Hey everybody, this is your GM, your back row
dom, it's your GM who currently is not on a team
right now, but don't you worry about it, Kale,
here to bring you episode 10 of the Stack and
Shed series. Now in this series, we're covering
all 32 teams, so everybody gets a chance to be
talked about, all right? Now in this series,
we're covering a few different topics, and they
include what went wrong, what do they need, stack
or shed. Their draft picks, one move I would
do in their cap space. Now, in this episode,
we're talking about the Eagles. So for all my
Eagles fans out there, fly Eagles, fly, because
you guys aren't going to the Super Bowl anytime
soon. But let's talk about it. All right, let's
get into it. So what went wrong in the Eagles
season? And I would venture to say it was inconsistent
offensive play calling and execution. As we all
know, every time a team wins the Super Bowl,
they undergo some change. Now, the degree of
the change varies. Sometimes an entire coaching
staff can leave and a whole bunch of players
can leave. And then there's other times where
everybody stays for reduced salaries and reduced
roles just so they can run it back one more time.
As much as Nick Sirianni publicly wanted Kellen
Moore to stay with the Eagles, we knew that wasn't
going to happen. Now, I would have expected the
Eagles to make another external hire at offensive
coordinator, but of course they didn't and they
decided to make an internal promotion and make
Kevin Petula the next offensive coordinator.
Regardless if you think that was the right move
or the wrong move, it was a move that was most
likely going to happen. However, there is a trend
that I need to bring to your attention. Whenever
the Eagles make an external hire at either offensive
or defensive coordinator, the team tends to progress.
But whenever they make an internal promotion,
that's when the team regresses. Now you would
have think the Eagles would have picked up on
this by now, but clearly they haven't. Now, according
to Summersports, here's the stats for the Eagles
passing offense in 2024. They had 448 passing
attempts for 303 completions, 3 ,517 passing
yards, 206 .9 passing yards per game, 7 .8 passing
yards per attempt, 24 touchdowns, 67 .6 completion
percentage, and a 44 .3 % pass rate. Now, here's
the stats for the Eagles rushing offense in 2024.
621 rushing attempts for 3 ,000 148 rushing yards,
179 .3 rushing yards per game, 4 .9 rushing yards
per carry, 30 rushing touchdowns, and a 55 .7
% run rate. Now here's the Eagles passing offense
in 2025. 497 passing attempts for 318 completions,
3 ,498 passing yards, 205 .8 passing yards per
game, 7 passing yards per attempt, 26 touchdowns,
a 64 % completion percentage, and a 52 .7 % pass
rate. Now when we look at the Eagles rushing
offense in 2025, this is what we have. 478 rushing
attempts for 1 ,988 rushing yards, 116 .9 rushing
yards per game, 4 .1 rushing yards per carry,
17 rushing touchdowns, and a 47 .3 % run rate.
Now this is how efficient the Eagles offense
was in 2024 to 2025. So in 2024, they had a 44
.25 % offensive success rate, 210 red zone plays
for 38 red zone touchdowns and 12 turnovers.
In 2025, they had a 40... 2 .38 success rate
151 red zone plays 31 red zone touchdowns and
13 turnovers The proof is in the pudding here,
folks. The offense from 25 regressed compared
to the offense in 24. And it was the same personnel.
There wasn't a significant change from both of
those offenses. Now, as much as everybody wants
to blame Kevin Petullo on why this offense wasn't
successful, we need to point fingers at Jalen
Hurts as well. Because there were multiple times
where Jalen Hurts did not throw it to the open
man. There were multiple times in the Thursday
night game against the Giants where multiple
people were open and he didn't throw him the
ball. Literally, Dallas Goddard just ran up the
middle. Nobody was covering him at all. You could
have had a walk -in touchdown right there. He
didn't throw it to him. Devontae Smith was open
one time. He didn't throw him the ball. Even
when you look at the Black Friday game against
the Bears, there were multiple times where people
were open. For every two to five games that the
Eagles offense struggles and they're not playing
their best ball, they'll have two or three games
where they're actually playing a little bit better
and now everybody wants to talk their stuff.
