Head Coach Nick Sirianni met with reporters at the 2025 NFL Combine from Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Tuesday for the first time since the Super Bowl Parade.
It was also the first time speaking with the media since the Eagles announced the hiring of Offensive Coordinator Kevin Patullo, who was elevated from Pass Game Coordinator/Associate Head Coach after Kellen Moore departed to be the new head coach of the Saints.
Sirianni said the Eagles went through an extensive process before landing on Patullo, who will enter his fifth season in Philadelphia in 2025.
"I picked Kevin out of the people we interviewed because I thought he was the best man for the job first and foremost," Sirianni said.
"Also, I think when you look at good organizations in college football, professional football – continuity is very important. We were able to have a guy in house who is so ready to do the job that he's going to be asked to do. And we were able to keep continuity for Jalen (Hurts). We were able to keep continuity for the receivers, A.J. (Brown) and DeVonta (Smith), the offensive line and the offensive staff. There's a lot to that. As I studied great teams and great organizations, when they have guys who they know they can promote from within who are ready to do the job, they do that. Kevin is so ready to do that, excited for his opportunity."
As it has been every offseason since the Eagles began using the Brotherly Shove or "tush push," Sirianni was asked about teams around the league wanting to ban the play.
"Just because it's a successful play for us doesn't mean it should go away," Sirianni said.
According to FOX Sports, the Eagles converted successfully 82.4 percent of the time in 2024 using the Brotherly Shove and have averaged an 86.8 percent success rate since 2022 – meaning that it can and has been stopped before.
"I almost feel a little insulted, because we work so hard at that play. The amount of things that we've looked into how to coach that play, the fundamentals. There's a thousand plays out there. It comes down to how to teach the fundamentals and how the players go through and do the fundamentals. I can't tell you how many times we've practiced the snap, practiced the play, because it's not easy to practice. There are different ways we figured out how to practice it," Sirianni said.
In addition to Patullo's hiring, the Eagles are expected to hire Parks Frazier to replace him in a similar role.
Frazier spent the 2024 season with the Dolphins as an offensive assistant and worked with Sirianni in Indianapolis from 2018-20. He also spent time as the Panthers' passing game coordinator in 2023.
"Just a phenomenal football coach who's worked himself up in a very short amount of time. Because of his phenomenal work ethic, his football IQ, his ability to teach players fundamentals, and his ability to help with schemes," Sirianni said. "He's just so hungry to continue to get better. Really excited about adding him to that staff and the things that he'll bring to our offense and to our scheme and ability to coach the players."
Saquon Barkley had a record-setting debut season with the Eagles, rushing for a franchise-record 2,005 yards and adding 13 touchdowns on the ground.
But Barkley led the NFL in attempts with 345 carries, a career-high and heavy workload for the 28-year-old NFL Offensive Player of the Year.
"We do everything we can do to win each and every game. A lot of times this year, that meant Saquon carrying it 20-25 times. And that also is the case of what kind of game you're in. If you're in a four-minute game, you're going to keep pounding the ball to run through and still be aggressive," Sirianni said.
"There's so many good people in our organization that help with that process, not only with Saquon, but with our entire team of making sure they have the right workload week in and week out to be ready to play on Sundays. All the credit goes to the players themselves. Saquon works incredibly hard at his body to make sure that he is the right weight, the right nutrition, all those different things so that he can withstand an entire year." – Written by Liam Wichser
