Philadelphia Eagles Offseason Progress Report

Are the Eagles the favorites to repeat, or will someone else take the crown?

Super Bowl LIX MVP Jalen Hurts

Overview

2024 Record: 14-3, Won Super Bowl

General Manager: Howie Roseman

Head Coach: Nick Sirianni

Starting Quarterback: Jalen Hurts

Key Extensions:

OT Lane Johnson (1 year, $25 million), RB Saquon Barkley (3 years, $37.75 million, $26 million guaranteed), LB Zach Baun (3 years, $51 million, $34 million guaranteed), iOL Cam Jurgens (4 years, $68 million, $43.3 million guaranteed)

Key Additions:

EDGE Joshua Uche, EDGE Azeez Ojulari, LB Jihaad Campbell, S Andrew Mukuba

Key Departures:

EDGE Josh Sweat, DL Milton Williams, S Chauncey Gardner-Johnson, iOL Mekhi Becton

Offense

Offensive Coordinator: Kevin Patullo

2024 Ranks:

EPA/play: 6th Success Rate: 14th PPG: 7th (27.2ppg)

Projected Starting Offense (11 personnel):

QB Jalen Hurts

RB Saquon Barkley

WR AJ Brown

WR DeVonta Smith

WR Jahan Dotson

TE Dallas Goedert

LT Jordan Mailata

LG Landon Dickerson

C Cam Jurgens

RG Tyler Steen

RT Lane Johnson

Offense Notes:

During a Week 5 bye week last year, there were doubts regarding how strong the Eagles offense could be during the rest of the season. Naturally, Philly went a combined 15-1 after that bye week, including a four game run in the playoffs where they set the record for points scored in the NFC Championship game. The addition of Saquon Barkley took this already strong unit to a new level, as this group never scored below 20 following the bye week.

The personnel is still there for 2025 - all the projected starters are mostly the same (Steen for Becton). The big test will be with new Offensive Coordinator Kevin Patullo, who’s been with the team since 2021. This familiarity and experience should help the team hit the ground running early into the season. Even with the change in play-calling, the talent on offense may just be too big to fail. I don’t expect this team to take a big step back.

Defense

Defensive Coordinator: Vic Fangio

2024 Ranks:

EPA/play: 2nd Success Rate: 2nd PPG: 2nd (17.8ppg allowed)

Projected Starting Defense (Base 3-4):

DE Moro Ojomo

NT Jordan Davis

DT Jalen Carter

OLB Nolan Smith Sr

LB Zach Baun

LB Jihaad Campbell

OLB Jalyx Hunt

CB Quinyon Mitchell

NB Cooper DeJean

S Sydney Brown

S Reed Blankenship

Defense Notes:

A lot of last season’s credit will go to the offense - and rightfully so, but the 2024 Philly defense was suffocating for the opposition. Between the sacks, the takeaways, or simply stymying the other team, this unit was ranked within the Top 10 of almost every single metric, their lone blemish being on 4th down defense. The rookie DB tandem in DeJean and Mitchell were seemingly the final pieces to creating a championship defense, and both came up big in the Super Bowl blowout victory.

This defense was so good last season that two of the leaders in this unit were lured away by massive contracts in free agency. With Milton Williams and Josh Sweat now gone, the Eagles will have to rely on the younger players that have mainly been depth until this point. The good news for Philly is that they have really really good depth, and the guys who will be taking over played very well in the playoffs. Adding Jihaad Campbell and Andrew Mukuba early in the draft as well should continue to add premium talent and depth to Vic Fangio’s unit. This group should still be a juggernaut in 2025.

Outlook

Overall, the Eagles are still pretty good. Despite losing some of their starters on defense to free agency, a good draft and strong depth could have that side of the ball even better in 2025. Even with a coordinator change on offense, the talent is too strong to deny as well. Are we looking at a team ready to go back to back?

Winning consecutive Super Bowls is hard (unless you’re named Patrick Mahomes or Tom Brady), but shouldn’t that be the expectation for this team? I think it’s safe to say that the Eagles have earned the reputation of being the favorite, at least in the NFC. They should be looking to go back to the big game this season, and might be the team to break the NFC East streak of new division winners going back over a decade.

Expectation/Goal for 2025: Win NFC East, deep playoff run, reach Super Bowl

2025 Schedule

\(\begin{array}{c c} \textbf{GameWeek} & \textbf{Opponent} \\ \hline \textbf{Week 1} & \textbf{vs. Dallas, TNF, 8:20pm*} \\ \text{Week 2} & \text{@ Kansas City, 4:25pm} \\ \text{Week 3} & \text{vs. LA Rams, 1pm} \\ \text{Week 4} & \text{@ Tampa Bay, 1pm} \\ \text{Week 5} & \text{vs. Denver, 1pm} \\ \textbf{Week 6} & \textbf{@ New York Giants, TNF, 8:15pm} \\ \text{Week 7} & \text{@ Minnesota, 1pm} \\ \text{Week 8} & \text{vs. New York Giants, 1pm} \\ \text{Week 9} & \text{-- BYE WEEK --} \\ \textbf{Week 10} & \textbf{@ Green Bay, MNF, 8:15pm} \\ \textbf{Week 11} & \textbf{vs. Detroit, SNF, 8:20pm} \\ \text{Week 12} & \text{@ Dallas, 4:25pm} \\ \text{Week 13} & \text{vs. Chicago, 3pm**} \\ \textbf{Week 14} & \textbf{@ LA Chargers, MNF, 8:15pm} \\ \text{Week 15} & \text{vs. Las Vegas, 1pm} \\ \text{Week 16} & \text{@ Washington, TBD} \\ \text{Week 17} & \text{@ Buffalo, 4:25pm} \\ \text{Week 18} & \text{vs. Washington, TBD} \\ \end{array} \)

Primetime games are BOLDED, all times EDT/EST

*Week 1 game vs. Dallas is the season opener*

**Week 13 game vs. Chicago is on Black Friday**