Howie Roseman and Nick Sirianni

Q. As things were going poorly on offense as the season went on, why not make a change at offensive coordinator play caller during the season? (Reuben Frank)

Nick Sirianni: We did some different things as we continued to go through. I told you guys, I got involved more. At the end of the day, I did what I thought was best for the football team. We didn’t reach our goals, so obviously it didn’t work out, but again, we did what we thought was best for the team.

Q. Why’d you remove Kevin Patullo from offensive coordinator? (Jeff McLane)

Nick Sirianni: I think it’s important that we continue to evolve as an offense and that we go out and do what’s best for this football team. Again, everything that I do and every decision I have to make, I have to do that– just like [Executive Vice President/General Manager] Howie [Roseman] does, just like [Chairman/CEO] Mr. [Jeffrey] Lurie does– with the intent of it being the best thing for the football team. I love Kevin and everything that he has provided to this coaching staff for his five years here. A big reason why we’ve won a lot of football games, but at this particular point, I just felt like that’s what I needed to do [for it] to be the best thing for the football team.

Q. As you look for a new OC, what are the criteria for that position and how do you want the setup to be with the coaching staff? (Dave Zangaro)

Nick Sirianni: You’re looking to continue to evolve as an offense, and I’m looking to bring in the guy that’s going to best help us do that. I think that there are many different ways to be successful on offense and everybody has different styles, everybody has different players, and there’s many different ways to be successful, like I said. I think you start to get into situations when you’re certain, ‘This is the only thing that makes you successful on offense,’ and that’s just not the case, right? There’s a lot of different things and there [are] a lot of different ways to do it, and that’s not only as an offensive coordinator, but a defensive coordinator, a wide receiver coach, a defensive line coach, a head coach. There’s a lot of different ways to do it. Again, it’s about going out and finding the guy that best fits us. [We’re] looking forward to that interview process and being able to go through some really good candidates. Yeah, I’m looking forward to that.

Q. Is the expectation that you’ll be just as involved with the offense as you have in the past with the collaborative approach, or is this coordinator going to run the offense and you’ll focus on the– (Eliot Shorr-Parks)

Nick Sirianni: That’s way early. Those decisions don’t have to be made for a long time and, as the head coach, you always have to be oversight of everything. Again, this year obviously I did, I got involved more on the offense as the end of the season came because that’s what I needed to do as the head football coach there. Many different ways to do it. I know that I want to be the head football coach and I think that that’s what the team needs. Everything I’m doing is not about what I want to do or anything like that.

It’s what I think is best for the football team, and I think it’s best for the football team when I’m the head football coach and [am] able to give my expertise on whatever it may be: tackling, taking the ball away, protecting the football, anything on offense. It could be anything, special teams. You have to be so intertwined as the leader of an organization. You have to be so intertwined with every different thing. We will see where all that goes as far as that goes, but we’ve had a lot of success doing it differently. Again, it’s never like, ‘This is the certain thing you have to do.’ There’s a lot of different ways to do it in different times of the season and different times of the year call for different things. We’ll see how that plays out, but we’re not there yet as far as that goes.

Q. As far as an offensive coordinator, as you’re looking for one, would you like someone to stay here longer than one year? Is that taken into account and will he be given maybe the freedom to build his own staff? (Ed Kracz)

Howie Roseman: It’s a great compliment when guys get head coaching jobs from here because it means we’re having tremendous success. As much as you’d like to have continuity and would like to have guys here for a long period of time, we want to win. We have an urgency to win right now. If that comes with the ramifications that we lose good people because they’ve earned head coaching jobs, we’ll live with that.

Q. What about as far as building the staff? Will he be given the freedom to bring in his people to work on staff with him? (Ed Kracz)

Nick Sirianni: Again, we’ll see where that is. To answer that question, you’d have to know exactly who you’re hiring exactly right now and who he has and what they have. Again, we will get to all that. Our job right now and our thought process right now is to get the best candidate possible, cast a wide net there, interview some of these great candidates that are out there, and find the best guy that fits the Philadelphia Eagles.

Howie Roseman: I just would say, with coach– I mean, I’ve got a lot of things that I’d like to say about [Head] Coach [Nick Sirianni] and the job that he’s done here. I’m incredibly proud of him, but he’s shown that when we bring people in that he’s open to doing whatever’s best for this football team, and that all he cares about is winning. Anything that he’s answering here, obviously it’s dependent on who we bring in, but when he’s brought in people, he’s given them the flexibility to put their own spin on things. Obviously, I sit here and I feel incredibly grateful that I’m working with someone who, as a head coach, is elite at being a head coach, elite at building connections with our team, elite about talking about fundamentals, game management, situational awareness, bringing the team together, holding people accountable. When you’re looking for a head coach, those are really the job descriptions. As you’re building out a coaching staff, you’re talking about being able to do that, being able to have elite play callers on both sides of the ball, and when you think about how hard it is to find those three things and that we have one, I mean, we’re starting with a huge advantage. I think that puts us in a great spot.

