Eagles OC makes concerning comments regarding offensive approach

The Philadelphia Eagles are 3-0.

However, the fans and the media don't seem to be fully sold on this version of the defending Super Bowl champions.

All wins have been close, and with A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith being mostly expensive decoys, it seems like new offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo isn't making the most of the myriad of weapons at his disposal. Patullo has been accused of being overly conservative, with one legendary former quarterback referring to the offense as "boring."

Patullo tried to shut down that narrative, stating that he wants to be in attack mode at all times.

"I think that's always when we go into every week, that's what we want to do," Patullo said, per Kevin Patra of the NFL's website. "We want to be the aggressive person, right? The word this past week for the offense of when I spoke to the offense was 'Attack.' We want to be in attack mode and going into the game, that was what we wanted to do. The first drive was a good drive. We went for it on fourth down, we threw the ball down into the red zone at the goal lines. We were in an attack mode."

Patullo's comments are curious, and maybe even a bit concerning for Eagles fans. The Eagles certainly haven't looked like a team that is in "attack mode" early this season, and the difference in how the offense has looked for much of this season so far vs. how it looks when it's actually being aggressive was on full display in Week 3's win over the Los Angeles Rams.

The Eagles offense was anemic in the first half of that game, scoring seven points while accumulating just 33 total yards (negative-one passing yards) and producing a measly four first downs. They trailed 19-7 at the break and would fall behind 26-7 in the third quarter.

They were much more aggressive in the second half, finally getting their playmakers involved and putting pressure on the Rams defense. The Eagles piled up 255 yards in the second half (203 passing) and 15 first downs. Jalen Hurts threw three touchdown passes and the offense scored 20 points (with six more added by the special teams on Jordan Davis' game-sealing FG block and touchdown as time expired).

It's hard to ignore the fact that a negative game script forced Patullo's hand in the second half and he didn't have much choice but to be more aggressive. It's also not hard to see that the Eagles offense we saw in the second half against the Rams was completely different than the one we saw through the first 10 quarters of the season.

If the Eagles are going to get anywhere close to the goals they have for this season, they need the offense to look like it did for the final two quarters against the Rams. Eagles fans will hope that Patullo will notice what everyone else watching noticed and will understand the true meaning of being in "attack mode" going forward.