Philly has cheesesteaks. It also has eggs.
Via Tim McManus of ESPN.com, the New Jersey home of Eagles offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo was vandalized early Saturday. Someone threw eggs at Patullo’s home, in the hours after a 24-15 loss to the Bears.
The Moorestown Police Department confirmed the incident to McManus. An investigation is ongoing.
A social-media video, per McManus, showed multiple people appearing to throw objects at Patullo’s home. It was initially believed rocks were being thrown. It turned out to be eggs.
Patullo is in his first year as the team’s offensive coordinator. And the team’s offense is not doing well this year, ranking 24th in total yards, 23rd in passing, and 22nd in rushing.
Patullo arrived in 2021, with head coach Sirianni. Patullo got the job after former offensive coordinator Kellen Moore was hired to coach the Saints. Sirianni has made it clear that Patullo will continue to call the plays, even after a disappointing performance in Friday’s loss to the Bears.
The Raiders may be saving some of the money that would otherwise go to pay former offensive coordinator Chip Kelly’s buyout.
Word is circulating among Kentucky players that Kelly could be the team’s next head coach. That doesn’t mean he will be. It doesn’t even mean he’s an official candidate. It means only that Kentucky players have somehow developed the impression that Kelly could be the new coach.
Kentucky fired coach Mark Stoops on Sunday, after the conclusion of a 5-7 season. On Saturday, Stoops said there was a “zero percent chance” he’d walk away. He had coached the Wildcats since 2013. He had a record of 72-80.
Kelly was the head coach at Oregon from 2009 through 2012. He coached the Eagles for three seasons and the 49ers for one year. After a year off in 2017, he coached UCLA from 2018 through 2023. He served as the Ohio State offensive coodinator in 2024, before being hired by the Raiders to a three-year contract with a reported value of $6 million per year.
The Raiders fired Kelly last Sunday night. If the rumor currently making the rounds among Kentucky players is accurate, Kelly could be crash landing on his feet, quickly.
Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert is having surgery to repair a fracture in his left hand on Monday and he doesn’t plan to miss any time.
Herbert returned to Sunday’s 31-14 win over the Raiders after suffering the injury and head coach Jim Harbaugh said after the game that it was unclear if Herbert will have to miss next Monday’s game against the Eagles. When Herbert took his own turn at the press conference podium, he said he’s not expecting to be anywhere but on the field.
“I’m treating it as if I’m playing on Monday,” Herbert said, via multiple reporters.
Herbert was 15-of-20 for 151 yards, two touchdowns and an interception on Sunday. The Chargers will issue their first injury report for Week 14 on Thursday.
Justin Herbert has a fracture in his non-throwing left hand and will undergo surgery on Monday, Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh said postgame.
It’s unclear if Herbert will miss any time.
The Chargers play the Eagles in Week 14.
Herbert injured his left hand on a 1-yard scramble after Jeremy Chinn slammed the quarterback to the ground. Herbert’s hand banged against the turf.
He threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Quentin Johnston on the next play, giving the Chargers a 7-0 lead after their first possession.
Herbert missed eight plays in the training room, with Trey Lance replacing him, before returning to the game with 11:56 remaining in the second quarter.
He went 15-of-20 for 151 yards with two touchdowns and an interception in the 31-14 win over the Raiders.
Dave Caldwell is heading back to Florida.
The former Jaguars G.M. has been hired as the University of Florida’s G.M. of football operations, via ESPN.com.
Tulane coach Jon Sumrall, as expected, will be the Gators’ new head coach.
Caldwell served as the Jacksonville G.M. from 2013 through 2020, building the team that nearly secured a berth in Super Bowl LII. Since 2021, he has worked as a personnel executive with the Eagles. Philadelphia G.M. Howie Roseman went to college at Florida.
Florida fired Billy Napier last month. Sumrall emerged as the favorite after a flirtation with Lane Kiffin, who shifted his focus to LSU.
