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Brandon Graham Sets Deadline For Eagles Return, But Does Philly Still Need Him? – SI “I don’t want the team’s gonna do, but I don’t want to go halfway through the season like I did last year (before returning),” he said on GMFB. “I would love to start in the beginning if I can, but if training camp doesn’t happen, I think I’ll probably wrap it up after that.” So, if the Eagles want him, it sounds like they will have to get him back in the next
month or so. He may not be willing to return if an injury or ineffective play by any of their defensive linemen prompts another October call. “I’m taking my time, honestly,” he said. “This is it. If it’s this year or if this is it, I’m just really enjoying my kids right now, working out, golfing every day, trying to just enjoy the time that I’m getting right now.”
Eagles schedule preview: Commanders – BGN
The question for this team: Are they actually better? In 2024 the Commanders were coming off a 4-13 season and overturned their roster. Adam Peters and Dan Quinn brought in mostly middling, aging, culture changing guys of the scrap heap. In 2026 the Commanders are coming off a 5-12 season and overturned their roster. Adam Peters and Dan Quinn brought in mostly middling guys off the scrap heap. Kliff Kingsbury was also sacrificed.
Mailbag: Is the historically great Eagles OL becoming increasingly precarious? – PhillyVoice
Question from @abrad45: What are your expectations for Sean Mannion’s offense? When should we expect the players to have a feel for it? Are we likely to drop any early games (partially) due to offensive miscues? On the one hand, yeah, I do think that there could be some growing pains with the new offense where it looks sluggish at times. Part of the appeal of this offense is that run/pass plays are designed to look the same. When teams like the Rams or 49ers are running it efficiently the opposing defense is late to recognize what is happening, and that little one second edge is really meaningful. But, like anything, it also take a whole lot of reps to get the timing right. On the other hand, the Eagles’ defense is going to have the advantage of being in Year 3 of Vic Fangio’s tenure. We’ve seen the defense come out a little slow the last two seasons, but become a well-oiled machine by the end of the season. I don’t think we’ll see those growing pains on that side of the ball this year.
Before They Were Birds – Iggles Blitz
My Comments – Everyone liked Baun. They just weren’t sure what to do with him. DJ, who had him as the #34 overall prospect, thought Nwosu was a good comp. He’s been more of an edge rusher in his career, as was Baun in New Orleans. Kiper, as mentioned above, had him going in the first round. Tony Pauline had him as an OLB and #49 overall. It really is crazy that Vic Fangio put him at ILB and turned Baun into a star.
The 3 biggest concerns about Eagles entering 2026 season – NBCSP
What if Sean Mannion doesn’t work? The Eagles took a big swing this offseason when they hired Sean Mannion as their new OC. Mannion was just 33 when the Eagles hired him and he has been coaching just two years in the NFL. But Mannion played for nine seasons in the league as a backup QB and was preparing for his next job as a coach the whole time. The Eagles went through an exhaustive search this offseason, interviewing 17 candidates, before landing on Mannion. There’s a lot of excitement about the changes coming to the Eagles’ offense, but no one really knows how it’s going to work. Mannion is going to run a version of the Shanahan offense, which will be a pretty significant departure from what the Eagles have done the first five years under head coach Nick Sirianni. While Jalen Hurts has had to play under a bunch of different offensive coordinators, there are going to be more differences in this scheme than he has seen before. The Eagles are going to blend some old with some new but we’re going to see more under-center, more play action and more motion, among other elements, than we have seen in this era of Eagles football. The team believes Hurts can play in this style of offense but it’ll be fascinating to see how it works. And then there’s the other huge element of Mannion’s job: Play-calling. It’s something he has never done before and we won’t really know how good he is at it until the games start in September. The Eagles have had some good play callers like Shane Steichen and Kellen Moore under Sirianni but Kevin Patullo was obviously not very good at it last season.
One breakout player to watch for every NFL team in 2026 – The Athletic
Philadelphia Eagles: Jihaad Campbell, LB. The Eagles let Nakobe Dean leave in free agency with the plan of turning over the starting spot to Campbell, a 2025 first-round pick. Campbell’s hard-to-find physical tools stand out in the middle of the defense, where his 6-3, 235-pound frame and 4.52-second 40-yard dash offer a different flavor than Dean. Campbell has the length and range to be a force in coverage, and the Eagles think there’s a burgeoning pass-rush skill set. Campbell started 10 games last season and played 63 percent of the defensive snaps, but the defense was clearly better with Dean on the field. With a full year in the scheme and adjusting to the NFL, Campbell could make strides in Year 2 next to Zack Baun. He missed offseason workouts while recovering from shoulder surgery, but he’ll return in time for the season. The opportunity is present for a breakout.