And I'm sorry, I'm not going to accept that.
Because at the end of the day, what separates
the greats from average is consistency. And if
you're not showing consistency, then we have
a problem. Now with that being said, what do
the Eagles need? And that is better offensive
play calling and execution. Now, I don't think
Sean Manion is a bad hire. I just would have
thought the Eagles would have went after a veteran
offensive coordinator, someone like a Mike McDaniel
or Brian Dable, for instance, right? Because
when we look at Sean Manion's coaching history,
he started off as an offensive assistant with
the Packers in 24. Then he was promoted to work
with the quarterbacks in 25. Now, I'm not saying
this is a bad thing, but we have to be a little
bit patient before we start giving our opinions
on if this move was either good or bad. Now,
as far as execution, that falls on Jalen Hurts.
If somebody is open, just give them the ball.
You have a plethora of different options that
you can pass to. Somebody is going to be open.
If Saquon isn't open, Devontae Smith is going
to be open. If A .J. Brown isn't open, Dallas
Gardner is going to be open. If Hollywood Brown
isn't open, somebody is going to be open. Nobody
is saying that you have to be a perfectionist.
Nobody is saying that you have to play at an
MVP level. All they want you to do is just execute.
If you can execute, nobody will complain. Now,
with that being said, the question we all need
to ask ourselves is stack or shed? And I will
eventually say stack. And the reason why I say
that is because this roster is still competitive.
All they have to do is just address the few holes
on this team. Now, I'm not surprised the Eagles
haven't been big players in free agency because
I know they've been trying to go after a pass
rusher and that hasn't been successful. Now,
we all know they signed Tyreek Woolen, which
is a good move. And we know that they re -signed
Dallas Goddard to a one -year deal. That's good
as well. But as far as that big dynamic move
that everybody is waiting for the Eagles to make,
I don't think that's going to happen. And if
it does, it'll probably be at the trade deadline
during the season. When we look at their draft
picks, they have their first, their second, they
have two thirds, two fourths, and two fifths.
But the question is this. If you're Howie, is
there somebody in this draft that you feel like
you may have to trade up to get? Or is there
somebody that you feel confident that you can
get in the second or third round where you can
trade down and you can get more picks? I believe
the second and fourth round is the sweet spot
in this draft class. And I believe a lot of teams
are going to trade down to be big players within
that range. And I also believe that a lot of
teams are preparing themselves for the 27 draft
class. So if you're the Eagles, what do you do?
Do you stay put? Do you be aggressive? Or do
you try to trade down? Me personally, I would
trade down just a little bit. If you just move
down maybe two or three spots, I think you're
still in a really good spot. However, if there's
somebody that you're really high on, that you
believe that if you add them to the team, they're
going to be a dynamic playmaker, then you go
and be aggressive and you make that move. Now,
the one move that I would do is draft a right
tackle. Now, I know this is a little bit controversial,
but just walk with me, okay? In the past few
years, we've started to see that Lane Johnson's
availability in play has started to regress.
And we know in the last few years, there's been
rumors going around that he's contemplating retirement.
So if you're the Eagles, I think this is the
perfect year for you to go after right tackle.
If you trade up and get one of the top right
tackle prospects, and then you just let them
sit and learn under Lane Johnson, I think that's
a good move. Because at this point, you're going
to have to start making some investments into
this offensive line again. Looking at their cap
situation, they have $13 .6 million, which is
probably going to be used for the draft picks.
But the question is this, if you're the Eagles,
Do you feel comfortable with your current cap
situation right now? Do you feel like you need
to restructure a couple deals so you can be players
in that second and third wave of free agency?
Because I don't think the Eagles are done. I
think the Eagles are big game hunting. Now, I'm
not saying the Eagles are going to make a big
trade for Max Crosby or they're going to try
to trade for Chris Jones or, I don't know, somebody
else that's, you know, super elite or whatever.
But I do expect for the Eagles to do something
significant soon. But only time will tell. But
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