JIHAAD CAMPBELL \u2014 After serving an apprenticeship under Nakobe Dean during his rookie season, Campbell is ready to take the full-time reins as Philadelphia\u2019s man in the middle following Dean\u2019s free-agent departure to Las Vegas. The athletic linebacker will enhance defensive coordinator Vic Fangio\u2019s scheme with his length and range. Moreover, he will add a new dimension to the Eagles\u2019 defense with his playmaking ability at the second level, shining as a run-and-chase defender with pass-rush ability. With the former first-rounder installed in a premium position in Fangio\u2019s D, Campbell could quickly emerge as a star in his second season.<\/p>\n
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\u201cTough. Detailed. Together.\u201d Since Nick Sirianni was hired as the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles in 2021, he has doubled down on his core values for the team, with connection being one of the most prominent staples. He\u2019s prioritized this in many ways over the years, but heading in the 2026 season, we\u2019re seeing more of the relationship building that\u2019s happening behind the scenes and ahead of training camp. Not that these opportunities to connect as teammates and friends haven\u2019t existed in the past, but there has seemingly been more cameras around to capture it this year. Whatever your opinion on football players posting their workouts, during a long offseason, it at least gives fans a little hope that the team is focused and building a solid foundation in their time away from the building. If nothing else, the 2026 Eagles roster should be as close as ever as they embark on (another) season with high expectations.<\/p>\n
Eagles overwhelming NFC East favorites. We started our tour of the NFC in the East, where the Philadelphia Eagles were tapped as overwhelming favorites to win the division. Of those who responded, 67% picked Philadelphia to win the division, followed by the Dallas Cowboys with 15%, and the New York Giants with 13%. Washington rounded out the results with 5%. You can see the results, and the full discussion that followed, here.<\/p>\n
Sirianni likes that story so much because it shows just how hard of a worker Mannion is; how bad he wants it. Sirianni also said that during the spring, there wasn\u2019t a day he beat Mannion to the Jefferson Health Training Complex and there wasn\u2019t a day where Mannion\u2019s car wasn\u2019t still in the parking lot when he left. That work ethic at least partially explains why the Eagles feel like Mannion is ready to be an offensive coordinator in just his third season as a coach at any level. \u201cThis dude loves football and he loves to work,\u201d Sirianni said. \u201cI mean I\u2019ve really enjoyed being around him and just his desire. Sometimes we think \u2018man he\u2019s talented\u2019 about everybody, \u2018man he\u2019s just got it.\u2019 But it doesn\u2019t happen without, whether it\u2019s a player, whether it\u2019s Sean, it doesn\u2019t happen without just this obsession to get better.<\/p>\n
Philadelphia Eagles: Joe Kasper, defensive pass game coordinator. If a young assistant coach can stick around \u2014 and even thrive \u2014 under top defensive mind Vic Fangio, he is often destined for bigger things. Kasper has worked for Fangio in both Miami and Philadelphia, and is poised for a bigger role now that former colleague Christian Parker (another Fangio disciple) is in Dallas. Nguyen, our senior writer, noted that the \u201ctwo-high trend will continue to grow and it seems like coaches that can successfully implement some of Fangio\u2019s ideas into their systems take it to another level.\u201d High expectations also surround first-year offensive coordinator Sean Mannion, who is expected to bring elements of Matt LaFleur\u2019s Green Bay\/Shanahan-derived system to Philadelphia.<\/p>\n
2026 Philadelphia Eagles Win Total. DraftKings Over\/Under: 10.5. Pick: Under (-140). In my heart, I want to pick the over, but -140 for the under is a better price than you can find at most books. It\u2019s easy to see why books think the Eagles aren\u2019t likely to hit 11 wins. They lost several starters in free agency and drafted for the future. Makai Lemon isn\u2019t going to fully replace A.J. Brown as a rookie and none of their subsequent picks are projected to start in 2026. Howie Roseman sacrificed some short-term win probability to build a better team in the long run, and that is enough to convince me to take the value on the under.<\/p>\n
