Eagles coach says a 'line was crossed' in first public comments since his house was vandalized

Philadelphia Eagles violative coordinator Kevin Patullo said a "line was crossed" successful his archetypal nationalist comments since his New Jersey location was vandalized with eggs.

Patullo, 44, said the incidental crossed a enactment beyond shot into his idiosyncratic life. 

"Ultimately, you privation to beryllium capable to abstracted your occupation from your family," Patullo said Wednesday. 

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Philadelphia Eagles walk crippled coordinator Kevin Patullo against the Kansas City Chiefs during Super Bowl LIX astatine Caesars Superdome successful New Orleans, Louisiana, connected Feb. 9, 2025. (Mark J. Rebilas/Imagn Images)

"We talked astir it before, I said it before, that enactment was crossed. It was an unfortunate incidental and that’s portion of it that it happened. Us arsenic a family, we cognize we’ve got to instrumentality together. To beryllium honest, there’s a batch of large radical successful the community. I person large neighbors. So galore radical person reached retired to my woman and I and our family, and truthful it’s not thing oregon 1 circumstantial person. It happened and we’ve got to determination connected from it astatine this point."

Patullo’s location was egged pursuing the Eagles’ 24-15 nonaccomplishment to the Chicago Bears connected Black Friday. The Eagles are 8-4 and atop the NFC East, but the discourtesy has taken a measurement backmost from past play and Patullo has go a root of consternation among Philadelphia fans.

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Eagles violative coordinator Kevin Patullo is shown calling a play during the crippled betwixt the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles connected Oct. 26, 2025 astatine Lincoln Financial Field successful Philadelphia, PA. (Terence Lewis/Icon Sportswire)

In 2024, with Kellen Moore arsenic the violative coordinator, the Eagles were 5th successful the league successful points per crippled with 29.4. After they won the Super Bowl, Moore departed to instrumentality the New Orleans Saints head-coaching job, and the Eagles promoted Patullo to violative coordinator. 

The Eagles person dropped to 19th successful the NFL successful points per crippled successful Patullo’s archetypal season, averaging 22.5 points per game, a touchdown little than past year. 

Patullo said that unhappiness implicit occupation show should ne'er spill into a manager oregon athlete’s idiosyncratic life. 

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"As coaches and players, we each cognize that portion of our occupation is to grip criticism," Patullo said. "It’s perfectly acceptable to beryllium up present and speech astir what’s going on, however to hole it, what we’re going to bash going forward, and we cognize that. But erstwhile it involves your family, evidently it crosses the line. That happened, and astatine this point, we’ve conscionable got to determination on."

Patullo and the Eagles volition look to bounce backmost from their nonaccomplishment to the Bears erstwhile they instrumentality connected the Los Angeles Chargers connected Monday astatine 8:15 p.m. ET. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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