PFT Live<\/a> that they had discussions with the Eagles about Brown but it \u201cdidn\u2019t work out.\u201d<\/p>\n6. I tracked down Bengals head coach Zac Taylor on Tuesday because he coached Eagles OC Sean Mannion in Los Angeles and then coached veteran backup Andy Dalton for a year in Cincinnati.<\/p>\n
So I asked Taylor how the two can help each other in Philly in 2026:<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve got so much respect for Andy, first of all,\u201d Taylor said. \u201cWhatever role he takes on there, he\u2019s just trying to win and be an asset, whether it\u2019s the starting quarterback, whether it\u2019s the backup quarterback, whether it\u2019s helping the coordinator. I think Andy\u2019s got so much experience he\u2019ll play a valuable role there.<\/p>\n
\u201cSean Mannion is prepared for this moment. He\u2019s prepared his whole life. He prepared when he was a quarterback. I think he watched intently how his quarterback coaches coached him, how the coordinator did it, how (Sean) McVay did it. He\u2019s obviously been so well thought of people have taken him from team to team. You look at Shane Waldron in Seattle, (Kevin) O\u2019Connell had him in Minnesota. That shows you the respect. And for Matt LaFleur to hire him immediately; he coached him. Everyone knows what they\u2019re getting with Sean and so I think Sean is built for this opportunity. There will be bumps in the road, of course, but I think he\u2019s as built for it as anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n
7. This will be Mannion\u2019s first year as a play caller in the NFL. So who better to ask about play calling than one of the best we\u2019ve seen come through Philadelphia?<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, I caught up with Colts head coach and former Eagles OC Shane Steichen to ask him about the keys to navigate being a first-time play caller:<\/p>\n
\u201cI think first off, you have to know what your players do really well and then go put them in position. I think it\u2019s a lot of film study in the offseason to take those talents that they have and put them in position to go do those things on the field. And then really diving in on the tape big time when you\u2019re going against your opponent, the defensive coordinator. As you\u2019re calling plays against that, what are their tendencies? Do they break their tendencies? I think having a feel for the game on when to call certain things I think is a big part of it. You can be a robot and go down a list of calls or you can have a feel of, like, \u2018Hey, I\u2019m going to call this play and be aggressive here.\u2019 There\u2019s a time and a place to do certain things. I think that\u2019s all a balancing act.\u201d<\/p>\n
8. Sirianni on Monday was asked how Mannion\u2019s new system will benefit Jalen Hurts and pointed to one specific area: Play action. It\u2019s a staple of what Mannion is expected to run and Sirianni expects Hurts to be good at it.<\/p>\n
\u201cJalen is a very talented player and I think what you\u2019ve seen is he\u2019s been very effective,\u201d Sirianni said. \u201cI think back to the Minnesota game this year where we had a lot of play action passes and he had a perfect passer rating in that. He\u2019s been very effective over the years with play action passes and with the boot game and everything like that.\u201d<\/p>\n
In that Week 7 game against the Vikings, Hurts was 4-for-4 on play action passes for 121 yards, 1 touchdown and a passer rating of 158.3, per NextGen Stats. So he has shown that he can do it, although the usage rate in that game wasn\u2019t very high.<\/p>\n
Here are Hurts\u2019 play action numbers from all of last season: 68\/107, 780 yards, 6 TDs, 3 INT, 92.4 rating. Pretty good.<\/p>\n
But it is worth noting that Hurts\u2019 highest play-action usage came in the Week 14 overtime loss against the Chargers and he wasn\u2019t very good in that area. He completed just 6 of 14 passes for 97 yards with 2 interceptions.<\/p>\n
9. Jerrod Johnson spent the last three years as the Texans\u2019 quarterbacks coach before a split this offseason. Johnson interviewed for the Eagles\u2019 OC job and eventually got hired as a senior offensive assistant\/special projects for the head coach.<\/p>\n
Why was this offseason the time for a split between the Texans and Johnson?<\/p>\n
\u201cEverybody says sometimes a change of scenery is good, sometimes it\u2019s a change of voice is good,\u201d Texans head coach DeMeco Ryans said. \u201cFor me, how can we help C.J. (Stroud) the best. Maybe it\u2019s a changing of the voice, who\u2019s leading that room, who\u2019s really giving him the information, who\u2019s coaching him up. Can that move the needle a little bit more? Everything that we do, from my perspective as a coach, there\u2019s a lot of tough decisions that have to happen. People don\u2019t always agree with it and that\u2019s OK but for me, it\u2019s my role to really make sure the Texans are in the best position we can be in. Some change has to happen for that and hopefully some change helps us out.\u201d<\/p>\n
