The 2025 Philadelphia Eagles season is over following a crushing defeat at the hands of the San Francisco 49ers in the Wild Card round of the playoffs. 

With looming questions about personnel, the coaching staff, and the future of the organization hanging in the balance. Eagles Executive V.P./General Manager, Howie Roseman, and Head Coach Nick Sirianni met with the media before the offseason picks up in full swing to discuss what went wrong and what happens next. 

Our own Mar’Quell Fripp-Owens supplies you with his five biggest takeaways from the end of season presser. 

1.) Nick Sirianni did what was best for the team until the very end 

The number one question asked throughout the course of this football season was: Why didn’t Philadelphia decide to make a change at play caller?

Inevitably, this same question was posed to head Nick Sirianni during the Eagles end of season press conference. 

“We did some different things as we continued to go through. As I told you guys, I got involved more,” Sirianni said. “At the end of the day, I did what was best for the football team, and we didn’t reach our goal, so obviously it didn’t work out.”

So what exactly discouraged Sirianni from making such a hasty decision during the season?

The obvious reasoning would point towards the nightmare that was the 2023 season, which saw the Eagles make a mid-season coaching change, albeit on the defensive side of the ball. The change, however, produced even worse results than what was previously experienced. 

The most likely answer is that Sirianni believed he had an obligation to allow the first-year play caller to work through his issues. The success or lack thereof from Kevin Patullo always came with the caveat that ultimately, it all fell back on Nick Sirianni. 

“We’re doing everything we can to win now,” Sirianni said. “And of course, my job as a coach, and I take this every seriously, is to try to develop coaches and help them reach their goals just like I want to do with the players on our team.”

Despite this commitment, it feels like (to use a Sirianni analogy), the Philadelphia offense was a flower that never blossomed, and in the end, it cost Patullo his job. The Eagles, however, have left the door open for a potential return in a different capacity should Patullo want it.

“We’ll see how that plays out,” Sirianni said when asked. 

2.) Continuity would be nice, but it’s not a prerequisite

Since it was known that Patullo would be axed, it’s been common thought that the Eagles would look to find the “Vic Fangio version” of a play-caller offensively.

Ideally, meaning someone with little to no aspirations of becoming a head coach or someone who would seemingly be on staff for the long haul. 

Well, it didn’t take long for Howie Roseman to put that theory to rest. 

“It’s a great compliment when guys get head coaching jobs from here [The Eagles] because it means we’re having tremendous success,” Roseman said.

“So, as much as you’d like to have continuity and 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.” 

The Eagles have let it be known that they are looking for an established play-caller and clearly don’t mind living in a world of continued one-year rentals. 

As they are looking to maximize the window they are in, it’s probably the right decision, but at some point, the franchise quarterback would benefit from a sense of continuity after (*check notes*) six play callers in as many seasons.

3.) A.J. Brown is [Probably] going to be an Eagle

This was Howie Roseman’s response when asked about a potential A.J. Brown trade at the mid-season deadline: 

“When you’re trying to be a great team, it’s hard to trade great players, and A.J. Brown’s a great player. He wears the “C” for a reason: he’s an important part of this team. He cares about winning, he cares about his teammates. And when you’re a team like ours that’s looking forward to the opportunity to compete for a championship, you don’t get rid of guys like that.”

However, that affirmation was only enough to silence the crowd until the season’s end, apparently. Especially when the player is seen clashing with the head coach on the sidelines of a playoff game.

So once again, Roseman was asked about the prospects of trading A.J. Brown this offseason.

“It is hard to find great players in the NFL, and A.J. is a great player. From my perspective, that’s what we’re looking for in free agency and in the draft. Just trying to find great players who love football, and he’s that guy.” 

While the idea of the Eagles trading Brown seems unlikely based on Roseman’s statements, as well as the significant dead cap ramifications the Eagles would face should a move happen before June 1, Jimmy Kempski of The Philly Voice recently outlined why the move isn’t necessarily impossible. 

To also add to the fact, Brown stated his intention to remain in Philadelphia earlier in the season.

Quarterback Jalen Hurts has also stated that he and Brown have spoken and are “great.”

How much of a factor this plays into the events of the off-season remains to be seen. 

4.) The rest of the offense might be in line for some significant change.

There are a few things we can guarantee in this life; Death, Taxes, and roster turnover on a year to year basis in the NFL.

