- What you should know
- The Eagles are in the process of hiring a new offensive coordinator after moving on from Kevin Patullo. Here are some candidates, including Brian Daboll, who’s reportedly interviewing with the Birds Tuesday.
- The Bills’ decision to fire Sean McDermott’s could impact the Eagles’ search for a new coordinator, writes columnist Marcus Hayes.
- The Broncos lost their quarterback one win from the Super Bowl. Nick Foles offered a hopeful reminder.
- Looking ahead, here’s an early look at who the Eagles could target in the first round of the 2026 NFL draft.
- Which Eagles players should stay or go next season? Swipe and decide.
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Which Eagles should stay or go next season? Swipe and decide.
The Eagles’ season ended sooner than expected with a loss to the 49ers in the wild-card round. Now the Birds will try to assemble a roster that can help them get back to their Super Bowl standard.
Beat writer Jeff McLane made his picks on what personnel decisions he sees the team making this offseason, including wide receiver A.J. Brown’s future and whether tight end Dallas Goedert should be back next season.
Make your pick for each player by swiping the cards below — right for Stay, or left for Go. Yes, just like Tinder.
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NFL execs predict the Eagles will trade A.J. Brown
Though we’re weeks away from the NFL trade market heating up, NFL executives anonymously dishing to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler have a prediction — the Eagles will part ways with wide receiver A.J. Brown.
One NFL personnel evaluator told ESPN the likely trading partner will be the Buffalo Bills, who desperately need to acquire talent to help Josh Allen.
“The Bills have to upgrade there — their best receiver is Khalil Shakir, who is a nice player but he’s not a top guy,” the executive told ESPN. “Brown is an immediate upgrade and he’s still young. And the Eagles can build the passing game around DeVonta Smith and a high draft pick.”
Other NFL scouts suggested to Fowler the Eagles could end up trading Brown to the Tennessee Titans, Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers and Las Vegas Raiders.
Brown is under contract through the 2029 season, and trading him would certainly put a dent in the Eagles’ salary cap (though designating it a post-June 1 trade would free up $7 million in cap space). But as Philly Voice’s Jimmy Kempski pointed out, there would be major long-term savings for the Eagles — over $44 million per season — if they traded him away this offseason.
Eagles general manager Howie Roseman was noncommittal when asked if he would consider trading Brown.
“It is hard to find great players in the NFL, and A.J. is a great player,” Roseman told reporters at a news conference last week. “I think from my perspective, that’s what we’re going out and looking for, when we go out here in free agency and in the draft, is trying to find great players who love football, and he’s that guy. So that would be my answer.”
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Eagles to interview ex-Giants coach Brian Daboll today: report
The Eagles will interview former New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll Tuesday, according to The Athletic’s Dianna Russini.
Daboll went 20–40–1 (.336) in four seasons with the Giants, and was named NFL Coach of the Year in 2022. Prior to that, he was the offensive coordinator with the Buffalo Bills, where he was credited with the development of Josh Allen.
After firing Sean McDermott, the Bills are reportedly interested in bringing back Daboll. He interviewed with the Tennessee Titans, who ended up hiring former San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh as their next head coach.
Daboll also reportedly interviewed for the vacant offensive coordinator position with the Los Angeles Chargers.
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Remaining NFL head coaching vacancies
And then there were five.
In an offseason that saw 10 head coaching vacancies (tying an NFL record last reached in 2022), four have already been filled.
The latest is former San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh, who has been hired by the Tennessee Titans as their new head coach, according to multiple reports.
Here’s a look at the newest NFL head coaches:
- Atlanta Falcons: Kevin Stefanski, former Browns head coach
- Tennessee Titans: Robert Saleh, former 49ers defensive coordinator
- New York Giants: John Harbaugh, former Ravens head coach
- Miami Dolphins: Jeff Hafley, former Packers defensive coordinator
Here are the remaining head coaching vacancies across the league:
- Arizona Cardinals, Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills, Cleveland Browns, Las Vegas Raiders, Pittsburgh Steelers,
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Eagles have yet to convince Mike McDaniel to interview: sources
In the past week, the Eagles have made it known to sources around the league that hiring former Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel as their new offensive coordinator is their No. 1 offseason priority. That includes fired New York Giants coach Brian Daboll, who is expected to interview for the position this week.