Eagles 2026 Training Camp Position Preview: Cornerback – PhiladelphiaEagles.com
Will Riq Woolen secure a starting outside corner slot opposite Mitchell in Training Camp, or will someone else step up? … How will Jonathan Jones’ expereience help in one of the NFL’s youngest cornerback rooms? … How will Cooper and Mitchell continue to develop in Vic Fangio’s ever-evolving defense? … Six corners made the Eagles’ initial 53-man roster in 2025 – who will secure the potential roster spots outside of Mitchell, DeJean, and Woolen?
Eagles newcomers ‘26: Can Makai Lemon be the next key weapon after A.J. Brown? – Inquirer
Fun fact: Lemon’s hobby outside of football is skateboarding. The 22-year-old started skateboarding at age 3, learning the activity from his uncle. In an interview on The Heisman podcast, Lemon said he used to skateboard all over Los Angeles. […] Quotable: “They getting a dawg,” Lemon said shortly after the Eagles selected him. “It’s ready to work, for real. I ain’t doing no playing.”
Brian Schottenheimer wants to win Super Bowl for Cowboys players – and get ‘extra’ Super Bowl ring for late father – NFL.com
“It’s always something I’ve always dreamed of, you know,” he said recently on “The Twins Take Podcast.” “I want to win a Super Bowl. I don’t want to win it for me.” So, who does he want to win it for? Well, his players for starters. “I want to win it for the people under my leadership,” he said. “I want to win it for Dak Prescott. I want to win it for CeeDee Lamb, for Quinnen Williams, for your players that put in so much, you know, hard work and the sacrifice that goes into what we do. You know, from us as a coaching staff, it’s the hours, it’s the mental strain of game planning, but for the players, they put their bodies on the line.
Cowboys OL Tyler Smith ranked as top interior lineman by ESPN – Blogging The Boys
Lately the folks at ESPN have been putting together rankings of various position groups across the NFL. This is an exercise they started doing over the last few years, and the idea is that the rankings are built through their sourcing of league executives, coaches, and scouts. Basically this is supposed to be a snapshot of how the NFL is viewed at this moment by people who influence it. To date the Cowboys have had some appearances. Jake Ferguson, Javonte Williams, and DaRon Bland received some mild kudos at their positions, but Quinnen Williams was the highest ranked so far as he came in sixth at defensive tackles. Tyler Smith beat them all, though. He holds the top spot among interior linemen.
Commanders: At $2m, was Rachaad White ‘the biggest steal of free agency’? – Hogs Haven
“But White has the skillset to stand out and rise to the top of this group. At the very least, he’s the best equipped to fulfill the third-down role where he shines brightest, and he’ll emerge as a true asset on passing downs. For a mere $2 million, White could prove to be the biggest steal of free agency, and one of the best values in the NFL in 2026.“
NY Giants training camp: Can New York stop the run with this defensive line? – Big Blue View
The New York Giants have struggled to defend the run for years now. Before Shane Bowen was fired as defensive coordinator late in the season, the 2025 Giants were the worst run-defending team in the NFL. The need for solid run defense is a core belief for new head coach John Harbaugh. “It’s a must thing. I can tell you that,” Harbaugh said at the NFL Combine. “There’s a lot to it. There’s three levels and layers to your defense. And all three layers and levels have got to be committed to and incorporated in stopping the run, no doubt. I mean, every single one of the 11 guys has got to be committed to stopping the run. You can’t let people run all over you. There’s no doubt about it. It’s been important. It’s been important. It’s been important in football since football started.”
Can you guess this NFL receiver in today’s in-5 trivia game? – SB Nation
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Study: NFL players are 4 times more likely to die from neurodegenerative disease – ESPN
NFL players are four times more likely than the general population to die of neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia and Parkinson’s, according to a study released Wednesday by Mass General Brigham, Boston University and the Concussion & CTE Foundation. The researchers studied 19,824 athletes who played in the NFL between 1960 and 2019, including the 1,994 who have died, calling it the “biggest retrospective cohort study to date.” They found the rate of neurodegenerative death was “more significant” for younger players: Those who died before age 60 had 12-fold higher rates of neurodegenerative death than the general population, according to the study.
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