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With a national narrative brewing that working for the Eagles may not be as desirable as other NFL opportunities — and after nearly three weeks of an on-going-soap-opera — like — carousel of nearly everyone being considered for Eagles Offensive Coordinator it seems (and even more people applying on LinkedIn) we finally have our man. Or men.
The Eagles have hired former Los Angeles Rams quarterback and Nick Foles backup Sean Mannion as OC and former Buccaneers Offensive Coordinator Brian Grizzard as Passing Game Coordinator.
As deflating as the end of this Eagles season was — it’s hard to remember that only five years ago in January 2021 — the franchise’s first ever Super Bowl victory was actually three years before that. In a complete upheaval that it’s conclusion was the outcome of jettisoning the team’s only Super winning coach and leaving Philadelphia with a quarterback controversy between the Love Hurts Camps and the Carson Wentz Camp.
Even so — Doug Pederson may never again have to pay for a meal or a drink in Philadelphia — but he will not be the Eagles new Offensive Coordinator. There will not be a reunion with the man who stands with quarterback Nick Foles in the bronze statue that resides outside of Lincoln Financial Field capturing one of one of the best moments in franchise history nor with the same man who drafted Jalen Hurts, and won a Super Bowl with Brandon Graham, Jason Kelce, Lane Johnson, and Jake Elliott.
And despite last week’s listing on LinkedIn for an Offensive Coordinator — a W-2 position that was even eligible for Easy Apply! — it will not be the youthful, genius mind of Mike McDaniel. Nor Brian Daboll — Jalen Hurts’ previous coach who spent the last several years devising ways to annihalate the Eagles offense while serving as Giant’s Head Coach. Nor Matt Nagy who was previously double-doinked out of the 2019 NFC Playoffs by the Eagles as the previous Head Coach of the Chicago Bears.
He’s not coming to Philadelphia, either.
The challenge for Mannion and Grizzard will be two-fold. The first is paramount. Taking one of the most talented offenses to every play in this City from the 24th ranked motionless, out-of-sync display of 2025 back into a Super Bowl Champion unit in 2026.
The second will be even harder and less obvious. To transform the role of Sirianni’s second in command on the offensive side of the ball from a temporary stay on the way to greener Head Coaching pastures like Kellen Moore or Shane Steichen did — to a role with more stability to build that continuity with the Eagles Offense over the next several seasons rather than just the next season.
Before we answer the latter — another Super Bowl appearance will do just nicely in the coming year or so.
At least for the time being.
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