Kevin Patullo didn’t stay unemployed for long, which is funny considering how loudly a large portion of Philadelphia Eagles fans wanted him out of the building about five minutes after the season ended.
According to Mike Garafolo, Kevin Patullo has landed on Jeff Hafley’s staff with the Miami Dolphins as passing game coordinator, a title that feels important, sounds important, and will immediately be judged based on whether Miami can figure out what the hell it’s doing at quarterback.
Kevin Patullo is the new passing game coordinator in Miami
The #Dolphins are hiring Kevin Patullo as their pass-game coordinator, sources say.
The #Eagles retained Patullo after making a change at OC but gave him the opportunity to search for another gig. He heads to Miami to join Jeff Hafley’s coaching staff alongside OC Bobby Slowik. pic.twitter.com/YyEUq7X10v
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) February 11, 2026
Patullo spent five seasons working under Nick Sirianni, the first four as passing game coordinator and then last year as offensive coordinator and play caller, and let’s not rewrite history here. In his one year running the show, the Eagles were 24th in total offense, 23rd in passing, 24th in first downs, 24th on third down, and 24th in scoring, which is a lot of 24th for a roster that believes it should be living in the top five.
They scored 20 or fewer points ten times, the most since 2012, and by the end it felt like every Sunday became a group project where Jalen Hurts had to improvise something out of thin air.
To be fair, the Eagles did offer Patullo another job on the staff. He declined, which you can read one of two ways. Either he wanted a fresh start, or he looked at the temperature in the room and decided it might be healthier to relocate before the next incomplete pass got blamed on him. Miami gives him that reset and also reunites him, indirectly, with Bobby Slowik, who the Eagles interviewed before eventually hiring Sean Mannion to replace Patullo.
Now here is where it gets interesting. The Dolphins do not exactly have clarity under center. Tua Tagovailoa’s future remains murky, Quinn Ewers finished last season taking snaps, and Zach Wilson might be elsewhere by the time the ink dries on free agency.
Kevin Patullo is walking into a situation where the passing game coordinator might need to coordinate the existence of an actual passer before anything else, so good luck with that.
Meanwhile in Philadelphia, the turnover continues. Mannion becomes Hurts’ seventh play caller as a pro and fifth offensive coordinator, which is a ridiculous amount of change for a quarterback still in his prime. Jeff Stoutland stepped away, Christian Parker left to run a defense in Dallas, and the reshuffling keeps coming. Stability has not exactly been the brand.
As for Kevin Patullo, this is the classic NFL cycle. You struggle, you get fired, you get rehired, and if it works you’re a genius again in about eighteen months. If it doesn’t, you move again. That’s the league.
But make no mistake, in Philadelphia he will always be remembered as the guy who had a loaded offense and still finished 24th in just about everything that matters. Miami is betting the context will be different.
We’ll see.
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