The Philadelphia Eagles\u2019 offensive coordinator search to replace Kevin Patullo has begun and there are two names at the top of their list: Mike McDaniel and Brian Daboll.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s take a closer look at each candidate.<\/p>\n
McDaniel was fired by the Miami Dolphins last week after going 35-35 (including playoffs) in four seasons as a first-time head coach.<\/p>\n
He originally landed that job due to his success working with Kyle Shanahan. The two overlapped on NFL coaching staffs together for five different teams first from 2006-2008 and then from 2011-2021.<\/p>\n
The Dolphins had an above average offense in 2022 and then one of the NFL\u2019s best in 2023 before McDaniel\u2019s units declined over the next two seasons. While dealing with injury issues along the way, starting quarterback Tua Tagovailoa regressed and ultimately got benched by the end of 2025.<\/p>\n
Despite his struggles in Miami, other teams still seem interested in hiring McDaniel as a head coach; he\u2019s received multiple interviews in that capacity. He\u2019s also reportedly interviewed for the Detroit Lions\u2019 offensive coordinator opening.<\/p>\n
At first glance, Jalen Hurts doesn\u2019t seem like a natural fit for McDaniel\u2019s schematic styling. But the Eagles could be thinking that McDaniel will adjust to a new quarterback.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s also the question of how McDaniel fits in the building with his former defensive coordinator Vic Fangio, who left after spending just one year in Miami. I see that as an overblown concern because I don\u2019t know that they necessarily hate each other as much as Fangio wanted to get to Philly and the gruff defensive coordinator wasn\u2019t the right personality fit for McDaniel\u2019s vision as a head coach, which is not the role the Eagles would be hiring him for.<\/p>\n
Color me intrigued by McDaniel but I tend to think he\u2019s going to get a head coaching job.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s just say I would not be surprised if the Eagles hired Daboll.<\/p>\n
The 50-year-old has been available since being fired by the New York Giants, where he went 21-41-1 over four seasons (not so fun fact: his last win was over the Eagles in Week 6).<\/p>\n
Daboll received a head coach interview from the Tennessee Titans but I don\u2019t think teams are eager to hire him in that role.<\/p>\n
Further, Daboll has multiple connections to the current iteration of the Eagles:<\/p>\n
Though Daboll largely struggled outside of his first season on the Giants (where he helped to make Daniel Jones look decent), he previously had success coaching Josh Allen on the Buffalo Bills from 2018-2021. Now, part of that is Allen being a freak who probably looks pretty good with most offensive coordinators. But Daboll\u2019s experience working with mobile quarterbacks (including Hurts for one year) could make for a good fit in Philly.<\/p>\n
Which OC candidate do you prefer, Eagles fans?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Philadelphia Eagles\u2019 offensive coordinator search to replace Kevin Patullo has begun and there are two names at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":677264,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2068],"tags":[25,7,6,242,109,5406,2476],"class_list":{"0":"post-678509","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia-eagles","8":"tag-eagles","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-philadelphia","12":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","13":"tag-philadelphia-eagles-news","14":"tag-philadelphiaeagles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115897620511284440","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/677264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}