The Eagles’ offseason change that had to happen

The Eagles’ offseason change that had to happen originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

They’ve replaced two coordinators. Three, really, if you include Sean Desai and Matt Patricia. They’ve hired a new defensive line coach, two secondary coaches, a linebacker coach and a new quarterbacks coach.

So far.

The Eagles have only announced their new coordinators, so nothing else is official yet, but as far as we know, the only positions they haven’t changed yet are running backs, receivers, offensive line and tight ends. There will be turnover with the assistant position coaches and quality control guys, too.

We think passing game coordinator and assistant head coach Kevin Patullo is staying, because he’s Nick Sirianni’s most trusted assistant. Maybe with a different title. And Jeff Stoutland is staying because he’s Jeff Stoutland.

Other than that? We might see a complete turnover on the coaching staff. Heck, Doug Pederson kept nine of Chip Kelly’s assistants. Sirianni might only keep two or three of his own assistants.

It’s an astonishing amount of turnover. We still don’t know all the specifics, but it’s clear this will be an entirely new defensive staff and at least a significantly different offensive staff. And that’s incredibly rare and possibly unprecedented without a change at head coach. Especially for a playoff team, an 11-win team.

This doesn’t happen.

On the one hand, you wonder about this much turnover. Is it too much? Will there be too many new voices? Too much change on a coaching staff that had the Eagles sitting at 10-1 a couple months ago?

Sirianni always talks about the importance of stability on the coaching staff and now the Eagles will have virtually none. We’re looking at new voices, new schemes, new practice methods, new terminology.

Starting over.

But let’s be honest. This…

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Publish date : 2024-02-14 15:08:40

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