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Eagles rant: I'm not buying the "this is Sirianni's first losing season, it's a one-off, they shouldn't fire him" style argument for keeping him after this season. The same issues from last year are much worse this year, and the team is rapidly regressing. The Eagles are 5-12 in their last 17 games. They are 23rd in net line-of-scrimmage EPA during that stretch. The teams below them are: Browns, Chargers, Commanders, Dolphins, Raiders, Titans, Cardinals, Colts, and Jets. That's the bucket of teams they're hanging out with over the last 17 games. During that stretch, they are also: 25th in offensive EPA: -83.03 27th in yards per play: 4.7 27th in time of possession: 28:48 28th in points scored per game: 18.35 29th in net yards per pass attempt: 5.6 32nd in 3-and-out rate: 38.5%!! Opposing defenses are consistently blitzing them, and they have no answers. This isn't just a 2026 problem. Sirianni and the offensive coaches simply cannot figure out what to do when teams send 5+ pass-rushers over the last 365 days: During the 5-12 stretch, they are getting blitzed at the 2nd-highest rate in the league: 34.7%. They have the highest unblocked pressure rate on opposing blitzes by a mile. This should be a basic problem to solve, and Sirianni has no answer. They are also undisciplined. The Eagles have committed 118 penalties during this 5-12 stretch, the 3rd most in the league. 50 of those penalties are either false starts, offensive holding, delay of game, illegal shift, or illegal formation (also the 3rd-highest). A CEO-style head coach with an offensive background should help with this, and he doesn't. Howie Roseman deserves a ton of blame and shouldn't escape criticism. The 2025 draft class is coming back to bite him, and he's made some very questionable roster decisions since winning the 2024 Super Bowl. But he's not going anywhere. We've also seen him rebuild rosters into Super Bowl winners, and he has his work cut out for him to do it again. Sirianni seems like a great guy. He's led the Eagles to 2 Super Bowls (winning one) and has a great overall record. He was the right coach for this team from 2021-2024, and the fan base should remember that. But this slow death-walk style season is painful to watch, and it won't get better next season without sweeping change. Jeffrey Lurie hasn't been afraid of pulling the plug sooner rather than later, and he needs to do it again. The current Eagles coaching regime is going backward, and fast.