15) JALEN HURTS. Hurts posted a top-12 PFF passing grade for the fourth consecutive season, yet there are times when he doesn\u2019t look like an elite quarterback. On the positive side, Hurts threw just six interceptions all season, four of which came in a Week 14 matchup against the Los Angeles Chargers. That wasn\u2019t driven by good fortune, either, as Hurts\u2019 2.0% turnover-worthy play rate tied for the fourth-lowest mark among qualifying quarterbacks. At times, Hurts simply refuses to throw over the middle of the field. His 135 attempts between the numbers during the 2025 regular season ranked 23rd in the NFL, fewer than Joe Flacco, Daniel Jones and Geno Smith. He also averaged just 4.0 yards per carry while earning a 71.6 PFF rushing grade. Both marks were the second-lowest of his career.<\/p>\n
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Ultimately, I\u2019m a little surprised the Eagles finished in the top spot. I don\u2019t think they had a terrible offseason by any means; they made some moves to be excited about. But losing both A.J. Brown and Jeff Stoutland is hardly insignificant. In previous years, we all would\u2019ve had those two guys among the top reasons for optimism about the team. The Eagles are also putting a lot of eggs in the Mannion basket, which may or may not work out.<\/p>\n
Eagles general manager Howie Roseman runs one of the most consistently successful teams in the league, so it\u2019s possible this offseason will look better as time goes by. But parting with Brown, Phillips and LB Nakobe Dean, among others, could hurt. Philly did acquire OLB Jonathan Greenard and signed OLB A.J. Epenesa to fortify the pass rush, and also signed the boom-or-bust Woolen to bolster the secondary. Of course, before trading Brown, they jumped the Steelers to draft WR Makai Lemon and picked up TE Eli Stowers in the second round. The offense might look different in 2026, which could be a good thing after last season\u2019s inconsistencies. But it\u2019s a lot of change for a team that\u2019s won at least 11 games in each of the last four years. Roseman\u2019s track record earns the benefit of the doubt and a respectable grade.<\/p>\n
The Eagles signed Marquise \u201cHollywood\u201d Brown this offseason. Like Wicks above, we published a film review of Brown\u2019s game. Brown ran a 4.27 40 time at his pro day in 2019, and is a player known for his speed, however, he has averaged just 11.6 yards per catch over his career. Still, the Eagles view him as a down-the-field threat. After watching all of his targets in 2025, I concluded that Brown\u2019s average yards per catch were affected by a Chiefs offense that has become increasingly dink and dunk over the last few years, as opposing defenses have sought to keep everything underneath and make them drive the field. Brown made a lot of catches immediately after the snap near the line of scrimmage, which obviously hurt those numbers. It certainly didn\u2019t help when the Chiefs lost Patrick Mahomes with a torn ACL at the end of their miserable season, and Brown was trying to catch passes from Gardner Minshew, Chris Oladokun, and Shane Buechele.<\/p>\n
BLG and Jimmy Bama didn\u2019t like the comment. I had no issue with it. Sirianni isn\u2019t saying he wants to punt. Go score a TD. If you can\u2019t do that, kick a FG. If you can\u2019t do that you have three options\u2026a turnover, turnover on downs or punt. Coaches don\u2019t want to turn the ball over so they want the offense to know that punting is okay. Not preferred, obviously, but it is acceptable. Coaches have been obsessed with avoiding turnovers since football began. Legendary coach John Heisman has the greatest quote on the subject.<\/p>\n
Who wins the NFC East in 2026, from each reporter\u2019s perspective? The Eagles\u2019 overhaul on offense will certainly add some much-needed flavor and should lead to more receivers being schemed open and more lanes for Barkley to barrel through over time. There could also be some significant growing pains, seeing as it can take players a full season to acclimate to a new system. Can the defense carry the day as the offense acclimates? The Cowboys\u2019 offense looks ready to roll and, as the Eagles know, their new defensive coordinator, Parker, has a chance to be special. The Cowboys\u2019 defense has some adapting to do of its own, but this feels like a season where Philly could take a step back while Dallas hits its stride.<\/p>\n
Eagles center Cam Jurgens was named to his second consecutive Pro Bowl in 2025 but he clearly wasn\u2019t the same player. The 26-year-old battled through injuries last season and they took their toll. So after last season ended with a disappointing loss in the wild card round, Jurgens (and left guard Landon Dickerson) went to Colombia for stem cell therapy. And a few months later, Jurgens said he felt much better. \u201cStem cells have been going on for a long time now,\u201d Jurgens said. \u201cI\u2019m not the first one, won\u2019t be the last one. Just a lot of good cases of people going down there and saying it helps me heal. It\u2019s going to help you get into a better position. We\u2019re paid a lot of money to do our job and we have to use all the resources we can.\u201d<\/p>\n
