Jason Kelce says Eagles players share blame with fired coordinator Kevin Patullo for offensive struggles

The Philadelphia Eagles fired violative coordinator Kevin Patullo aft a disappointing 23-19 nonaccomplishment successful the Wild Card circular against the San Francisco 49ers.

However, erstwhile Eagles prima halfway Jason Kelce said that portion Patullo bears work for the violative struggles, helium thought the players could person performed better.

"The bottommost enactment is this discourtesy didn't unrecorded up to what it should have, right? And Patullo, arsenic the violative coordinator, bears work and truthful bash the players. That's my thing. I don't deliberation the players played arsenic bully arsenic they could have," Kelce said during a caller occurrence of the "New Heights" podcast.

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Jason Kelce looks connected earlier the crippled betwixt the Dallas Cowboys and the Arizona Cardinals astatine AT&T Stadium. The crippled took spot successful Arlington, Texas, connected Nov. 3, 2025. (Kevin Jairaj/Imagn Images)

"I emotion each those guys and that's conscionable the mode it is sometimes. I had my seasons. I damn definite did. And you know, however bash they rebound from this? Where bash they spell from here? There'll beryllium caller faces in. There'll beryllium faces that are acquainted that are out."

The 38-year-old said helium doesn’t deliberation it’s just for each the blasted to beryllium placed connected Patullo. Kelce referenced the violative line's inability to enactment steadfast and a moving crippled that regressed arsenic causes for the downturn.

"The main crushed (for the regression) and I've been saying this from the opening was the tally game. The violative line's inability to enactment steadfast altogether to unfastened up holes. Saquon Barkley astir acceptable the NFL grounds for rushing past year. They were unthinkable successful the tally game," Kelce said.

The seven-time Pro Bowler pointed retired that portion the Eagles won the Super Bowl past play that the passing crippled struggled. With the moving crippled not astir arsenic dynamic arsenic it was past season, the issues with the passing crippled became much prominent.

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Jason Kelce waves to fans during the Super Bowl LIX title parade and rally successful Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, connected Feb. 14, 2025. (Kyle Ross/Imagn Images)

"The passing game, they struggled past year. I mean, determination were each sorts of things happening past play that we similar to hide due to the fact that we won the Super Bowl, but the passing crippled has been an contented for aggregate seasons now. Now, the moving crippled isn't there. Why isn't it there? The violative enactment is successful and out. They're hurt. Guys are overcoming injuries. They're not playing the aforesaid mode they've played successful the past," Kelce said.

"You person a backmost that's not moving arsenic much. Jalen Hurts, the menace of him moving the ball, opens up truthful overmuch for the moving backmost erstwhile they person to genuinely respect it, and it besides opens up things downfield."

Kelce did lament the deficiency of creativity wrong the Eagles discourtesy and said it would "behoove" them to bring successful idiosyncratic from extracurricular the gathering arsenic their caller violative coordinator.

"I would emotion to spot much motions. I would emotion to spot each that stuff," Kelce said. "It would astir apt behoove the Eagles to bring successful idiosyncratic with a caller position connected wherever it's astatine currently, due to the fact that erstwhile you're successful it, you're reasoning astir what you've done good successful the past. You're reasoning astir however you've had success."

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Former subordinate Jason Kelce reacts anterior to the crippled betwixt the Washington Commanders and the Kansas City Chiefs astatine Arrowhead Stadium. The crippled took spot successful Kansas City, Missouri, connected Oct. 27, 2025. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

"It's like, man, I cognize this feline tin bash this. I cognize this tin hap here. Yeah. When you bring successful idiosyncratic else, it's like, man, this is wherever we're astatine now. And present we tin bring successful immoderate caller ideas. we tin fig retired a mode to maximize things portion keeping that nucleus together."

Last season, during the team’s Super Bowl-winning season, they were tied for 4th successful the NFL, averaging 29 points per game. This season, they scored a touchdown fewer, averaging 22.1 points per game, which ranked 19th successful the NFL.

The Eagles anticipation their adjacent violative coordinator tin crook things astir quickly.

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