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The NFL offseason is quickly moving forward.
As the new season approaches, the league's teams are ramping up their preparations. Like the Dallas Cowboys, NFC East squads will soon open training camp to get a better look at their rosters.
Here's what you should know about the Philadelphia Eagles before they begin their camp:
Soaring back to glory
After downing the Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX, the Eagles entered last season as the defending champs with their sights set on a repeat. Instead, they were first-round ousters in the NFC playoffs, losing to the 49ers.
Philadelphia has won double-digit games in each of the last four seasons. They enter training camp looking to maintain their status as a top contender in the conference and go on another deep playoff run.
More musical chairs at OC
The Eagles scored fewer than 20 points in each of their final three games in 2025-26, including the playoff loss to San Francisco. They finished 24th in the NFL in total offense. With that, they dismissed former offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo and hired Sean Mannion to be the team's fifth OC in the past five seasons.
In Nick Sirianni's six seasons as Eagles coach, the only offensive coordinator to last more than one year was Shane Steichen (2021-22). Sirianni and the rest of Philadelphia likely hope the former QB Mannion can stick around for a bit longer.
Hurts donut
Now that he's not entering the season as the reigning Super Bowl MVP, Eagles QB Jalen Hurts is surrounded by lingering questions after the offense crashed and burned late last season. He finished with 3,224 passing yards on the year, which put him at 16th in the league, and a QBR of 55.2, which ranked 22nd. Perhaps that's why he fell out of the top 15 on ESPN's annual preseason quarterback rankings.
Hurts likely faces an uphill battle in 2026, with a new offense that's down a weapon (more on that below) and an offensive line of questionable health. Then again, he's widely regarded as having elite, Dak Prescott-like intangibles that the stats don't account for. So doubt him at your own discretion.
How easily replaceable is A.J. Brown?
Is it as simple as plugging in their newly acquired No. 8-overall rookie wideout?
Brown's situation with the Eagles became untenable last season, if not before, and yet he still posted his fourth straight 1,000-yard season in Philly. With the 29-year-old wanting a fresh start and requesting a trade, the Eagles sent him to New England in exchange for a 2028 first-rounder and a 2027 fifth.
That was after the Eagles, likely reading the writing on the wall, selected USC's Makai Lemon with the eighth-overall pick in April's NFL draft, nabbing what's projected to be a top-3 WR in the class. They also added veteran wideout Hollywood Brown.
Is that enough to replace Brown's production? That's one of the main questions facing Mannion as he takes over the offense.
Barkley bounce-back?
In his first season in Philadelphia, running back Saquon Barkley became just the ninth player to rush for 2,000 yards in one season. Last season, his second year with the Eagles, he rushed for a little over half that.
What version of Barkley will be in the backfield this season? If he's able to get back to the turf-thrashing machine that he was in 2024, it will at least give the Eagles' offense something to fall back on if or perhaps when their passing game sputters.
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