13 years of service, three different head coaches, several offensive coordinators, and now is the time for Philadelphia Eagles offensive line coach Jeff Stoutland to depart?
Stoutland stunned Eagles fans by posting on social media that he was leaving the team. He has coached the offensive line since 2013 and helped the team win two Super Bowls and appear in three total.
Something seems to be going on in Philly that is now forcing the Eagles to start having the quiet conversation that everyone has been avoiding. This latest departure has opened the floodgates to start saying it: the Eagles might be a dysfunctional franchise.
Signs of Eagles' chaotic franchise has always been there
If Eagles fans want to date back to the 2024 season, to the A.J. Brown drama of being unhappy in Philly, they could start there: his issues with Jalen Hurts not getting him the ball. A Super Bowl win certainly silenced those talks a bit, and even a potential Vic Fangio retirement was put on hold because the team was rolling.
But it all really started in 2025 with the now-questionable decision by Nick Sirianni to name Kevin Patullo offensive coordinator. It was the second time an inexperienced play caller had taken over the offense in three years, and we all know how that worked out for Brian Johnson in 2023. This time, it was worse as the Eagles finished in the bottom 15 in every major offensive category, and Patullo suffered the same fate Johnson did.
The offensive coordinator search that followed was a mess with nearly 10 coaches reportedly withdrawing from consideration. Philly had to settle on an inexperienced quarterbacks coach, Sean Mannion, to take over as offensive coordinator with two years of coaching experience.
Patullo's hiring wasn't initially as obvious, but one that was a bit clearer was edge rusher Za'Darius Smith's decision to retire from the NFL after playing just over a month with the Eagles to start the year. It seemed like an odd move at the time, but fans kind of let it go.
Look at Jaire Alexander and how the Eagles traded for him from the Baltimore Ravens. It took him one week to get into the building, and he decided he didn't want to play, even though he would have started at CB2.
How about Brown being way more public about his frustrations with the team? He took to social media, vented on a stream, openly told the media he was unhappy, got into it with Sirianni on the sidelines during the NFC Wild Card loss to the San Francisco 49ers, and declined to speak with the media after the game. Even the report that started the offseason, saying he asked to be traded multiple times throughout the season and as early as Week 3, is a pretty big indicator.
Let's turn to Fangio and his almost-retirement this offseason, and his having to be talked into staying. While it has finally been confirmed that he is staying, the fan base will still have to endure a lot of heartache and stress every year moving forward.
Do Eagles fans even want to go down the route of Jalen Hurts? All those reports of teammates being mad at the organization for pampering Hurts in public, and a separate report of him being unwilling to run QB-designed runs to protect his body.
To Sirianni's "credit," he tried to cover it up with a message of joy, and the players tried to have that infamous positivity rabbit that lived in the locker room for one week before disappearing into Philly lore. All of that wasn't enough to bring up the real problems with the Eagles that the team can no longer deny.
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When several people want to leave the organization, it leaves many asking the question that Bleeding Green Nation's X account asked so perfectly: "How did we get here in 12 months?"