Like many Super Bowl winners, the Eagles lost a key assistant when the Saints hired offensive coordinator Kellen Moore as their new head coach.
Kevin Patullo, who previously was the team's passing game coordinator, has been tabbed as Moore's replacement, and while uncertainty will follow every coaching change, receiver A.J. Brown sees the swap as a positive sign. He feels the Eagles cannot afford to rest on their laurels. Patullo's rise from passing game coordinator to offensive coordinator, in Brown's opinion, will prevent such complacency.
"For our fans, they need to understand everything has to change," Brown explained during an interview that will air on Thursday on ¹ú²úÍâÁ÷ÍøNetwork's The Insiders. "I know we just won, but it has to change. We have to get better, and we have to do things different. But I truly feel like it's a great hire; he already has been involved in almost everything. Him, Kellen (Moore) and Nick (Sirianni) basically called the plays already.
"So, it's a great hire and he's already familiar with us. We have a great relationship, and he knows what we need to work on because he's been there, and he's been there for a while, and like I said, he's already been a part of all the situations and the conversations and everything. So, I think it's a great hire."
The Eagles won Super Bowl LIX with an incredibly dominant defensive performance, which will forever be the story of their triumph. Such a narrative doesn't quite do justice for the Philadelphia offense, though, which capitalized on a number of short fields and scored 33 offensive points in the 40-22 win and produced the game's MVP, quarterback Jalen Hurts.
It is fitting, however, that the defense commands the spotlight. Philadelphia's offense, while a top-eight unit in the 2024 regular season, was constantly under a microscope of criticism for not being explosive enough for those craving an aerial assault. At one point late in the regular season, their lack of high-end production created so much frustration, Brown found himself answering questions regarding his relationship with Hurts.
In the end, none of that mattered. But there was some truth beneath the madness: Philadelphia's offense didn't execute consistently in the passing game for most of 2024, and the Eagles might not have reached their full potential if not for a historic season from running back Saquon Barkley.
Fortunately, the Eagles found their stride at the perfect time and were clearly the best team in the ¹ú²úÍâÁ÷Íøby the time the confetti rained down on them inside Caesar's Superdome in New Orleans. They know, though, that they're now the target of the other 31 teams and can't afford to experience such inconsistencies in 2025 if they want to return to the Super Bowl.
"It has to change; it has to evolve," Brown continued. "I don't know what wrinkles would look like, but we have to find ways to get better, you know? It's a lot of fame out there on us — we just won — and guys are gonna be coming at us. We're not the hunting anymore, we're the hunted, and we have to get better."
