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Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio. <\/p>\n
While the Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> might have an elite defense on paper, there is a glaring question mark that still needs to be addressed \u2014 do they need to upgrade at safety?<\/p>\n While the Eagles haven\u2019t made a big move yet to bring in a proven safety, they\u2019re definitely interested in making a series of smaller ones to see if something sticks on famed defensive coordinator Vic Fangio\u2019s unit.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Philadelphia Eagles have signed Orlando Storm safety Jaylen Mahoney<\/a>,\u201d UFL\/NFL reporter James Larsen wrote<\/a> on his official X account. \u201cMahoney started in six straight games for Orlando, totaling 30 tackles, 5 defensive stops, and 2 pass breakups prior to a season-ending injury\u201d<\/p>\n Jaylen Mahoney Made 49ers as Undrafted Free Agent<\/p>\n Mahoney played for the San Francisco 49ers<\/a> in 2024 as an undrafted free agent rookie and spent 2025 on the New York Jets<\/a> practice squad.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Eagles signed DB Jaylen Mahoney and RB Jordan Mims<\/a> today, per the NFL\u2019s transaction wire,\u201d NBC Sports Philadelphia\u2019s Dave Zangaro wrote<\/a> on his official X account.<\/p>\n Jaylen Mahoney Just Missed on Measurables<\/p>\n Mahoney starred at Vanderbilt but just missed on the measurables NFL<\/a> teams look at with tweener prospects \u2014 he\u2019s a tad too short and light to be a Day 3 pick at 5-foot-11 and 188 pounds and a tad too slow with a 4.54-second 40-yard dash.<\/p>\n In terms of the slim margins NFL teams look at \u2014 and how subjective the evaluation period is \u2014 in the case of Mahoney, were he 1 inch taller, 3 pounds heavier and ran his 40-yard dash in just .45 seconds faster, he\u2019s probably getting drafted<\/p>\n \u201cMore than anything else, the thing that pops off the screen when scouting Mahoney is how elite he is at getting downhill and making plays in space,\u201d The Vanderbilt Hustler\u2019s Anish Mago wrote<\/a> in his 2024 pre-draft evaluation. \u201cDespite starting most plays in the defensive backfield, Mahoney was one of Vanderbilt\u2019s best tacklers every season; he\u2019s great at both shedding blocks and attacking ball carriers in space. A career-high 16 tackles against Georgia this past season showed very clearly the type of defensive playmaker Mahoney can be. Regardless of his size measurements, Mahoney will bring an extra layer of physicality to whatever roster he lands on.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tTony Adame<\/a> covers the NFL for Heavy.com, with a focus on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Washington Commanders, Dallas Cowboys, Baltimore Ravens, Philadelphia Eagles and Denver Broncos. A veteran sports writer and editor since 2004, his work has been featured at Stadium Talk, Yardbarker, NW Florida Daily News and Pensacola News Journal. More about Tony Adame<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio. While the Philadelphia Eagles might have an elite defense on paper,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271804,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,71,70],"class_list":["post-271803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271803","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=271803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}