{"id":778025,"date":"2026-02-26T17:48:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T17:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/778025\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T17:48:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T17:48:19","slug":"dont-expect-the-eagles-to-reunite-with-mekhi-becton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/778025\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t expect the Eagles to reunite with Mekhi Becton"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Eagles hired a new offensive line coach and there was a brief period where it looked like they might need to fill a few roster spots, as well. Thankfully, Lane Johnson and Landon Dickerson both confirmed <\/a>they will be back in 2026, which means the team returns all five starters up front \u2014 Howie Roseman called RG Tyler Steen a second-year starter<\/a> during his press run at the NFL Combine.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia\u2019s offensive line was hit hard by injuries last season, and with many struggles in the run game, fans perhaps unfairly pointed the finger at the one change up front \u2014 Tyler Steen. It wasn\u2019t Steen\u2019s play that hindered the Eagles offense, but that didn\u2019t keep fans hoping for a reunion with Mekhi Becton. Despite his upcoming availability, the team isn\u2019t considering bringing him back, according to NFL Draft analyst Tony Pauline<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile Eagles fans hoped the team would scoop up Becton, I\u2019m told the interest isn\u2019t mutual from the organization.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pauline went on to explain that Becton had a considerable drop off in production in 2025 with the Chargers, and while dealing with the inevitably of being cut just one year into his deal with Los Angeles, Becton has proceeded to fire his agency who helped his career resurgence in 2024.<\/p>\n

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Pauline wrote<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring Shrine Bowl week, I was told that Becton has returned to many of his former ways, including firing the agency that helped get his game back on track, and that has raised red flags with the\u00a0Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles were surprised (if not shocked) and disappointed by the turn of events.\u201c<\/p>\n

The Eagles also don\u2019t have Jeff Stoutland on staff anymore, and the OL coach was a big reason for Becton\u2019s elevated play in 2024.<\/p>\n

So, all-in-all, Roseman has set the expectation that free agency wouldn\u2019t likely include big splashes, and not bringing Becton back tracks with their approach to this year\u2019s offseason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Eagles hired a new offensive line coach and there was a brief period where it looked like…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":778026,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2064],"tags":[241,25,7,1641,9713,5545,1014,262,2444,2443,4388,259,6,1482,242,109,14452],"class_list":{"0":"post-778025","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-chargers","8":"tag-chargers","9":"tag-eagles","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-howie-roseman","12":"tag-landon-dickerson","13":"tag-lane-johnson","14":"tag-los-angeles","15":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","16":"tag-losangeles","17":"tag-losangeleschargers","18":"tag-mekhi-becton","19":"tag-minnesota-vikings","20":"tag-nfl","21":"tag-offensive-line","22":"tag-philadelphia","23":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","24":"tag-tyler-steen"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116138194255183737","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778025","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=778025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/778026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}