Kicker Jake Elliott enters his 10th season of his storied career with the Eagles. The Illinois native is second all-time in career points for the Eagles (1,007), only behind David Akers (1,323). Elliott owns the record for most 50+ yard field goals (33) in team history. In Super Bowl LIX, he broke the record for most points in a Super Bowl by a kicker with 15, passing 1968 Don Chandler. The 2023 second-team All-Pro ended 2025 with 100% accuracy on field goals on the 39-yard line or closer. On extra points, Elliott had a 97.6% success rate in 2025. The Memphis product did something he had never done in his career in 2025 \u2013 record a special teams tackle. [BLG Note: I get that the team\u2019s official website isn\u2019t going to be super critical of Elliott but to not even make the slightest mention of his struggles the past two seasons is kinda wild.]<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Eagles did not want to trade him,\u201d Narduzzi said recently on 99.9 The Fan\u2019s YouTube channel.<\/a> \u201cHe begged to be traded because he wanted to compete and he felt like he wasn\u2019t going to have a chance to beat out Jalen Hurts. I think there\u2019s some misconceptions about, \u2018They just got rid of him.\u2019 No. They wanted him to stay, and they said, \u2018We\u2019re not trading you.\u2019 And he begged, and they said, \u2018If it\u2019s good for us, we\u2019ll trade you. But if it\u2019s not good for us, we\u2019re not making that move.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Taken together, the data supports a more nuanced read of Gannon than either side of the public debate about him usually allows. He wasn\u2019t simply \u201ctoo passive,\u201d as some critics argued throughout 2022 \u2014 the third-down man-coverage rates and the spikes in blitz aggression in specific weeks show a coordinator capable of asking his defense to take risks when the situation called for it. But he also wasn\u2019t a chess master constantly innovating new wrinkles \u2014 the season-long drift toward zone and away from blitzing suggests a defense settling into its most repeatable, lowest-variance version of itself as the year went on, trusting disciplined execution of a smaller menu of calls over an expanding one.<\/p>\n
But he has. That\u2019s because there is another option that remains, and that is for Prescott to be the thing that is elevated. That is not a crazy expectation. Dak is compensated heavily, and it is totally fair to expect a player who commands that type of team resources to make a bigger impact. He has to, at some point, be the guy who punishes aggressive defensive attacks instead of falling victim to them. When the clock is running down, he has to make that throw. He has to be that guy. While Prescott is by no means the problem in Dallas, he has not been the solution either. That does not mean he won\u2019t be, but the secret ingredient for the Cowboys\u2019 success is not some big front-office trade or a shortage of receiving weapons. It is Dak. He is the secret ingredient, and when the Cowboys finally do get over the hump, it is going to be because Prescott played like a champion quarterback.<\/p>\n
I really struggled with whether to put Daniels on this list, considering there are so many things he doesn\u2019t have to prove to anyone. It\u2019s clear that Daniels is a true franchise quarterback capable of producing among the NFL\u2019s best. He showed that as a rookie in 2024. There\u2019s no doubting his accuracy or arm strength or football IQ. There shouldn\u2019t be consternation about him playing well predominantly under center. He\u2019s a leader. He commands respect. He\u2019s got it. Health is the only thing, after missing 10 games last season due to various injuries. That\u2019s still true after he played 17 plus the playoffs the year before. The only question about him coming out of college was about dealing with the heavy hits his playing style often invites, though he has always been a good pocket passer with solid footwork. Playing a full season would be great for the Commanders and would silence the one question mark about his NFL potential.<\/p>\n
New York Giants running back Cam Skattebo went viral over the weekend for a backflip flop at Fanatics Fest in New York City. He reacted to the five-alarm fire that set off in some corners of the fanbase by promising not to get hurt before training camp. \u201cI\u2019m gonna address the elephant. I will not hurt myself before the season,\u201d Skattebo said Sunday during a Q and A on Sirius XM. Skattebo did admit to realizing during the flip that he wasn\u2019t going to stick the landing.<\/p>\n![\"Nuckingfuts72\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ROwRROQrS0-9b8cac7c-28d1-40b3-95ba-d03c12393292.jpeg\"\/)
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