Nick Sirianni is ‘not making any changes’ with Sean Mannion and Chris Kuper: ‘This is never just on one person’
Sirianni gave Kuper a vote of confidence, saying the offensive line coach has "given the players good tools to use fundamentally and [is] helping them be the best players that they possibly can be."
Nick Sirianni isn’t making any changes — for now.
The sixth-year Eagles coach was noncommittal when pressed on the status of offensive coordinator Sean Mannion following Sunday’s 27-10 loss to the Washington Commanders, stating, “I’m not thinking about any of that stuff right now.” The loss — the Eagles’ sixth in a row — dipped their record to 2-6, the team’s worst start since 1999.
Sirianni was more candid in his Monday news conference, backing Mannion and stating that he has no plans of shaking up the staff.
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“This is never just on one person,” Sirianni said. “So I’m not making any changes there. It is on all of us to figure out how to get things going in the right direction. Obviously, right now they’re not. But again, this is the ultimate team game. We’re in the problem solving business and right now we have to find answers to help us get going offensively.
“All that brunt falls on myself, falls on Sean, and we’re going to do everything we can to get ourselves out of it.”
Mannion, who served as the Green Bay Packers’ quarterbacks coach last season, was brought in to rejuvenate the Eagles offense after Kevin Patullo’s disappointing one-year stint last season. Mannion is the Eagles’ fifth play-caller in the last five seasons. He was supposed to bring a wide-zone scheme that resembled Sean McVay’s and Kyle Shanahan’s offensive systems.
The reality? The Mannion-led Eagles are averaging just 17.1 points per game, the fewest for any Eagles team since 2012. They rank third-to-last in the league in scoring and are averaging 265.3 yards per game, which ranks dead last.
Of course, they’ve dealt with brutal injuries, most prominently to quarterback Jalen Hurts, who will likely miss the rest of 2026 due to blood clots discovered in his lungs. But the unit was struggling even before the rash of injuries.
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A chunk of the Eagles’ struggles has come from shaky offensive line play. The team brought in ex-Minnesota Vikings offensive line coach Chris Kuper following the departure of legendary coach Jeff Stoutland this offseason. The unit has dealt with its own injury woes. That they rank No. 19 and No. 21 in Pro Football Focus’ run blocking and pass blocking rankings, respectively, shows how dramatically they’ve fallen.
Yet, Sirianni offered Kuper a vote of confidence on Monday.
“Chris is coaching his a— off,” Sirianni said. “I know he’s given the players good tools to use fundamentally and [is] helping them be the best players that they possibly can be. But we all have to be better and we know that.”
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