It’s not early in the season anymore. We’re four games in, and the Eagles’ offense just keeps getting worse. On the heels of two miserable offensive performances – 248 yards, 2-for-9 on third down, scoreless second half in Chicago, 172 yards, 0-for-12 on third down, scoreless second half against the Rams – Nick Sirianni spoke Monday about his team’s lack of offensive identity and the search to find something they’re good at. “It’s a good, healthy sample size right now, but I don’t think we really know our identity of what we want to be or where we’re going,” he said. “We know what we need to be able to do, but there’s still some identity questions that we still have to continue to answer as we continue through this. … We’ve got to be able to do multiple things, and that’s what we’re doing and we’re trying to figure out right now.” This is the first time the Eagles have been held under 250 yards in consecutive games since 2016 and the first time they’ve netted as few as 420 yards in a two-game span since since 2005. Their 9.5 percent on third down is their worst in a two-game span since the NFL began tracking third downs in 1991. They haven’t run consistently, they haven’t thrown consistently, they haven’t protected consistently. Under rookie play caller Sean Mannion they haven’t done anything consistently. The Eagles’ 18.8 points per game are their fewest since 2012, their 270 yards per game are ahead of last year’s pace but their 2nd-worst since 1999 and their 35.8 percent on third down is their worst since 2005.  They’re now 29th in the league in yards per game, 27th in yards per play, 31st in passing yards, 29th in sacks allowed per pass play, tied for 30th in first downs and 18th on third down. The only category they’re in the top half is rushing yards per game, where they’re 15th.  Sirianni said he believes the Eagle aren’t unique in still trying to find themselves on offense and figure out what they’re good at four games into the season. “I think a lot of teams are still looking for what that is this early in the season after a quarter of the season,” he said. “And we’ve had different seasons where we felt really good about where we were at that particular time and we’ve had seasons where we haven’t and we’re able to figure it out along the way. And so I think it’s constantly a process.  “And just because you say your identity is one thing at this particular time, that may stay the same all the way through. But that could change too. There’s a lot of things that go into that, and you’re always trying to do exactly the things that your players do best while also running the schemes that you want to run. And so that’s fluid throughout the year.  “I would just say it hasn’t been consistent enough. So you do search when you haven’t been consistent enough in both coaching and playing, then you are searching for the things that you’re supposed to do well. And so I think that identity is kind of a buzzword that we like to use. But again, it’s not consistent enough right now in any aspect.” The scary thing about where this offense is right now is that there are so many things that need fixing. Is it execution? Is it coaching? Is it scheme? Is it preparation? Yeah, it’s everything. “We didn’t protect well enough in aspects with some guys, and it’s something different (each time),” he said. “Just like third downs, it’s not just one thing. And just like the negative points, it’s not just one thing, and just like the negative plays that puts us behind the sticks, it isn’t just one thing. That’s the same thing with protections.  “And obviously, with that, there are coaching things that we got to do better as coaches. We’re working through those things, but it has to be better. And there were good moments as well, but not nearly as consistent as we want it to be. And that’s every phase of what’s happening on offense right now.” Of course it doesn’t help that the Eagles played without Lane Johnson, Dallas Goedert or Landon Dickerson Sunday and lost Saquon Barkley early But the Rams were missing two Hall of Famers on defense and several other key players. There are no excuses in this business.  “I think everybody’s going through the same thing,” Sirianni said. “I think sometimes you can look at things that you’re going through and be like, ‘Man, I’m the only one going through this.’ That’s in life and that’s in football. But this is the NFL. Everybody’s going through something like that. So we’ll never use that as an excuse because that’s life in the NFL. “You’re going to constantly have different pieces (missing time). And we’re having that right now.”  ...read more read less