Column: Eagles’ Offense Falls Flat in Embarrassing Loss to Giants — and Kevin Patullo Owns It

Philadelphia’s offensive creativity has vanished, and the coordinator’s conservative play calling is dragging down a Super Bowl-caliber roster.

The Philadelphia Eagles entered Thursday night’s matchup against the Giants expecting to rebound. Instead, their offense collapsed under its own weight.

The scoreboard said 34–17 Giants, but the real story was uglier: a lifeless, predictable, creativity-starved offense that failed to match the moment.

This one rests on offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo. The Eagles had every opportunity to dictate tempo, leverage mismatches and establish rhythm. Instead, they ran a game plan that felt recycled, hesitant and hollow. It was a performance without pulse — and for a team built on speed and swagger, that’s a serious problem.

A Static Offense in Motionless Repetition

From the opening drive, the Eagles looked flat. Their first series sputtered on two short runs and a quick incompletion. By the second quarter, Jalen Hurts was already working uphill, facing constant pressure and little help from the scheme around him.

The Eagles finished with 339 total yards, most of it empty between the 20s. Hurts went 24-for-33 passing for 283 yards, with one touchdown and one interception. The run game, which once defined this team’s balance and identity, never materialized. Philadelphia finished with just 73 total rushing yards, relying almost exclusively on short passes that went nowhere.

Patullo called plays like a man trying to avoid a mistake rather than win a game. The offense used almost no motion before the snap. There was no effort to stretch the field horizontally or vertically. No bootlegs. No screen deception. Just a parade of shotgun sets and isolation routes that the Giants’ defense read like a children’s book.

The result: stalled drives, empty possessions and a growing sense of inevitability.

Hurts Had No Chance to Be Hurts

Jalen Hurts did what he could. He extended plays, bought time and threw with toughness. But he can’t carry a system that refuses to evolve. Every drop-back felt like a repeat. The Giants sent pressure from multiple fronts, and the Eagles never adjusted protection or pace.

Hurts’ lone interception came late — a forced throw in the red zone that Giants corner Cor’Dale Flott returned 68 yards to seal the game. It was a desperation moment, not a reckless one. The problem wasn’t the quarterback. It was the structure around him.

This offense under Patullo has lost its unpredictability. Where Shane Steichen once used tempo, motion and layered reads to keep defenses guessing, Patullo’s version feels stripped of imagination. It’s an offense playing not to lose. And it’s losing anyway.

Patullo’s Creativity Gap

This loss wasn’t about effort or talent. It was about imagination — or the lack of it.

Kevin Patullo’s game plan had the creativity of a preseason script. With elite weapons like A.J. Brown, DeVonta Smith, Dallas Goedert and Saquon Barkley, there’s no excuse for running an offense that feels stuck in neutral. The Eagles didn’t build plays off successful looks. They didn’t use misdirection to create open space. They didn’t disguise intent or adjust when the Giants countered.

Football evolves week to week. The Eagles didn’t. They looked like a team trapped by its own stubbornness.

In the second half, when the game demanded urgency, the offense produced zero points. That stat alone indicts the play caller. Adjustments never came. The same concepts that failed early failed again late.

The Numbers Tell the Story

• 0 second-half points
• 73 total rushing yards
• 1 red zone turnover
• 3 sacks allowed
• 1-for-9 on third down

That’s not just inefficiency. That’s systemic dysfunction.

When an offense that averaged over 25 points per game last season suddenly looks disorganized and hesitant, the issue isn’t personnel. It’s planning. It’s sequencing. It’s direction. And all of that flows through Patullo.