PHOENIX — The Eagles went through an exhaustive search after the 2025 season to find their next offensive coordinator. They interviewed 17 different candidates and seven of those candidates got second interviews.

Then they hired three of them.

Sean Mannion got the offensive coordinator job but the Eagles also added Josh Grizzard as their passing game coordinator and Jerrod Johnson as a senior offensive assistant.

On one hand, that seems like a major win, to hire three of your top candidates. On the other hand, there could be some concern about a too-many-cooks-in-the-kitchen situation with all of these high-level offensive minds in the same building and in the same meetings.

But head coach Nick Sirianni isn’t worried about that.

“I’ve never had a scenario where you have too many good coaches,” Sirianni said at the NFL’s annual meetings on Monday morning.

Sirianni called it a “unique opportunity” to add Johnson to the coaching staff later in the process after Johnson and the Houston Texans parted ways. Sirianni has previously coached with Johnson and he also mentioned that Johnson has familiarity with the system the Eagles plan on running in 2026.

As the head coach, it’ll be up to Sirianni to make sure roles are clearly defined.

“Just an opportunity to add another good coach,” Sirianni said. “I’m always in for that. Everybody has to understand their role. That’s my job as the head football coach, to explain what roles are, what people’s job description is. And you also look to add people that are great team players and Jerrod is that. I know that from experience.”

To put it simply, the Eagles offense wasn’t good enough in 2025. They were too talented to finish 24th in yards and 19th in points last season. So after their wild-card round playoff exit, the Eagles moved on from former offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo and launched the search that led to Mannion, who will implement a new scheme in Philly.

Mannion is just 33 years old and has been coaching for just two seasons — both with the Packers. But he had a lengthy NFL playing career as a quarterback and the Eagles were wowed during the interview process.

But getting to know a candidate in interviews is a lot different than getting to know a coach when he’s actually in the building with you every day. So what has Sirianni learned about Mannion over the last couple of months?

“Relentless worker. He is relentless,” Sirianni said. “He’s always in there. He’s always in there, he’s always working, he’s always thinking about the game and how to help our players and put the best product on the field. I really admire that. 

“Obviously, you interview them, you do your research on him and you hire him because you think he’s going to be great for that job. And you know, man, this guy works his butt off because that’s what you’ve heard. But when you get to see it, man, this guys is relentless in his pursuit of getting better as a football coach to help our guys and our team get better.”

There’s also a hidden benefit to beefing up a coaching staff. During Sirianni’s five-year tenure as head coach, two of his offensive coordinators (Shane Steichen and Kellen Moore) were hired away as head coaches.

Sirianni on Monday admitted that adding a coach like Johnson gives the Eagles an option if that happens again.

“Obviously, we’ve had movement on our staff,” Sirianni said. “I think that we had a lot of pieces like, man, if this happens, you try not to live in what-ifs but you try to plan as much as you possibly can. If this happens, I’ve got a lot of good pieces to be able to move into place to take over if ultimately we win games and people come looking for our coaches.”

The hypothetical scenarios can’t be a reason to hire coaches but it could be an added bonus. The important thing in the interim is that the Eagles get their offense back on track in 2026. We’ll find out soon enough if the new-look coaching staff can get it done.