{"id":745523,"date":"2026-02-11T20:05:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T20:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/745523\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T20:05:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T20:05:15","slug":"nakobe-dean-reed-blankenship-talk-about-possibly-re-signing-with-the-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/745523\/","title":{"rendered":"Nakobe Dean, Reed Blankenship talk about possibly re-signing with the Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"

The week leading up to the Super Bowl is filled with more media opportunities than players know what to do with, which means more than a few opportunities for upcoming Eagles\u2019 free agents <\/a>to make a pitch to stay in Philly \u2014 or not. Nakobe Dean and Reed Blankenship were both asked about returning to Philadelphia next season, and their responses were very different \u2014 Dean felt like Zack Baun last season, and Blankenship gave Milton Williams vibes, when the now-New England Patriots defensive tackle wore a hoodie with his agent\u2019s logo on locker clean out day.<\/p>\n

Nakobe Dean<\/p>\n

One man who without question wants to be back in Philadelphia is linebacker Nakobe Dean. He has said it to nearly anyone who would listen \u2014 he acknowledged that the NFL is a business, so he understands if it doesn\u2019t work out, but returning to the Eagles is his preference. The LB has played with a handful of his teammates since college, and moving on would be a big adjustment.<\/p>\n

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Dean\u2019s injury history could work to his benefit in this regard, but he\u2019s someone who might not be as valued outside the building. The people within the Eagles organization know how important he is as a leader and what he can do for the linebacker group, and defense as a whole, even when he\u2019s not on the field. And when he is on the field, he\u2019s intelligent and instantly impactful.<\/p>\n

Reed Blankenship<\/p>\n

The Exciting Mics podcast co-hosts<\/a>, Cooper DeJean and Reed Blankenship, were among the many posted up in the media center ahead of the Super Bowl, and they briefly addressed Blankenship\u2019s upcoming free agency<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The safety talked about he and his wife moving out of Philadelphia and back to Tennessee \u2014 the couple previously announced they have a baby on the way \u2014 which is an interesting move if he expected to be back with the Eagles. DeJean tried to goad Blankenship into talking about wanting to be back in Philly, but the safety did little to offer any assurances, saying only: \u201cWe\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n

There\u2019s still several weeks before Dean, Blankenship, and the other Eagles free agents officially hit the market, so Howie Roseman has time to figure out how best to fill the roster, and how to allocate the salary cap among a young defense that will be very expensive over the next couple of seasons.<\/p>\n

Which defensive upcoming free agents should the Eagles prioritize re-signing before they hit the market? Let us know in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The week leading up to the Super Bowl is filled with more media opportunities than players know what…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":745524,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2068],"tags":[1171,25,7,125,492,107161,7891,477,6,5763,242,109,2476,9716,526,425,1517],"class_list":["post-745523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia-eagles","tag-cooper-dejean","tag-eagles","tag-football","tag-jacksonville-jaguars","tag-jalen-hurts","tag-media-opportunities","tag-milton-williams","tag-nakobe-dean","tag-nfl","tag-pennsylvania","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-eagles","tag-philadelphiaeagles","tag-reed-blankenship","tag-tennessee","tag-the-eagles","tag-zack-baun"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116053799032267547","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745523","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=745523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/745524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=745523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=745523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=745523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}