{"id":188068,"date":"2026-05-09T13:57:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T13:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/188068\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T13:57:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T13:57:20","slug":"did-eagles-improve-spot-nbc-sports-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/188068\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Eagles improve spot?\u00a0 \u2013 NBC Sports Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Eagles have been to the playoffs all five seasons under head coach Nick Sirianni but they had a disappointing finish to their 2025 season with a wild-card exit.<\/p>\n

Since the end of last season, the Eagles have gone through some major changes, including at the offensive coordinator position. Then there was free agency and most recently the draft.<\/p>\n

According to FanDuel, the Eagles have the 10th-shorted Super Bowl odds in 2026:<\/p>\n

Rams: +700
Seahawks: +1000
Ravens: +1000
Bills: +1000
Chargers: +1600
Chiefs: +1600
49ers: +1600
Lions: +1700
Patriots: +1700
Eagles +1800<\/p>\n

And here\u2019s an updated roundup of NFL power rankings after the 2026 draft:<\/p>\n

Fox Sports: 4
<\/a>Up from 6<\/p>\n

What they said: \u201cTheir wizard GM did it again, coming out of the first two days of the draft with two dangerous weapons (WR Makai Lemon, TE Eli Stowers to replace likely trade piece A.J. Brown) and a huge O-lineman (6-9, 346-pound Markel Bell), and he traded for edge rusher Jonathan Greenard. They are so back.\u201d<\/p>\n

ESPN: 5
<\/a>Up from 8<\/p>\n

What they said: \u201cThe most action has been at receiver for the Eagles after\u00a0drafting\u00a0Makai Lemon,\u00a0trading\u00a0for\u00a0Dontayvion Wicks, and\u00a0signing\u00a0Hollywood Brown\u00a0and\u00a0Elijah Moore. But that’s in part about trying to offset the\u00a0expected departure\u00a0of\u00a0A.J. Brown. Similarly, they\u00a0acquired\u00a0edge\u00a0Jonathan Greenard\u00a0but\u00a0lost\u00a0Jaelan Phillips\u00a0in free agency.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt tight end, meanwhile, Philly selected\u00a0Eli Stowers\u00a0in the second round and inked\u00a0Johnny Mundt\u00a0and\u00a0Stone Smartt\u00a0to one-year contracts. Add the\u00a0re-signing\u00a0of\u00a0Dallas Goedert\u00a0and the Eagles have built out a talented tight ends room with more diverse skill sets than a year ago.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sporting News: 8
<\/a>Down from 5<\/p>\n

What they said: \u201cThe\u00a0Eagles\u00a0have made it clear they are ready to move A.J. Brown with the trade-up drafting of\u00a0Makai Lemon. They also shrank their draft capital by taking a shot on Jonathan\u00a0Greenard. They need a lot from their current core in a new offense to get back to battling for the NFC title.\u201d<\/p>\n

NFL.com: 10
<\/a>No movement<\/p>\n

What they said: \u201cIn\u00a0moving up for receiver Makai Lemon\u00a0and\u00a0trading for edge rusher Jonathan Greenard\u00a0—\u00a0along with WR Dontayvion Wicks\u00a0earlier in the month — the Eagles definitely improved the roster. Throw in TE\u00a0Eli Stowers\u00a0and OT\u00a0Markel Bell, and it was a productive weekend. Even if Bell is more of a down-the-road pick — along with QB\u00a0Cole Payton, S\u00a0Cole Wisniewski\u00a0and DT\u00a0Uar Bernard\u00a0— the heft up top should be enough to put Philly in a good spot. It was an uneven draft class, with a 110-pick gap between picks in the middle rounds, but the approach appeared worthy. Even with\u00a0the impending A.J. Brown trade, the Eagles have done enough to put them back in contention if\u00a0Jalen Hurts\u00a0can rebound.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sports Illustrated: 14
<\/a>No movement\u00a0<\/p>\n

What they said: \u201cBased on the draft and free agency, plus the impending trade of A.J. Brown, it\u2019s going to be thrilling to see how different a complexion this offense takes on in 2026. Clearly, Philadelphia cannot play bully ball anymore, and it\u2019s time to see whether Jalen Hurts can run point in a more modernized version of an offense that will likely feature fewer predictable deep balls fired down the sideline. Tight end Eli Stowers could be a red zone threat and may appear in myriad places in this Sean Mannion scheme.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Eagles have been to the playoffs all five seasons under head coach Nick Sirianni but they had…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[6107,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-188068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-eagles-blog","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}