Hurts and Sirianni are at odds personally. It does, however, show an offense that looks disconnected, and that kind of disconnect will only fuel more questions if it keeps happening.
Their history still matters. Hurts has started two Super Bowls and helped deliver a championship, and Sirianni has been the coach through that run. That gives the Eagles reason to stay patient rather than jump to a franchise-changing decision after only four games.
But that success also raises the bar. Philadelphia has already shown what this partnership can look like at its best, which makes performances like Sunday’s even harder to swallow.
There is still time to fix it. The Eagles need an offense that can function with the players available, better execution from Hurts and sharper adjustments from the staff.
If that doesn’t happen, the question around this partnership will only get louder. Another season that falls short would make it impossible to ignore. For now, the Eagles need Hurts and Sirianni to prove their championship connection still has answers when the game starts slipping away.
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