Q. As far as Kevin Patullo goes, because of the statement, there was some thought that he might remain in the organization in a different role. Is that possible? (John McMullen)

Nick Sirianni: We’ll see how it plays out. I know Kevin’s going to have other opportunities, and obviously always want what’s best for Kevin and for his family, so we’ll see how that plays out.

Q. What role do you guys see that QB Jalen Hurts had in the offensive regression this year? (Jeff McLane)

Nick Sirianni: Throughout the year, there were a lot of questions on Kevin, and like I’ve said to you guys, we all had a hand in our offense this year. Good, bad, you name it, we all had a hand in it. That’s every coach, every player, myself obviously at the front of that list. Again, I love Jalen Hurts. I love everything that he brings to the table. Every time you step on the field, you feel very confident that you can win any game that you’re going to play when you have him as your quarterback. He has shown that to this organization, to myself, to Howie, to the city, that he’s a winner and he is able to do many different things at a very high level. But again, whether it was winning the games or whether it was us not playing up to our [standard] on offense, we all have our hands in that.

That’s what I love about this team. Everyone’s looking at themselves first and foremost to say, ‘What could I have done better in this scenario?’ That’s why I love these players that Howie’s brought in. You feel that. That’s why we have the connection that we do is that everybody is saying, ‘Man, if I’d have done this or if I’d have done that.’ You do that after a game. You do that after your reflection of the year. And again, in this great team sport, you win as a team, you lose as a team.

Q. Howie, how’d you view the quarterback play this year? (Jeff McLane)

Howie Roseman: We’ve all got to look at ourselves and what we could do better. It’s a disappointing season. We sit here and want to be playing right now, and I think for that, getting a chance to really go back and reflect. Sometimes when you’re in the middle of the season, you’re week-to-week and you’re kind of going through and, ‘What happened last week and what are you doing this week?’ I think what Coach has said, we have won a lot of games with Jalen as our quarterback. We’ve won a world championship with him as an MVP in that game, so I think obviously he’s done a tremendous job as our starting quarterback.

Q. WR A.J. Brown expressed unhappiness throughout the season. If it makes sense, are you open to trading him or is that just a non-starter? (Jimmy Kempski)

Howie Roseman: We talked about this I think at the trade deadline last time I talked. It is hard to find great players in the NFL and A.J.’s a great player. I think from my perspective, that’s what we’re going out and looking for when we go out here in free agency and in the draft is trying to find great players who love football, and he’s that guy. I think that would be my answer.

Q. Nick, you mentioned finding a fit for the Eagles. What are you looking for in a candidate’s plan for QB Jalen Hurts, especially to the past year the way defenses were playing different? (Brooks Kubena)

Nick Sirianni: As I said to you guys, it’s not like, ‘Hey, this is what it has to be.’ There are many different ways to do this, and I think sometimes in this game some people are so certain that [there’s only one way] – [but] there are so many different ways to be a head coach. There are so many different ways to be an offensive coordinator. There are so many different ways to be a quarterback and be successful at all those different things. As we go through this, you always want to see somebody that has a great vision, to answer your question and not give you some specifics at least. You always want someone that has a great vision and great conviction of things that they believe in and what they want to do. You always want to have somebody that has the players on their mind first, and we will be able to attract a lot of good candidates because of the players that Howie’s assembled to be on our football team.

I think also that you’ll be able to get a lot of good candidates because of the guys that have been here, and when we’ve had a lot of success, three of them have been head coaches off of our staff, which obviously I’m proud of them. [I’m] sure Howie’s proud of them as well. You want somebody that has great vision, great conviction on what they do, is able to coach fundamentals well, [is able] to help the players get better, because I believe in that. [Somebody] that can connect with guys because I believe in that, that has the mental toughness because I believe in that. But again, there’s a lot of good candidates and I’m looking forward to sitting down and talking to a lot of these guys. There are different things that make different guys special, and so it’s about finding the guy that best fits us, that gives us the best chance to get back to the top of the mountain where we ultimately want to go. Again, like I said, a lot of good candidates out there.

