{"id":219727,"date":"2026-06-15T17:28:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T17:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/219727\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T17:28:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T17:28:42","slug":"nfc-east-preview-are-the-philadelphia-eagles-due-for-regression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/219727\/","title":{"rendered":"NFC East preview: Are the Philadelphia Eagles due for regression?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Philadelphia Eagles have been the big dog in the NFC East in recent years. Will that still be the case in 2026? Jeff Warren of The Philadelphia Sports Table<\/a> joined the \u2018Valentine\u2019s Views\u2019 podcast to discuss the Eagles\u2019 offseason.<\/p>\n

The full episode is in the player above. Some of the highlights of our discussion are below.<\/p>\n

Warren said the Giants are \u201cgetting closer\u201d to becoming a real challenger to the Eagles.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of the day, we want our teams to be relevant year after year. The relevancy of your team, what they do during free agency and then inevitably what they do on the field, we want them to be relevant. Postseason success. That\u2019s what we want,\u201d Warren said. \u201cI\u2019m grateful that the Philadelphia Eagles and their front office have gotten to the point where that relevancy continues to be year after year and that expectation is there.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Giants have not had that relevancy for some time as you mentioned, but I think with their offseason, some of their acquisitions, whether it\u2019s in free agency or even in the draft, I think they\u2019re putting themselves in a good position to be more relevant in the future within the NFC East division.\u201d<\/p>\n

Warren credited John Harbaugh for that.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou want a relevant coach. You want a relevant leader,\u201d Warren said. \u201cYou want relevancy within the division, and that\u2019s what he has brought in terms of the head coaching position. So the New York Giants are absolutely on their way to that relevancy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Did the recent trade of star wide receiver A.J. Brown to the New England Patriots make the Eagles worse, or was it addition by subtraction?<\/p>\n

Warren said removing the unhappy Brown will be addition by subtraction.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank goodness the situation is just done,\u201d Warren said. \u201cIt\u2019s over with. It was exhausting. Probably like certain offseason situations in Giants Nation, too. You\u2019re glad that certain things are over, not talked about really anymore. We\u2019re like that with A.J. Brown.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe AJ Brown saga now that it\u2019s over, you have a certain level of discord that\u2019s not going to be there anymore. So, at the end of the day, I think it is addition by subtraction.\u201d<\/p>\n

A look at the Washington Commanders offseason<\/a><\/p>\n

Another new offensive coordinator<\/p>\n

Philadelphia replaced Kevin Patullo as offensive coordinator with Sean Mannion, another first-time play-caller in the NFL. Will Mannion succeed where Patullo failed?<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the biggest question mark is the fact that he\u2019s never called plays in an NFL game before this job. So what are we actually going to see? We don\u2019t know,\u201d Warren said. \u201cBut look, he\u2019s a quarterback-centric coach and has clarity in that regard. Just modern offensive concepts as well, creativity, keeping that energy within the scheme and design. And he\u2019s a strong communicator who is relatable to his players. So, I\u2019m really looking forward to seeing what is going to manifest with this new Eagles offense, or I should not necessarily even say new, but just divergent into certain areas where you\u2019re playing to the players\u2019 strengths and coaching to the players\u2019 strengths. I think that\u2019s what Sean Mannion is going to end up bringing, inevitably.\u201c<\/p>\n

The Eagles were the 2024 Super Bowl champs, and have won back-to-back NFC East titles. Could there be regression in 2026?<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the trepidation is there (in the fan base) again because certain things are so new,\u201d Warren said. \u201cA lot of question marks for sure, but like you said, the expectation definitely is high. Eagles Nation expects them to win every single game of the season in an unrealistic fashion, but yes, there is some slight trepidation there.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, it was a good question because I think we\u2019re all feeling it in Eagles Nation. Not necessarily talking about it all the time, but there\u2019s a little bit of trepidation that the Giants this offseason had a really good offseason. We know what the Commanders were just a couple seasons ago. Can they get back to that? And of course, the Dallas Cowboys have a really good quarterback in Dak Prescott. They do. They just do, at least during the regular season. And what are they going to be able to do in terms of pushing forward this coming season? So, yeah, maybe things are closing in a little bit here with all four teams. It\u2019s going to be interesting to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Philadelphia Eagles have been the big dog in the NFC East in recent years. Will that still…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219728,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[11755,95752,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-219727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-new-york-giants-analysis","tag-new-york-giants-podcasts","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219727","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=219727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}