When the Philadelphia Eagles won the Super Bowl in February, they did so because of a team that was brilliant on both sides of the ball.

Yes, the Eagles’ defensive line dominated Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs in the championship game. That performance overshadowed Philadelphia’s postseason offense, which scored 11 touchdowns over the team’s final two games.

The 2025 Eagles are an entirely different story.

On one hand, the team is 4-1, tied for the most wins in the NFL. On the other, the offense is a far cry from what it was last season — and is currently the biggest roadblock in Philadelphia’s path to a repeat.

Through five games, the Eagles are 30th in total offense, 31st in passing yards per game, and 14th in points per game. (Last season, Philly was eighth in offense, seventh in points per game, and most importantly, second in rushing.)

This year, the Eagles’ ground game especially has fallen off a cliff, averaging only 99.8 yards a week, 25th in the NFL.

After running for more than 2,000 yards last season and averaging over five yards per carry, 2024 Offensive Player of the Year Saquon Barkley has taken a major step back in 2025, averaging under 75 yards per game on 3.2 yards per carry.

“Obviously, I would love everything firing at a high level,” Barkley told reporters Tuesday. “But there’s a long-term goal for this, too, and you just want to continue to build. And even when you think you’re firing at a high level, there’s always something you can improve on. And right now we know, we’re identifying what we need to improve on, what we need to be better at. We just got to go fix it.”

The below-average rushing attack is probably Philadelphia’s biggest problem, but the anemic passing game is not far behind.

Last season, the Eagles compensated for a lack of aerial explosiveness with its rugged running. This year, quarterback Jalen Hurts hasn’t been able to make up for the lack of yards on the ground with a downfield attack, leading to some public grumbling from his receivers.

“I think it’s normal to have frustrations because of the standard that we hold ourselves to,” wideout A.J. Brown said in the days after the team’s Week 4 win against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Following that game, Brown didn’t speak to reporters after taking issue with the team’s offense, instead posting a Bible quote to X that read: “If you’re not welcomed, not listened to, quietly withdraw. Don’t make a scene. Shrug your shoulders and be on your way.”

Brown’s production has taken a hit this season, one year after he caught 67 passes for 1,079 yards and seven touchdowns in only 13 games. Currently, Brown is on a 17-game pace for only 66 receptions, 660 yards and three scores.

Brown’s running mate DeVonta Smith after Philadelphia’s 21-17 loss to the Denver Broncos on Sunday the offense was “not on the same page.”

“We made improvements in a lot of areas, but we can still get better.” Smith told reporters after the game, “We shot ourselves in the foot a lot, we left a couple plays out there.”

(The offensive disfunction led to a long meeting between Hurts, Brown and Barkley on Monday, which was first reported by Philly Voice and then confirmed by the players.)

If there is a silver lining for the Eagles, it’s that the team is winning even amid the offense’s struggles.

Philadelphia was also arguably in a worse position last season, when the team started 2-2, the offense was middling, and head coach Nick Sirianni was both trying to mend his relationship with Hurts and openly arguing with fans on the sidelines.

“This isn’t all that different than last year, going through these things as well,” Sirianni said Wednesday. “You buckle down. You find solutions. You find answers to the problems and you work yourself to get better from that.”

Said Hurts earlier this week: “I know we’re hungry and excited for all the opportunity in front of us to continue to improve. We don’t want to go out and win as individuals, we want to go out and win as a team.”