Q. There’s a lot of resources Executive Vice President/General Manager Howie Roseman’s invested in the offensive side of the ball. What was your assessment as to what went wrong and what needs to improve for next year? (Tim McManus)

Howie Roseman: I think that anything that I’m assessing, I’m going over with Coach, and I think those conversations on how we need to improve– I don’t think that it gives us any edge to talk about that publicly because obviously we’re getting to an offseason mode where we’re trying to acquire players. We’ll go through a deep evaluation. We’re disappointed. We’re disappointed that we’re having this press conference here, that we’re not playing this weekend, and I can promise you we’re going to do whatever it takes to try to get better.

Q. Did T Lane Johnson give you any indication as to whether or not he’s going to return? (Ed Kracz)

Howie Roseman: I think all those conversations that we have of our players are between us and anything they’re doing. I’m not saying that negatively or positively, but anyone you ask about, I think that that’s their business to discuss. Obviously, you’re talking about a Hall of Fame player who’s been a huge, huge part of any of our success that we’ve had, and when you watch him play, he’s still playing at an elite level.

Q. How much weight will QB Jalen Hurts’ voice hold in this offensive coordinator search? He mentioned the other day about how his line is open for these types of things. (E.J. Smith)

Nick Sirianni: I think when we were going through an offensive coordinator search, I would compare it very similarly to when I’m thinking about what the right path is to how practice goes that week or what the schedule is. Of course, you have so many resources to be able to use to help you make the best decision that you possibly can, and you’d be foolish not to use all your resources. Whether that’s like, ‘Alright, I’m checking with the doctors, I’m checking with the–.’ It’s the same thing in an offensive coordinator search. I’m going to obviously talk to Howie through it and Howie’s going to talk to the guys. I’m going to get Howie’s opinion and Mr. Lurie’s opinion and Jalen and [RB] Saquon [Barkley], [WR] A.J. [Brown], [T] Lane [Johnson], whoever it may be and let them talk to him, too. At the end of the day, I have to make the best decision that’s necessary for the football team, but you use all your resources.

I think it’s very similar, not to speak for Howie, but I’m going to speak for Howie, it’s like when he’s picking players, he uses all his resources. He uses the coaches. I mean, there’s so many different things that he uses to help him make the best-informed decision that he possibly can make. Well, it’s the same thing here. You use all your resources that can to help you make the best decision possible, and we have so many valued people in this organization to be able to do that. At the end of the day, the coaching hires fall on my shoulders, and I have to do what’s best for the team while using all the resources that I have and using my wisdom and my judgment to help make that best decision.

Q. Your seasons are the team’s best seasons. How do you view the offseason and the season you had last year? (Zach Berman)

Howie Roseman: Not good enough. If it doesn’t end with confetti falling on our heads, I don’t feel like it’s good enough. I know that we’re not going to win the Super Bowl every year. I think I know that from a broad perspective, but I believe we can. I go into every offseason thinking we’re going to do whatever it takes to win a Super Bowl, and when we fall short, I look at myself, I look at the things that I could have done differently, and I look to improve. That’s where I’m at right now.

. How big of a factor were the injuries to the offensive line? I’m not just talking about T Lane Johnson; obviously, C Cam Jurgens and G Landon Dickerson also have dealt with issues. How much can you count on those guys making it through a whole season going forward? (Martin Frank)

Howie Roseman: Injuries are a part of this game and building depth is a part of my job. It’s something that I think is incredibly important when you’re talking about our lines. You don’t go into a season thinking that you’re going to play 20 games and everyone’s going to be perfectly healthy. Saying that, I would say that our training staff, our doctors, our performance staff did another unbelievable job this year of keeping our guys healthy. I think that when we build teams, we’re looking to build teams with guys who can come in, play at a high level, start, and win with, because you’re going to have injuries and guys are going to miss games. That’s happened in our best season during the course of the season. That happened this year, guys were ready to step in and play at a high level. Again, we will go through our whole team. I’ll go through it again, and again, and again like I’ve done through the course of the season. We’ll come up with a plan to try to improve to make sure that we’re a better team in 2026.

Q. Obviously, last offseason, you lost a lot of free agents because of the cap situation. How do you anticipate this offseason going as far as that? Do you think you’ll have the resources to keep guys you want to keep? (Reuben Frank)

Howie Roseman: Well, as you get better, you have a natural arc of the team. I think that when you look at our team, we draft a lot of offensive players, we resigned a lot of offensive players, [and] we drafted a lot of defensive players that were young on rookie contracts. There’s natural transition in what we do. I’m not making an excuse or anything, but there’s a national transition in that in terms of what you’re paying your guys, which side of the ball you’re paying guys who are coming up. The important thing for us is that there are players that we can’t lose. I mean obviously, we are going to do what’s best for us, and we’re not going to do whatever it takes to do whatever it takes, within reason, and we want to keep [guys] around here because they’re really good players, homegrown players that are really good people that are part of our core.