There are numerous Eagles players set to hit free agency, yet the sad reality of this game is that only a select few will be able to return. 

“When you look at our team, we drafted a lot of offensive players and re-signed a lot of offensive players,” Roseman said on Thursday on the state of the Eagles roster.

“We drafted a lot of defensive players that are young on rookie contracts. So there’s a natural transition in what we do in terms of where you’re paying your guys, which side of the ball you’re paying guys who are coming up.”

2029 is often used when discussing the window of this current Eagles core as currently constructed. However, what isn’t usually mentioned when speaking about that prospect is that it’s mostly based on the massive amount of money allocated to the offense and how long it will be on the books. 

Yet on the other side of the ball, the Eagles are faced with looming decisions, such as Jordan Davis (‘26), Nolan Smith (‘27), Cooper DeJean (‘27), and that’s before we even mentioned the assumptive massive pay of Jalen Carter (‘27).

Then, to put the icing on the cake, Philadelphia has decisions to make on guys such as Reed Blankenship, Nakobe Dean, and the newly acquired Jaelan Phillips as early as this offseason. 

“The important thing for us is there are players that we can’t lose… Within reason, we want to keep around here because they’re really good players that are homegrown players,” Roseman said.

“Really good people that are a part of our core. So with that, you’re going to have to make sacrifices, and that’s on me to make sure the sacrifices we make are filled with really good players.”

In order to retain most of the talent showcased on what is the youngest defense in the league, it may come at the expense of some players on the offensive side of the ball. There are decisions to be made on fan favorites such as Dallas Goedert, the future of Lane Johnson, and holes at receiver, among others. 

As Roseman stated, the Eagles are in a natural transition period. With six draft picks in the first four rounds, they are in a prime position to acquire talented players (preferably on the offensive side of the ball) that help the Eagles return to recent offensive success. 

5.) We have identified what Sirianni’s next role will be and why it [almost] guarantees the next play caller will have complete control [almost]. 

Being the head coach of a football team comes with a lot of roles to take on. The one role Sirianni has not taken on, since relinquishing duties in his rookie season, is play-calling.

This has led many to ask, “What exactly does he do?”

During the press conference, Howie Roseman gave us a clear description of what makes Sirianni so good at his job in his eyes and what he will be tasked to do for the foreseeable future. 

“Obviously, I’m incredibly grateful that I’m working with someone that as a head coach, is elite at being a head coach,” Roseman said on Sirianni.

“Elite at building a connection with our team. Elite about talking about game management, situational awareness, bringing the team together, and holding players accountable. And when you’re looking for a head coach, those are really the job descriptions.” 

Objectively, he’s not wrong; that is technically what a head coach is supposed to do, but as this was being said, you could feel the collective hearts breaking. The hearts of those who once believed in the prospects of a young, bright offensive mind in Sirianni upon his arrival in 2021.

But none more important than the heart of Sirianni himself, who clearly values seeing his imprints on the proverbial offensive cookie jar he struggles to take his hand out of.

Yet, as Roseman said, albeit reluctantly, Sirianni has shown an ability to give play callers leeway when necessary.

“He [Sirianni] has shown that when we bring people in, he’s open to doing what’s best for this football team,” Roseman said.

“That’s all he cares about, is winning. So anything that he’s answering here obviously depends on who we bring in, but when he’s brought in people, he’s given them the opportunity to put their own spin on things.”

Reports have already surfaced that the next Eagles play caller should expect to have complete autonomy over the offense upon his arrival. Which is good news for an Eagles offense that, as Sirianni put is “always looking to evolve”.

The only true question that remains is: How much say will said play-caller have over the offensive coaching staff?

Historically, the Eagles haven’t been very compromising in terms of allowing play-callers the ability to fill their own coaching staff. 

This belief, mostly citing an unwillingness to part with longtime OL Coach Jeff Stoutland, is reportedly the reason things with Kliff Kingbury fell apart during the 2024 offseason.

The end-of-season presser didn’t just close the book on a disappointing year. It officially ushered the Eagles into an offseason defined by urgency, hard decisions, and calculated risk. From redefining Nick Sirianni’s role to retooling an offense built to win now.

What comes next will be about the organization’s vision, and if the choices made in the coming months can realign a still-open championship window.