Jan. 31, 2026, 9:46 a.m. ET

Well, come on! You had to know this was one of those angles that was coming. January is ending, and the Philadelphia Eagles announced the hiring of their new offensive coordinator, Sean Mannion.

As sure as we all know that we’ll be inundated with mock drafts in February, March, and April, you should have known that, when the new OC was plucked from the Green Bay Packers, that we’d go shopping on their roster.

There isn’t much money to spend, at least not yet. Currently, the Eagles’ cap space is projected to be around $10.47 million as we enter the offseason.

Good players will venture elsewhere. Howie Roseman will move some money around. That’s par for the course. Every rock will be turned over, including a few at Mannion’s last pit stop. Might any impending free agents be willing to follow their old assistant coach to Philadelphia?

By now, we know how this works. Philadelphia won’t get all of these guys. They may not get any of these guys, but these stories are so much fun to write. It’s always cool to envision good players from other teams on the Eagles‘ roster. Look, we even included a few guys from the Green Bay Packers‘ defense.

Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.Cornerback Trevon Diggs

You have no idea how hard it was for us to leave Quay Walker off this list. He’s certainly intriguing, but the Eagles are suddenly stocked at linebacker, and if they’re going to re-sign one, it needs to be Nakobe Dean.

For that reason, we mention Trevon Diggs. Spotrac mentions his market value as $7.5 million, which isn’t necessarily bargain-bin pricing, but hey, what are you going to do?

Diggs will turn 28 early next season. He also isn’t what he used to be, but Philadelphia added Jakorian Bennett and Jaire Alexander last season. He’s certainly better than both of them.

He’s friends with other Alabama Crimson Tide stars in the locker room (Landon Dickerson, Jalen Hurts, and DeVonta Smith). Sure, former Dallas Cowboys usually bomb in Philadelphia, but here’s why we like this. He’d play second-fiddle to Quinyon Mitchell, and at this stage. We trust Diggs more as a CB2 than a CB1.

Who else wants to see a Vic Fangio reclamation project?

Tight End John FitzPatrick

The Eagles have a huge decision to make this offseason about whether they want to bring Dallas Goedert back, but all of their top three tight ends are impending free agents. Even worse, the other two they had (Grant Calcaterra and Kylen Granson) weren’t very good. Might they be willing to take a flier on John Fitzpatrick?

The six-foot-seven, 262-pounder was only targeted 15 times in 15 games. He caught 12 and scored a touchdown, but he was behind Tucker Kraft on the depth chart.

He wouldn’t be very expensive if the Eagles wanted to give him a look. If they’d rather spend money on a wide receiver, here is another option.

Wide Receiver Romeo Doubs

The Eagles have had a bit of a revolving door at the slot (Z) wide receiver position. After electing against exercising Jahan Dotson’s fifth-year option, he figures to travel elsewhere next season, so we ask that you feast your eyes on Romeo Doubs.

He appears to be a pretty even swap for Dotson, though some pundits will say Doubs is better. It gives Philly another body (and some depth), but the third wideout in this offense doesn’t catch a ton of passes anyway.

Offensive Tackle Darian Kinnard but, only if he’s switching to guard

Here’s some honesty and humility. NFL coaches know a lot more about this type of thing than we do, but sometimes, we get it right, too. Hear us out on this.

The last time we saw Darian Kinnard in Philadelphia, we didn’t know why he wasn’t used more at guard. He doesn’t move well enough to be a tackle, and he’s six-foot-five and 322 pounds.

This only works if he’s cheap and the decision is to move him from tackle to guard. The Eagles have had some success at moving failed tackle inside before. Maybe that will help. Heaven knows this team needs more depth along the offensive interior anyway.