An offensive coordinator with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last season, Josh Grizzard interviewed for the same job with the Eagles after the 2025 season and during that process he gained a feel for the football organization, management and the entire team.
Things didn’t turn out exactly as Grizzard planned, but in this league, you learn to re-direct. Grizzard was hired, not as the offensive coordinator, but as the passing game coordinator working with OC Sean Mannion, and the situation couldn’t be better as far as Grizzard is concerned.
“Great opportunity for me, working here with the winning history and with the way the Eagles do things, I felt great about taking the job,” Grizzard said. “My role is to help Sean in a multitude of ways with getting ahead on each portion of the game plan. We break it down, first and second down, how do we want to attack a defense when it comes to the pass game? We put that to bed. Ok, now we move to third down. What plays do we design for third down? Then, how do we want to attack in the red zone? How do we want to attack in the red zone on third down?
“Being able to help these guys – with Sean, with Nick (Sirianni, head coach) with what I’m seeing on these downs and distances and these are the plays we want to implement in a collaborative environment, we can work ahead a day or two and give the guys some ideas when they get to that part of the plan.”
Grizzard’s time in Tampa Bay was marked by big plays in the passing game, the resurgence of quarterback Baker Mayfield, huge receiving numbers from receivers Mike Evans and Emeka Egbuka and punch in the running game.
Now he’s here, part of the coaching staff implementing a new scheme.
“Whatever he needs, I’m here for him. He already has a very clear vision of how he wants to do things … I’m an open door for him,” Grizzard said. “We’re all working together to put this together.”