The Eagles defense has surrendered 75 points and 850 total yards of offense to the 49ers and the Cowboys during their recent two-game losing streak. Even in Philadelphia's most recent victory over the Bills, the defense yielded 34 points and 505 total yards. In other words, this level of defensive performance simply isn't sustainable if the Eagles want to reach their ultimate goal of winning a Super Bowl this season.
Philadelphia evidently realized that internally, as they have made a coaching change before their Week 15 matchup against the Seahawks. The Eagles “quietly” moved defensive coordinator Sean Desai to another position and promoted Matt Patricia to the defensive play-caller’s chair, per Jay Glazer of Fox Sports.
A little @Eagles scoopage today: Philly very quietly made a change at defensive coordinator this week moving out Sean Desai to another position and replacing him with Matt Patricia. Desai remains with the team in different capacity but Patricia now runs and calls the defense…
— Jay Glazer (@JayGlazer) December 17, 2023
