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Originally published Oct. 12, 2026
PHILADELPHIA — What’s wrong with the Eagles’ offense?
It’s easy for people on the outside to overlook injuries as a factor. But literally half of the Eagles’ top offensive players are injured.
Be mad at the team for everything. Be as angry as anything. Punch a pillow. Because, despite all those injuries, the Eagles had a win in their hands each of the last two weeks and let it slip away — in Week 4 against the Los Angeles Rams and then on Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars in London.
No excuses.
But that doesn’t answer the larger question, starting with the offense.
What the hell is the problem?
“It’s never just one thing,” coach Nick Sirianni said Monday. “There are always multiple things when it’s not going the right way and not the way you want it to go.
“We all have things that we have to get better at. We all have things that we’re looking to grow upon each and every week. … In a world where I think that we look to assign blame, look for excuses, it’s not about that. It’s about finding solutions. I’ll always live that way and do my best to find the solutions to give our team the best chance that we can to win each and every week.”
This is an offense that hasn’t scored a touchdown in the second half since Week 2 against the Tennessee Titans. This is an offense that ranks 29th in the NFL in scoring (18.4 points per game) through five weeks.
That said, consider a reworked offensive line that quarterback Jalen Hurts has hardly had any reps with, including the departures of Lane Johnson and Cam Jurgens. Also, center Drew Kendall missed Sunday with a knee injury.
And all three of the active-roster running backs — Saquon Barkley, Tank Bigsby and Will Shipley — are out.
Plus, the Birds’ No. 1 wide receiver, DeVonta Smith, is still missing with an injured hamstring while tight end Dallas Goedert (knee) just got back.
All of this carnage is among several other players who have been sidelined.
Sirianni and the team will never cite injuries as an excuse, and they aren’t. But let’s be real. How do you install and effectively run a new offense when a whole bunch of your main players aren’t on the field?
“We won’t ever use anything as an excuse,” Sirianni reiterated. “Our job is to figure it out.
“I want my players thinking that way, and it’s never going to be about who’s in, who’s out … We’ve got to find solutions. That’s our job, plain and simple, period.
“What I said to the guys, you have to be different to give yourself an edge. What I mean by that, you have to condition differently than other teams to give yourself an edge. You have to work on tackling differently than other teams to give yourself an edge (as examples).”
This year has been a nightmare of injuries, crazy losses and chaos so far — through just over a month. No one expected this.
On the other hand, there are still 12 games left in the regular season.
“My brain hurts,” All-Pro left tackle Jordan Mailata said. “This week has been a week from hell … for me.
“Everything. It’s just everything. You got one of the greatest tackles to ever play this game retire (Lane Johnson). Trade (center/guard Cam Jurgens.) You’ve got to deal with everything. As it comes to two of my best friends, they’re not on the same team anymore.”
It’s a heartless business.
Still, the NFC East is terrible. The Eagles (2-3) are in second place behind the New York Giants (3-1-1), who are operating with a backup quarterback in Jameis Winston. The supposedly talented Dallas Cowboys (2-3) have underperformed, again, and Washington is 1-3-1.
The division, and thus a guaranteed playoff spot, is up for grabs early on. If anybody wants it.
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