While the Texans and Johnson split, Ryans did have positive things to say about Johnson and his initial success with Stroud and said, \u201cI hate to see him go.\u201d Ryans said he still thinks Johnson is going to be a really good coach in the NFL.<\/p>\n
10. For years under Lurie, the Eagles have had notoriously exhaustive coaching searches and long interviews. While their No. 1 objective is to land the best candidate, they also use interviews to learn as much as they can in the process from some of the brightest minds in football. Lurie on Tuesday mentioned that the Eagles record the Zoom calls with candidates and keep them as a resource.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can go back,\u201d he said. \u201cIt’s phenomenal. It’s an incredible asset.\u201d<\/p>\n
11. The Eagles\u2019 offense wasn\u2019t good enough in 2025 but it\u2019s not like they\u2019re going to have a bunch of new players in 2026. They did however make a switch at offensive coordinator and Mannion is going to bring in a very different scheme. But most of the starters are going to be the same.<\/p>\n
The Eagles are banking on their guys to play better this season. Sirianni this week explained why he believes in his players.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know the players, you spend so much time in this draft process watching the actual tape,\u201d Sirianni said. \u201cYou spend so much time also trying to get to know players and do they love football? Are they tough? Are they smart? Have high football IQ? I know that about our guys. I know how hungry these guys are going to come back because of how much they love football and how competitive they are and the football IQ and the toughness. You bet on people that have done it and you\u2019ve been around.\u201d<\/p>\n
It might not be a bad bet. While the Eagles\u2019 offense underperformed in 2025, many of those same players were key components of the Super Bowl win in 2024. The hope is that they get back to their top form. And with some of them, health is a big part of that.<\/p>\n
12. There weren\u2019t many interesting rule change proposals on the docket at this year\u2019s owners meetings but a few playing rule proposals were adopted. The most interesting among them came from the competition committee and will allow the league office in New York to consult with officials about flags and disqualifications for flagrant football acts and non-football acts.<\/p>\n
This is a big step for the league because New York can now actually drop a flag on the field. While this is obviously a narrow window for that use, it seems like the first step into this becoming more commonplace. McKay said there was interest in more potential uses down the line for this type of oversight.<\/p>\n
13. Part of the reason so many are wondering if the Eagles will trade Tanner McKee is because this is the final year of his rookie contract. While the Eagles could eventually get a 2028 compensatory pick back for McKee if he leaves in free agency after this coming season, this is the final chance for the Eagles guarantee they get some value back for McKee.<\/p>\n
But Roseman claims he isn\u2019t thinking like that.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think our whole goal here is to try to compete this year and to try to do really well,\u201d he said. \u201cI think from our perspective, having a guy like Tanner is incredible security for us. The way I think about these three quarterbacks, when I go to bed at night, I know we have three quarterbacks who can play, I sleep better. That\u2019s just how I roll. From my perspective, Andy (Dalton) in a vacuum, nothing to do with Tanner.\u201d<\/p>\n
14. It\u2019s worth noting that Eagles passing game coordinator Josh Grizzard had other options this offseason and chose to join the Eagles\u2019 staff:<\/p>\n
Coen said he tried to hire former Tampa Bay OC Josh Grizzard during offseason. Went to Eagles.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Ryan O’Halloran (@ryanohalloran) March 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n15. Sirianni said he hadn\u2019t yet read Hurts\u2019 new children\u2019s book, \u201cBetter Than a Touchdown.\u201d But Sirianni did see it at the airport before flying to Philly and planned on buying it when he arrives home.<\/p>\n
Sirianni said he and Hurts have been in contact this offseason, but that has mostly been just checking in.<\/p>\n
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