Nov 28, 2025; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni reacts during the second quarter of the game against the Chicago Bears at Lincoln Financial Field. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-Imagn Images Bill Streicher
I am so sick of writing about this team.
I am so sick of everything related to this team, honestly. And from the sound of Lincoln Financial Field, you are too. Watching the reigning Super Bowl champions play football is supposed to be fun. At the very least, it's supposed to be slightly enjoyable. The past month of Philadelphia Eagles football has been nothing short of unwatchable.
The Chicago Bears made a statement Friday afternoon, defeating the Eagles in Philadelphia by a final score of 24-15. Here are some takeaways from Friday's abject misery.
Vic Fangio couldn't do it all forever.
The Eagles defense carried the anemic offense to victories over the Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions. They stumbled in the fourth quarter after trying to carry the anemic offense to a victory over the Dallas Cowboys. But even though they generated a few crucial stops, they couldn't quite pick up Kevin Patullo's slack Friday.
Richard Sherman has also had enough of Kevin Patullo👀👀
“(Nick) Sirianni, maybe get your wand out and find you a new offensive coordinator.”
(@NFLonPrime)pic.twitter.com/oUt8kxWxee
Before Friday, the most rushing yards the Eagles had surrendered to an opponent were the 172 yards the New York Giants put on them during their Week 6 victory. The Bears gashed Fangio's defense for 281 yards on Black Friday.
Seventh-round rookie Kyle Monangai led the team with 130 yards on 22 carries, and St. Joe's Prep grad D'Andre Swift wasn't far behind him with 125 yards on 18 carries. The Bears' 6.0 yards per carry was also a season high for the Eagles defense. They just didn't have an answer for either running back.
Bears quarterback Caleb Williams only completed half of his pass attempts for 154 yards, but he connected with his receivers when it counted. Jalen Hurts couldn't do the same.
Speaking of...
For someone whose play has been the talk of the town over the last few weeks, Hurts really didn't do much to quiet that noise Friday. In fact, that chatter will probably only get louder from here.
Hurts outpaced Williams with 230 passing yards, and he threw two touchdowns to Williams' one, but he did not pass the eye test. He had one of his worst performances of the season, missing on throws left and right.
Hurts just isn't connected to his receivers right now. There were a few times he threw to someone who wasn't even remotely expecting to be the target. The NFL on Prime Video broadcast also pointed out that on a play where Hurts threw an incomplete pass to DeVonta Smith, Dallas Goedert was wide open downfield. Hurts just didn't see him.
On the bad throw to DeVonta Smith that ended the drive, Jalen Hurts also missed a wide open Dallas Goedert for a TD. I’ve defended him a lot this season. But that was one of the worst halves of football I’ve seen him play. He has to start producing. pic.twitter.com/uGlyBcukAz
Smith was also wide open, but Hurts simply missed him.
He also had two costly turnovers in the third quarter, effectively putting the game out of reach for the Eagles. Former Eagle Kevin Byard picked off a flat-out bad throw by Hurts:
.@KevinByard is at it again 🔥
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And then during a Tush Push attempt, Hurts had the ball ripped right out of his hands:
Well, that’s one way to deal with the Tush Push. pic.twitter.com/cxxo1kwW9l
That wasn't the first time this season that has happened. When Hurts is firing on all cylinders, he's a good-to-great quarterback. But right now, he's struggling with accuracy, ball security, vision, decision-making and – to an extent – leadership. That's not what the Eagles pay Hurts the big bucks for.
It's crazy to think that in the same calendar year as his first Super Bowl victory, Sirianni's job could actually be in jeopardy. But after Friday's loss, he's staring down the barrel of his second improbable collapse in the last three seasons.
No one needs to be reminded of 2023, but allow me to draw some parallels. The Eagles started the 2023 season 10-1 and finished it 11-6, winning eight of those 11 games by just one score. Through Week 10, they boasted the No. 1 rushing defense in the NFL. From that point onward, they ranked No. 31, allowing 145 rushing yards per game.
Does that sound eerily familiar?
If the 2025 Eagles continue down this path, and if Sirianni yet again chokes away the NFC East title as a result... well, Jeffrey Lurie has had a short leash with the Eagles' last two head coaches.
Doug Pederson made the postseason in three of his first four seasons. When the Eagles didn't get there in his fifth season, Lurie let him go. Heck, the final straw for Chip Kelly's firing was (allegedly) a rescheduled team holiday party.
I'm not saying Sirianni will be fired tomorrow. If anyone's getting fired tomorrow, it might be Patullo, who has undeniably done a bad job anyway. But everything is falling apart for Sirianni at the moment: his team is undisciplined (91 penalties in 12 games), his offense can't move the ball under an offensive coordinator he chose, and many of his decisions backfired Friday, especially his choice to go for two after the Eagles' fourth-quarter touchdown.
Sirianni might be setting himself up for Lurie to keep a much closer eye on him. If the Eagles keep losing, their Super Bowl LIX victory might not be enough to save Sirianni, not when it's sandwiched between two embarrassingly historic collapses and two early postseason exits.
And if the Eagles don't make the playoffs at all? Heads will most definitely roll.
Well, the Cowboys are now a game and a half back from the NFC East lead. The Eagles (mercifully) don't play again until Dec. 8, when they'll face the 7-4 Los Angeles Chargers on Monday Night Football. You would think the Birds will use the 10-day mini-bye to fix some of their issues... but then again, they've already had a few mini-byes this season, and the issues remain. We'll see.