During his playing days, he witnessed the long hours, sometimes sleepless nights and copious amounts of grunt work NFL assistant coaches had to endure, and he was certain that wouldn\u2019t be his preferred post-playing career of choice. \u201cThey sleep in the building, they\u2019ve got to do everything to get the offense and defense prepared for practice, playbook stuff, so it\u2019s a lot of hours,\u201d Kuper said in a recent interview while he was in Anchorage for the Alaska Solstice Football Camp<\/a>. \u201cI would look at them and laugh, asking, \u2018Why are you guys doing this?\u2019 and now I\u2019m the dumbass doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n
And then there is the rawest of the raw: Seventh-round draft pick\u202fUar\u202fBernard, a 6-4, 306-pound talent from Nigeria who had never put on a football helmet prior to his first day on the field in South Philadelphia. Coaches love working with talent, no matter how unrefined. Hurtt has his prime project on hand after, as Hurtt admitted, not-so-gently reminding Executive Vice President\/General Manager Howie Roseman how much he liked the idea of working with Bernard, should the Eagles have a chance to draft him. \u201cI believe in young people.I believe in players and obviously giving the very best of myself to them,\u201d Hurtt said.\u201cAnd it starts, though, like I\u2019m not putting my stamp on everybody. If you don\u2019t have a great work ethic,if I don\u2019t believe in your character and who you are as a person,I\u2019m not putting my family\u2019s well-being in anybody\u2019s hands.But when I saw the kid\u2019s work ethic and character, like, great.He\u2019s an unbelievable human being.\u202fI felt good about doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n
This one may be me trying to manifest more than any other. Shavon Revel entered a really volatile situation from an overall perspective last year. He was a highly-touted draft prospect, but given that he was coming off of a torn ACL and that dampened his overall ceiling for his rookie year. Factor in that the Cowboys were still going at things with Trevon Diggs as a part of their plan in the secondary, and that the defense as a whole was so poorly constructed, it was difficult for anybody to properly thrive. An argument can be made that time has allowed for a proper settling for Revel in general, but that the Cowboys doing so as a unit has been helpful in parallel. This is the time when Revel has to remind everyone why there was such high belief around him last year. He is going to have every opportunity in the world to earn a starting job, and you could argue that the only real player ahead of him in the cornerback room at large is DaRon Bland which is a shaky proposition in its own right. Again, this is something that kind of has to happen for the Cowboys to take the next step. It just feels like it might off of the number of opportunities alone.<\/p>\n
RT Josh Conerly. The first-round NFL draft pick had a rough start to his rookie season in 2025. Early on, in particular, he faced some tough competition that sent his stats into unwelcome territory, with a 9.9% allowed pressure rate per NFL Next Gen Stats, one of the 10 worst among NFL tackles. The eye test showed improvement as the year went on, and there\u2019s real belief that the Oregon product has improved immensely this offseason. There\u2019s no doubting Conerly\u2019s talent or drive. His development, however, must continue.<\/p>\n
Dart was a polarizing figure among NFL experts as a rookie. Forgetting about the legitimate concerns about Dart\u2019s shelf life given his recklessness as a runner, the question entering his second year is whether he can eventually join the ranks of the elite passers. The stats and rankings above show why he\u2019s so polarizing. He does some things well and some things poorly. Purely as a passer, right now he is either middle of the pack or near the bottom depending on which metrics you choose to emphasize. Clearly he needs to recognize pressure and exploit it with his arm more often. He needs to be more accurate with his deep ball, especially to the left side. He may well see more 2-deep zones and will have to become adept at making defenses pay in those situations. He\u2019ll have to get off his first read more quickly and exloit open second or third reads. Obviously it will help if he has a decent receiving corps. There\u2019s enough there in his rookie performance, though, to make you think it\u2019s possible.<\/p>\n
Since I\u2019ve had the pleasure of covering games and being around the team for this illustrious blog, I\u2019ve felt proud in my ability to divorce myself from the fandom of the team I grew up with. It\u2019s been easier than I thought it would be to leave those feelings at the door, and that\u2019s only gotten easier over the course of five seasons. The Sixers trading for Jaylen Brown somehow invoked an extremely negative response that can only be attributed to an irrational fan. The more time that\u2019s passed since Shams Charania broke the news, I\u2019ve come back to Earth a bit, but the vibes of this trade reeks to me in a way I haven\u2019t been able to get over.<\/p>\n
In the end, Brown\u2019s contract may just be too expensive. Paying for past performance is the recipe for NBA disaster, especially in the most restrictive financial ecosystem the league has ever had. It is a bold statement, one I\u2019m not necessarily sure I would make myself, but if Boston had truly decided that Brown was blocking their ability to build a winning team, trading him for the best offer they had, however insultingly low, makes rational sense.<\/p>\n
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