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Let\u2019s say you can only pick one option. Would you rather re-sign: 1) Jaelan Phillips or 2) Dallas Goedert and Reed Blankenship? Head over to The Feed<\/a> and weigh in with your answer and explanation!<\/p>\n Let\u2019s get to the Philadelphia Eagles news and links \u2026<\/p>\n Saquon Barkley \u2018super excited\u2019 to work with new Eagles OC Sean Mannion: \u2018It\u2019s refreshing\u2019 – NFL.com<\/a> In Roob\u2019s Observations, just how young is the Eagles\u2019 offensive coaching staff? – NBCSP<\/a> Eagles fan discussion: Where in the world are Bleeding Green Nation\u2019s readers? – BGN<\/a> Daniel Jeremiah talks Eagles ahead of the 2026 NFL Draft – PhillyVoice<\/a> Offseason Player Talk – Iggles Blitz<\/a> Javonte Williams returning to Cowboys on 3-year deal worth $24M – Blogging The Boys<\/a> Trade offers for Raiders\u2019 Maxx Crosby: Four potential new teams – ESPN<\/a> NFL Free Agent Spending 2020-2025 – Over The Cap<\/a> Mark Tyler\u2019s Washington Commanders Pre-Combine Mock Offseason – Hogs Haven<\/a> NY Giants land only 1 player on Pro Football Focus top 101 of 2025 list – Big Blue View<\/a> Rondale Moore Has Passed Away – Daily Norseman<\/a> Johnny Gaudreau given emotional tribute by Team USA after Olympic gold win – SB Nation<\/a> Social Media Information:<\/p>\n BGN Facebook Page: Click here to like our page<\/a><\/p>\n BGN Twitter: Follow @BleedingGreen<\/a><\/p>\n BGN BlueSky: Follow @bleedgreennation.bsky.social<\/a><\/p>\n BGN Instagram: Follow @BleedingGreenInsta<\/a><\/p>\n BGN Manager: Follow Brandon Lee Gowton on Twitter<\/a> | BlueSky<\/a> | Threads<\/a><\/p>\n BGN Radio Twitter: Follow @BGN_Radio<\/a><\/p>\n
Saquon Barkley\u2019s third season with the Philadelphia Eagles will come under a third different offensive coordinator. Speaking on Friday\u2019s episode of The Insiders on NFL Network, Barkley feels recharged by the hiring of the team\u2019s newest — Sean Mannion. \u201cI\u2019m super excited about it,\u201d Barkley said. \u201cI\u2019m going on Year 9, which is crazy to say, and I\u2019ve had a lot of different coaches and head coaches and been a part of a lot of systems. I don\u2019t think I really came across a system like this. For me, it\u2019s refreshing. You get something new. You get to learn something new. \u201cI got to meet him. We didn\u2019t really talk about X\u2019s and O\u2019s and kind of just kept it introduction and got to meet a lot of the new guys on offense. As a competitor, you love it. You love the challenge of putting yourself in a new system and doing the things that you do really well, and also things that you need to improve on and that they\u2019re going to challenge us to do. I feel like if we are able to have that mindset as an offense and buy into that, I think the sky\u2019s the limit.\u201d<\/p>\n
One notable thing about the offensive coaching staff the Eagles have assembled is just how young it is. Of the newcomers, Sean Mannion is 33, Josh Grizzard 35, Ryan Mahaffey 38 and Chris Kuper 43. Among the incumbents, Parks Frazier is 34, Aaron Moorehead 45 and Jemal Singleton 50. That\u2019s an average age of 39.7 among the primary offensive coaches. That makes this the Eagles\u2019 youngest offensive coaching staff in 29 years, since Ray Rhodes\u2019 1997 staff averaged 38.3 years old. That staff, which included three future NFL head coaches, consisted of offensive coordinator Jon Gruden and quarterbacks coach Sean Payton, who were both 33, offensive line coach Juan Castillo, who was 34, receivers coach Gerald Carr, who was 37, offensive line coach Bill Callahan, who was 40 and running backs coach Ted Williams, who was 53. There are plusses and minuses about having a staff this young. The risk is the lack of experience. Mannion, Grizzard, Frazier, Mahaffey and Kuper have an average of five years of NFL coaching experience, and Mannion has only two. These are young guys who are going to have to convince a room full of NFL players that they can help them get better as players and help the team win. But the positive is that at least in theory you get an injection of youthful energy, fresh ideasc and new concepts, elements this offense desperately needs. I like keeping the two veteran holdover position coaches, Moorehead and Singleton, to provide experience to this young staff and add a thread of consistency from 2025 to 2026. In theory, this staff has a ton of potential. What that winds up looking like we won\u2019t know for quite some time.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re in that slow period between the Super Bowl and the new league year where it sometimes feels like the NFL world has ground to a halt. And that makes it a perfect time to ask: Where in the world are our Bleeding Green Nation readers? Philadelphia Eagles fans are known for traveling well and taking over road stadiums. But we\u2019re curious about your home base. Do you live in Philly or elsewhere?<\/p>\n