Virtually no amount of money, literally no amount of autonomy, and no fear of conflict would deter the team from signing McDaniel, a respected offensive innovator.
McDaniel and Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio endured a rocky year together in 2023, when Fangio worked for McDaniel as his defensive coordinator in Miami, and their split, while couched as a mutual parting of the ways, was not without acrimony.
At any rate, league sources indicate that even though Fangio’s work the last two seasons has been integral and possibly unmatched around the league, if the Eagles were somehow able to hire McDaniel, they would not be deterred by any possible discomfort from Fangio.
Of course, the actual hiring of McDaniel in Philadelphia would be an unexpected coup for the Birds. Right now, he’s a hotter commodity than Venezuelan oil.
League sources say the Eagles have not yet convinced McDaniel to interview, which offers a glimpse into how he considers the Philly job. That said, don’t expect money to be an obstacle. Sources say that, for McDaniel, the position could be worth as much as the $6 million annual salary the Raiders gave Chip Kelly, who then was fired just 11 games into 2025, his first of three seasons under contract. At the end of the season head coach Pete Carroll also was fired, which created the current vacancy.
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Latest on Eagles’ search for a new offensive coordinator
It’s been about a week since the Eagles moved on from offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo, and the Birds have been busy interviewing potential replacements.
Here are the offensive coordinator candidates the Eagles have already reportedly interviewed or are scheduled to meet with:
- Brian Daboll: The former Giants head coach, reportedly at the top of the Eagles’ wish list, will interview with the team Tuesday, according to The Athletic’s Dianna Russini.
- Josh Grizzard: The former Buccaneers offensive coordinator interviewed with the Birds Monday, according to Jordan Schultz.
- Mike Kafka: The former interim head coach and offensive coordinator of the Giants interviewed with the Birds Saturday, according to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler.
- Jim Bob Cooter: The Colts offensive coordinator and one-time Birds assistant also interviewed with the Eagles Saturday, according to multiple reports. Colts head coach and former Birds offensive coordinator Shane Steichen is open to letting Cooter pursue an opportunity to call plays, according to Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer.
- Zac Robinson: The former Falcons offensive coordinator was the first candidate interviewed by the Eagles, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
And here are some coaches the Eagles have either reached out to interview or plan to bring in:
- Bobby Slowik: The Eagles plan to interview the former Dolphins pass game coordinator, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
- Mike McDaniel: The former Dolphins head coach remains one of the Eagles’ top targets, but has yet to agree to an interview, according to columnist Marcus Hayes.
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Eagles defensive coach Christian Parker to interview with Dolphins
NFL Championship game schedule
We’re down to just three games remaining this NFL season, though most Eagles fans bailed following the Birds wild-card loss to the San Francisco 49ers.
The name you’ll be hearing all week is Jarrett Stidham, the backup replacing starting quarterback Bo Nix, who broke is ankle on the second-to-last play against the Bills Saturday and is out for the rest of the season.
Stidham (who was originally drafted by the Patriots and was once Tom Brady’s backup) will make his first start of the season Sunday. The last time that happened was 53 years ago in 1972, when then-backup Roger Staubach started in place of Craig Morton and played terribly in a lopsided loss to Washington.
“His last pass in a game came two years and two weeks ago,” retired NFL writer Peter King noted in his weekly newsletter.
Here’s the schedule for Sunday’s NFC and AFC Championship games:
- No. 2 Patriots at No. 1 Broncos: 3 p.m., CBS (Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson)
- No. 5 Rams at No. 1 Seahawks: 6:30 p.m., Fox (Kevin Burkhardt, Tom Brady. Erin Andrews, Tom Rinaldi)
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