Eagles offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo will keep his job after Hurts, Barkley struggle again

PHILADELPHIA AP The chants started early from fed-up Eagles fans and they were booming as the inept offensive plays piled up in yet another loss Fire Kevin Fire Kevin Eagles fans made their vote to dump offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo heard throughout Friday s - loss to the Chicago Bears Coach Nick Sirianni made yet another call the fans won t like Patullo is staying We re not changing the play-caller Sirianni declared Sirianni already this week gave Patullo a vote of confidence just a day after the Eagles turned a - lead into a - loss at Dallas He did it again Friday even as questions continue to be raised about Patullo s qualifications It s never about just one person Sirianni disclosed I have confidence in the entire group I know it will keep coming back to Kevin If I thought it was one thing then you make those changes Obviously it s a lot of different things I don t think it is Kevin Sirianni could have made the easy fix both to shift the perception that the Super Bowl champions are sinking and to shake up a staid offense loaded with talent and dumped Patullo He ll instead stay loyal to Patullo at least heading into the Eagles Dec challenge at the Los Angeles Chargers The numbers against the Bears tell one part of the story The Eagles ran just plays and had two first downs with total yards and rushing in the first half Philadelphia ran only plays for yards to Chicago s plays for yards The calls that led to the ghastly numbers were just baffling The Eagles had the ball at their own with left in the first half and ran only one play a -yard pass to A J Brown before letting the clock run down to the two-minute warning That unleashed one of the louder waves of boos from fans the same ones who roared months ago when the Super Bowl championship banner was unveiled on opening night Memories are short in sports The yards gained by Philly on bulk rushing attempts Even shorter Saquon Barkley was outperformed by former Eagles running back D Andre Swift and again had nowhere to run One glaring example came early in the second quarter Jalen Hurts hit DeVonta Smith for a -yard gain he threw for only more yards in the half that brought the ball to the Bears Barkley was wrapped up for a -yard loss on second down and Hurts threw behind a wide-open Smith on third down The Eagles settled for a field goal The Eagles continue to publicly back Patullo even though no performer would be so foolish as to call for a coordinator to be fired I don t think something big requirements to change Barkley commented The sky s falling outside the locker room we understand that But I have nothing but utmost confidence in the men in this locker room players and coaches included It s going to take all of us to come together block out the noise Can t be pointing fingers In the clearest sign yet these Eagles aren t playing like a organization that can make another run at the Super Bowl even the beloved tush push doomed them in this one Hurts lost a fumble on the once-unstoppable play leading to a Bears touchdown The highlights were sparse Hurts threw a -yard touchdown pass to Brown and they connected again on a late amount that made it - the Eagles failed to convert the -point conversion Brown s complaints about his role in the offense have largely been soothed with another productive outing after he had eight catches for yards at Dallas Both of his big games were losses We ve got the right people in this locker room to get things fixed Brown revealed And I believe that Barkley has gone from slow start to a bad season He finished with an anemic yards rushing against a Bears defense that had allowed yards per rush and yards rushing per tournament The Eagles also had seven penalties and lost a fumble I don t think you can put it on one thing tight end Dallas Goedert revealed It s a collective effort We haven t played well in a couple of weeks We re going to spend this extra time looking for solutions AP NFL https apnews com hub nfl Source