Dallas Goedert is a free agent, so I\u2019m wondering about Kenyon Sadiq, and whether he compared to guys like 2025 first-round picks Colston Loveland and Tyler Warren and what the chances are that the Eagles take a tight end with their first pick. Jeremiah: \u201cI don\u2019t see them going in that direction. \u201cI think Sadiq is a talented player, but he\u2019s not in the same grade for me as Colston Loveland and Tyler Warren. He\u2019s just not as big. He\u2019s going to be around 6\u20193, 245 pounds. Those guys are just bigger guys. Sadiq is going to run like crazy, he\u2019s going to jump out of the gym, super dynamic, super explosive, someone who can take quick screens from the tight end position and do things with it, with the explosiveness and the ability to just run away from everybody. And then you\u2019ll see him on a lot of runaway routes, a lot of wheel routes. But I don\u2019t think he\u2019s as polished as either Loveland or Warren, in terms of running a full complement of routes that you want from the tight end position. And it\u2019s just not Howie Roseman\u2019s M.O. I look at where they are offensive line-wise. I know Lane Johnson is coming back, but that\u2019s something you\u2019re looking for in the future. You have to find that eventual replacement there. We\u2019ll see what happens in the offseason with Landon Dickerson as well. To me, offensive line for the Eagles seems more likely, and a place they could go. And then, you look at where they are with some of their other picks.\u201d<\/p>\n
Free agency will dictate what the Eagles do in the draft to a certain extent. The most important order of business for the Eagles is re-signing edge rusher Jaelan Phillips. I\u2019ve seen free agents rankings that had him as high as the #3 overall free agent. That surprised me. Phillips is good and in the prime of his career, but he\u2019s got an injury history, has never had more than 8.5 sacks in a season and he\u2019s never been voted to a Pro Bowl. I think Phillips ranking says more about the free agent class than it does him. This is not a class filled with stars and elite talent. Hopefully the market for Phillips will be good, but reasonable. As we know, it only takes one team to make a crazy offer. What should he cost? Here are a couple of projections.<\/p>\n
This is fantastic news in a number of ways for the Cowboys. First of all, they get to keep a great player in Javonte Williams. He was remarkable in his first season with the team after many thought his career was over following his stint with the Denver Broncos. Beyond the obvious, the Cowboys also got Williams back for a decent price. The deal is reportedly \u201cworth up to\u201d $8M per year which is incredible relative to the market rate at running back. Chicago Bears running back D\u2019Andre Swift is at that mark for some context.<\/p>\n
Dan Graziano\u2019s offer \u2014 Raiders get: WR George Pickens, 2026 first-round pick (No. 20 overall). Cowboys get: Crosby, 2026 second-round pick (No. 36 overall). Why this deal makes sense: The Cowboys likely aren\u2019t going to fork over a long-term, top-of-market deal for Pickens, and franchise-tagging him could cause more problems than it solves (as it did last year with edge rusher Micah Parsons). They get back Crosby, who will make around $30 million per year for the next two years and would replace Parsons. Then, Dallas could look elsewhere for its No. 2 wide receiver. The Raiders would have to sign Pickens long-term, but they\u2019re not already paying CeeDee Lamb top-three WR money, as the Cowboys are. Pickens fits better into Las Vegas\u2019 budget than he does into Dallas\u2019 roster.<\/p>\n
That then brings me to the Dallas Cowboys. Their use of free agency is pretty absurd. They haven\u2019t had any type of playoff success and have been very inconsistent from season to season. They rank 25th in the NFL with 16 signings but have under less than $55 million in contracts. That is about $20 million less than the next closes team. They spend just $3.4 million per player which is absurd. That is less than the Texans who basically filled an entire years roster with free agent signings.<\/p>\n
LB – Nakobe Dean (25): 4yrs\/$38M; $23.5M guaranteed. 2026 cap hit: $6M.<\/p>\n
Andrew Thomas is the only member of the New York Giants to be named to the Pro Football Focus top 101 players of 2025 list. Thomas placed No. 41. Only five offensive tackles were higher on the list than the Giants\u2019 star left tackle. Thomas had arguably the best season of his six-year career after returning from Lisfranc surgery. His 90.3 PFF grade matched his career-best, set in his 2022 All-Pro season. His 84.6 run-blocking grade was a career, his 87.7 pass-blocking grade was just off his career best. Thomas allowed just one sack and 13 pressures in 448 pass-blocking snaps, a career-best pass-blocking efficiency score of 98.3.<\/p>\n
Tonight, we have the unfortunate duty to bring you devastating news about a member of the Minnesota Vikings. Rondale Moore, who spent this past season with the Vikings on injured reserve, has passed away at the age of 25. The cause of death has not immediately been disclosed.<\/p>\n
Johnny Hockey should have been next to his teammates on the ice celebrating this win, but never got the chance. In the summer of 2024 Johnny Gaudreau and his younger brother Matthew were hit and killed by a drunk driver while cycling. It stunned the hockey world, turning the family upside down, and causing pain that\u2019s still felt today. In a small way we got to remember Johnny on the ice at the Olympic games, and it was beautiful. What a moment. [BLG Note: For those who didn\u2019t already know, Gaudreau was a big Eagles fan.]<\/p>\n