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Philadelphia Eagles star running back Saquon Barkley provided an encouraging update on the team’s new offense under new offensive coordinator Sean Mannion.

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The Eagles needed a major change on offense after the disappointment that was the 2025 season, and it sounds like Mannion’ scheme will provide that.

Philadelphia also replaced longtime offensive line coach Jeff Stoutland with Chris Kuper and brought in Ryan Mahaffey to serve as run game coordinator.

“I’m super excited about it,” Barkley said of the new-look offense. “I’m going on Year 9, which is crazy to say, and I’ve had a lot of different coaches and head coaches and been a part of a lot of systems. I don’t think I really came across a system like this. For me, it’s refreshing. You get something new. You get to learn something new.”

Mannion is Barkley’s third offensive coordinator since he signed with the Eagles in 2024, and he’s excited about the challenge of learning yet another new system.

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“I got to meet him. We didn’t really talk about X’s and O’s and kind of just kept it introduction and got to meet a lot of the new guys on offense,” Barkley said of Mannion. “As a competitor, you love it. You love the challenge of putting yourself in a new system and doing the things that you do really well, and also things that you need to improve on and that they’re going to challenge us to do.

“I feel like if we are able to have that mindset as an offense and buy into that, I think the sky’s the limit.”

So, what went wrong for Philadelphia’s offense last year? Barkley pointed to a lack of consistency. But, he’s optimistic that it was an issue that the team can learn from and improve upon moving forward.

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“At the end of the day, we just weren’t consistent enough throughout games,” Barkely said. “That’s something that we have to challenge ourselves to get ready for next year. We made a lot of changes on offense with the coaching staff, so excited to get in the building and learn something new and just go out on the field and put last year in the past.”

After running for over 2,000 yards and 13 touchdowns in 2024, Barkley tallied just 1,140 rushing yards and 7 TDs last season. He’ll look to try to get back closer to have 2024 production next season.

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