With that, you’re going to have to make sacrifices. That’s on me to make sure that the sacrifices we make are filled in with really good players again. I’m proud, since coach has been here, of our first- and second-day draft success. I think we’ve drafted 15 guys since Nick has been here in the first and second day, and 14 of them have been long-term starters. We’ve got to keep hitting like that. I know that’s hard, but we’ve got to keep doing it. That means we have to have a good process. We’ve got to understand the people that we’re bringing into the building. We’ve got to understand the roles and the vision that we have for them when they’re playing. If we do that, good things will happen. We’ll be able to keep the players that we need to keep under long-term contracts and have an influx of young players that are really good that can play at a high level.

Q. When you guys hired former Offensive Coordinator Kellen Moore, you retained a lot of the coaching staff outside of him. Is the expectation that this new offensive coordinator will get to hire his own staff under, or are you going to retain as well? (Eliot Shorr-Parks)

Nick Sirianni: I think I talked about that a little earlier. You don’t know, right? You don’t know who the candidate is quite yet. Let me start by saying, I know we have some really good coaches throughout the entire building, some really good coaches. The reason we’ve won a lot of games together. A lot of the guys that are in this building now won a Super Bowl not even 12 months ago together. Sometimes you have to wait to see what’s going on and who you hire and what their situation is. Some coaches that you hire, they might not be able to get the guys that they want or maybe a guy that you hire has a bunch of guys. You just don’t know and it’s too early to say that. Where I’m at right now is hiring the best possible candidate for the Philadelphia Eagles, and then we’ll make decisions like that.

But I will say again, because you’re speaking specifically of the offensive coordinator and the offensive staff, I’ve got a lot of faith in the guys on that offensive staff. A lot of us have been together for five plus years, not just the five years here, but other places. Again, [we] have had a lot of success together. Obviously, we all have our fingerprints on the offense from last year and not one of us– you name the player, you name the coach, we all have our fingerprints on it. Again, led by me. I love those guys and we’ll see where that goes. That’s the tough part of being a head coach sometimes when you have to make tough decisions like that. But we’ll see where that goes. I love those guys.

Q. How much of your consideration in the staff coming up is, may be a future-oriented thing, but if you’re ever in the position to have another internal promotion, is there any consideration of developmental or how you organize staff, whether it’s a senior offensive assistant or– (Brooks Kubena)

Nick Sirianni: You’re always thinking about that. You’re always thinking about that of, ‘Can you do that?’ The reason, usually—well, I guess two of the instances, we’ve had guys that have gotten head coaching jobs. You get a head coaching job because you’ve had success on that side of the football. Of course, you want to be able to do that and elevate when you can and when you think it’s the right fit, but you don’t have to do that every time. Again, I know we have, but it doesn’t have to work out that way. Every season is a little different of a situation [of if you think] a guy can elevate and go into the spot, or if you don’t think that, then you may have to go outside to do that. I think somebody asked Howie that question, too. It’s like, we’re doing everything we can do to win now.

Of course, my job as a coach, and I take this very seriously, is to try to develop coaches as much as I can to help them reach their goals, just like I want to do with the players on our team. You’ll try to develop and you’ll try to do all those different things, but we have a win-now mode and we have a win-now team with all the great players that we have. Everything’s going to be thought about [of], ‘How do we win the 2026 season?’

Q. How much is QB Jalen Hurts open to doing new things and different things depending upon the new coordinator? (Jeff McLane)

Nick Sirianni: I think you saw this year that he’s open to do a bunch. We were under-center probably more than we have been. Different motions, different things like that. Here’s what I’ll say, Jalen always wants to do– Jalen’s proved this to everybody, that he’ll do whatever it takes to win football games. Sometimes that’s throwing it a bunch, sometimes that’s running it a bunch, sometimes it’s him handing it off a bunch. He’ll do whatever it takes to win. All I’ve ever felt from Jalen and all [I’ve] ever [known] from Jalen is that the man will do anything he can do to win football games. He pushes himself to do new things. He pushes himself to excel at the things that he has already done so well, and he’s proven to everybody year-in, year-out, all he cares about is winning and all he cares about is being able to hold that trophy up at the end of the year.

Howie Roseman: Can I clarify one thing? I think it’s important for our fans to understand. You can do whatever it takes to win now and still build for the future and still have those parallel paths. I just don’t want it to get confused that we can’t do whatever it takes to build a championship caliber team next year and also continue to have really good players on this team for the future. So, I just want to make sure that we’re on the same page on that.