Alarming trend shows exactly why Eagles' passing offense is one of NFL's worst

Even though the Philadelphia Eagles continue to pile up the victories in the 2025 season, they have done so in a way that is so aggressively unfun to watch that it has put head coach Nick Sirianni and much-maligned offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo in this fanbase's crosshairs. Patullo has somehow managed to take offense with Saquon Barkley, A.J. Brown, and Jalen Hurts on it and made it incredibly boring. Not only is Barkley averaging fewer than 4.0 yards per carry, but Brown has been so ineffective that it has fans wondering if he is going to request a trade at the first available opportunity. Patullo appears to have developed a weird fascination with the hitch route to the point that he has made it the guiding principle of his passing game. This philosophy has been killing the Eagles this season, yet Patullo is committed to it. No team has as many as two players in the top 16 of hitch routes run across the NFL except for the Eagles, who have three. Both Dallas Goedert and DeVonta Smith rank in the top th