Eagles 2025-2026 Season

[LegoDoom]

Sounds like Josh Grizzard will be brought on as the passing game coordinator.

[zambonir]

That's pretty good twofer hire then. And I guess now we'll soon find out if Patullo moves on or is shifted entirely to an off-field/non-game role.

[VoteForKalas]

Maybe he'll become a special assistant to the GM like the Phillies do with guys they let go lol

[zambonir]

When the Phillies fired Klentak they actually made him work, Ed Wade too initially I think. And Mackanin. You gotta be an ex-player or really age into it to earn the exalted "advisor" role.

Eagles seem to have other things to worry about, maybe. They must be confident he's staying to have let Parker go, but this story says they also reached out to Gannon just in case, and could still do the same with Schwartz (Gannon took Packers job).

Vic Fangio is mulling retirement again. The Eagles remain hopeful the defensive...

[zambonir]

Stoutland stepping down.

[dcsman]

Yeah, I don’t get this one. The man was basically a legend and has done amazing things with the o-line for a long time. I hope it wasn’t because he was unhappy professionally.

[dicemen99]

I am not surprised. There was a lot of speculation that they actually were going to hand the reins over to the new OC that was hired (unlike with Kellen Moore, where the reins were handed over and then pulled back after game 2). This was going to mean that Stoutland was going to have to give up some input in the run game - especially if the philosophy didn’t match up, ala all the West Coast guys they pursued.

They (not Nick) want a new offensive philosophy and we are actually going to see it implemented this year. They don’t want a simplified pass-game, run oriented, conservative offense. They want a cutting edge offense with all the bells and whistles (motion, matchups, timing based, etc). This isn’t a big surprise. Nicks success has been standing in the way of it, but this year opened the door again.

It remains to be seen if they can implement this successfully. Jalen will be asked to things he’s uncomfortable with, and while I think he’s such a winner that he will be open to improving; there certainly will be some uneven returns in the offseason practices and early next year as he gets used to doing things a new way and gets his timing down. That’s when our OC will earn his big bucks. Will he be able to handle the pressure he gets when things look rough early and keep a steady hand or won’t he and the inevitable implosion will follow? There weren’t be a course correction back to conservative like happened last year under Moore as they are clearing one of Nicks supporters in this (Stoutland).

I’m not going to argue with management. These guys have brought us 2 rings, another SB appearance, and consistent playoff appearances in the last decade. I’m willing to let it play out. But there will be a sink or swim moment for the OC early on.

[allentown]

It's not described as a retirement and possible he goes to another team. After all the success he's had in Philly, and the GREAT 2024 run game an offensive line play it was odd that the Eagles basically demoted him during this past season. There was dissension and a lot of failure on the O-side of the ball all season and Patullo, who seemed utterly clueless, had Sirianni's full support all season. Apparently Stoutland less so and actually the scapegoat. Part of this is on Howie. The O has been slighted on recent draft days. This year's Eagles; uninspired play calling, coupled with Sirianni's playing prevent offense so often and just trying to hang onto a small lead and run out the clock must have been beyond frustrating who believed an offense should be aggressively on offense for a whole game.

[Docs]

There is a report that Landon Dickerson is considering retiring, which on top of Lane Johnson considering retirement could mean the Eagles need to invest in OL early in the draft. I kind of hope things line up where they can go OT in the first round anyway

[phillychuck]

Landon would be leaving a boatload of money on the table if he retires. If his injuries are bad enough I guess it’s possible, but he will get a lot of financial pressure to see if something can be done about them. He could spend a year rehabbing and get paid $19M for it. He’s signed until 2029. It would make zero sense for him to retire and leave almost $60M on the table.

[Docs]

He already has more than enough money to live a happy life. It may be more important for him to be able to walk for the next 60 years than make another $60 million.

[phillychuck]

It takes a special kind of person to leave that much money unclaimed, even if they already have money. We will see, I guess. If I were him I’d stay with the team and give the medical people time to work on the injuries, and get paid for it.

[zambonir]

Unless the team wants him to as much as he does? If he retired the money/cap hit goes away no? Or if doesn't entirely there'd be some kind of buyout involved.

[Philsmania]

All of the sudden, the Eagles organization is a mess.

[allentown]

It's not all of a sudden, there were problems on the O-side all of this past season, although Sirianni's dissing of Stoutland came late in the season. The Special Teams also had problem. There are retirement worries on 0-line now, but injuries across the whole past season.. in the past 5 drafts the Eagles have focused on the D, especially the D-line and LB. The OL has been short-changed:
2025 Kendall 5th round, Williams 6th round
2024 Keegan 5th round, Hinton 5th round, McMahon 6th round
2923 Steen 3rd round
2022 Jurgens 2nd round, Calcaterra 6th round
2021 Dickerson 2nd round
2020 Driscoll 4th round, Wanogho 6th round

That's not enough, plus Calcaterra is a lousy blocker and Goedert was a less effective blocker this year.

They've waited too long to pick a Johnson replacement, haven't had a good #2 TE, and had so many injuries last year on the OL. Dickerson is a wreck

The Eagles will go into the draft with very serious holes on the offense

[jimbomill]

There are retirement worries on 0-line

Those retirement worries are there no matter who the HC is. As you said, recent drafts did focus on the D, but whether it's Davis, Dean, J. Campbell, Mitchell, Carter, DeJean, N. Smith or Mukuba, to name a few, that's some good work.

[allentown]

Yes, those were good to exceptional picks. The history of recent drafts and the weakness of our OL are why I cringe when reading mock drafts with a defensive player in 1st round and often 2nd round as well. Btw, even if Dickerson and Johnson return, their physical problems this year portend a very possible issue going forward. If the TEs can't block well that just compounds the problem.

[Florida_Sunshine]

We need OL, S, and TE in the first three rounds. Or at least 2/3 of that. Don’t we have 2 picks in each of rounds 3,4,5?

[allentown]

Yes we do, and a pick in round 6.. The Eaglea should have won their playoff game, but there is no way they could have gotten past Seattle. Seattle likely gets stripped this winter as the Eagles did last off-season.

[jimbomill]

when reading mock drafts with a defensive player in 1st round and often 2nd round as well. Btw, even if Dickerson and Johnson return, their physical problems this year portend a very possible issue going forward. If the TEs can't block well that just compounds the problem.

Fortunately, I read mock drafts the same as I read comic books as a kid - for entertainment purposes only. Your health concerns are valid, and I'd say more than likely to reoccur