Eagles coach Nick Sirianni has needed seven years to hold up his end of a bargain.

It was Sirianni’s first month as the Indianapolis Colts’ offensive coordinator, and he was searching for a wide receivers coach. Los Angeles Rams defensive line coach Giff Smith , one of Sirianni’s old co-workers with the Los Angeles Chargers, recommended one of his former colleagues, Kevin Patullo , for the job.

Smith thought they would be a perfect fit for one another. So why not raise the stakes?

“You hire (Kevin) in a year, you’ll be taking me out to dinner,” Smith told NJ Advance Media this month about his conversation with Sirianni.

Sirianni hired Patullo entering the 2018 season and brought him to Philadelphia as his pass game coordinator in 2021.

Four years later, Patullo became Sirianni’s

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