Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo spoke for the first time Wednesday since his house was vandalized, telling reporters that a "line was crossed" with the incident because it targeted his family.
"Unfortunately, it happened," Patullo said. "I've been here five years now, and it's been awesome. This is such a unique place to coach and play. It's very special. We've been to two NFC Championship Games we've won at Lincoln Financial [Field], a Super Bowl, the parade, it's an amazing atmosphere to be a coach and a player. And as coaches and players, we all know that part of our job is to handle criticism.
"It's perfectly acceptable to sit up here and talk about what's going on, how to fix it, what we're going to do going forward, and we know that. But when it involves your family, obviously it crosses the line. And so, that happened. At this point, we've just gotta move on. We're trying to win. That's all we want to do is focus -- whether it's my family, whether it's the team -- all we're trying to do together is focus on this week."
The first-year coordinator, 44, is overseeing an offense going through midseason woes. Philadelphia has failed to score over 21 points or record at least 350 total yards in a game since its Week 9 bye. Through 13 weeks, the reigning Super Bowl champions rank 19th in scoring offense, 24th in total offense, 23rd in passing offense and 22nd in rushing offense.
Patullo has been with Eagles coach Nick Sirianni since joining the Philly coaching staff in 2021. He replaced now-Saints coach Kellen Moore as OC this offseason after being promoted from passing game coordinator.
Sirianni confirmed on Monday that Patullo will remain the offensive play-caller.
"Nick does a great job with all of us as coaches, just preparing us for these kind of moments, and different mentors you have," Patullo said Wednesday. "You know the pressure is there, but we all accept it because we ultimately want to be at the highest part of our coaching career and continue to work through that and this is part of it.
"It's a challenge but it makes it fun, and when you look back on it, you hope that you have more good than bad memories. And when you go through the process like this, it defines you as a person in your career but not as an individual and not as your family."
At 8-4, the Eagles are just 1.5 games ahead of the Dallas Cowboys in the NFC East.
Patullo and Philadelphia take on the Los Angeles Chargers (8-4) on Monday at 8:15 p.m. ET.
