Eagles News: Nick Sirianni “can’t guarantee” that A.J. Brown will be on the team next season
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Sirianni ‘can’t guarantee’ A.J. Brown back with Eagles in ‘26 – ESPN
Coach Nick Sirianni indicated there was mutual interest between receiver A.J. Brown and the team in continuing his career with the Eagles, but neither he nor general manager Howie Roseman committed to Brown suiting up for them next season. “Yeah, my expectation is he wants to be here. And obviously you want good players like that in your building,” Sirianni said during a session with local media in front of the combine. “As Howie said, it’s hard to get good players in this league. A.J.‘s a great player and A.J. is a good teammate and A.J. is a good person. Does he want to be here? Yes. Do I want him to be here? Yes.” When asked directly if Brown will be here next season, Sirianni’s response was not as straightforward. “Will A.J. be here next season? I think we’re still in a spot, like, I can’t guarantee how anything is going to play out into next season. I’m thinking I’m going to be the coach next season but you can’t guarantee anything past tomorrow,” he said.
Eagles reiterate that A.J. Brown is a great player, will also listen to trade offers for him – PhillyVoice
When asked if the team would listen to offers for Brown, Howie Roseman acknowledged that he would. “I think you go into the league year listening to offers for everything and anything,” he said. “I don’t think that, you know, you can go into any conversation with anyone and just shoot things down without hearing what they have to say because you never know. If someone is going to give you something that you didn’t anticipate and you won’t even have the conversation, I don’t think you’re necessarily doing your job or servicing the team that you’re with. “You never know what someone’s willing to do. Certainly, we’ve been in situations where there are guys that we didn’t anticipate trading, that we got an offer that was too good, and then you balance it with what you can get there. So, you know, without getting into specifics on any player, we’re always listening, you know, and we’re always kind of open.”
Five Eagles thoughts as Howie Roseman and Nick Sirianni talk A.J. Brown, Sean Mannion, and more – PHLY
My read on Roseman’s answer is all follows: The Eagles have very little to gain in proclaiming Brown available to the rest of the league. In fact, Roseman making it clear the Eagles don’t want to move on from Brown unless the value coming back outweighs the loss is the best way to actually realize that value in a trade. With that said, Roseman also made it clear that the line is open for potential suitors and that there’s an offer they’d accept for the 28-year-old. I’d expect there to be at least a few teams calling; which means the determining factor will be whether the Eagles can get what Roseman considers appropriate value for Brown (perhaps a first-round pick either next year or in the latter half of this year’s draft?). It’s entirely possible the Eagles’ valuation isn’t met and Brown remains in an Eagles uniform, but it is worth noting Roseman has a track record of finding good value for unhappy players who have wanted out in years past, most notably including Carson Wentz and Haason Reddick.
The Sean Mannion offense was a major focus of the Eagles’ pre-combine news conference. Here are 10 things we learned about the new scheme. – Inquirer
10) The new scheme probably won’t increase the likelihood that Brown wants to stay in Philly. Roseman will ultimately do what’s best for the team even if Brown no longer wants to be an Eagle. Brown has expressed his love for Philly, but that doesn’t necessarily mean he wants to return if the passing game is going to remain secondary. Brown could envision a scenario in which the Shanahan-McVay scheme improves Hurts as a thrower and gives the receiver opportunities to use his skills after the catch. But if the run game remains the focus, he may not get the targets he desires. Replacing Brown wouldn’t be easy, even if receiver DeVonta Smith has a more prominent role. The free-agent market is light at the position. And while the draft is said to be deep, there are few Day 1 starters at receiver. The Eagles also have other needs.
Ranking Eagles offseason positions of need – BGN
2) Wide receiver. If A.J. Brown is traded, you could make the argument receiver would be the No. 1 position for the Eagles to address. The arguments for and against trading Brown have been well documented, and given the cap hit the Eagles would endure should he be traded, even after June 1, it’s not a slam dunk he leaves Philly. But I would say the odds are greater than not he is moved, so the Eagles should probably enter free agency and the draft with only DeVonta Smith guaranteed to be a part of the roster next year.
Nick Sirianni speaks: Sean Mannion hire, Jeff Stoutland’s exit, new offensive scheme – The Athletic
The lack of play-calling experience might have been the biggest surprise in the decision to hire Mannion, but Sirianni saw other characteristics that mattered more than the resume as a play caller. The Eagles’ initial list of candidates included former head coaches Mike McDaniel and Brian Daboll. When those coaches went elsewhere and the Eagles conducted an earnest search, Sirianni did not consider play-calling experience as a requirement. It was during that period when he warmed to Mannion, whose vision for the offense and conviction in that vision mattered to Sirianni. “I went into it too (with that thought): I’m like, I’d like for somebody to have some of the experience that’s done this,” Sirianni said. “And you know what? Obviously, Sean has not had experience calling the plays, but that, to me, was second. We got into it, and that kind of changed. I’m like, ‘No, this is the best guy for the job.’ I was really looking for — regardless of what system or experience or whatever you’re saying — what I was really looking for was, hey, the detail in which everything was explained to me, because the detail is so, so critical. Conviction on what they believed and why they believed in it, and the vision and conviction of that, how they went about it. OK, you haven’t called plays, but how do you go about thinking about calling plays in this particular area? The vision for the offense, the vision and the conviction for how you would call it, and all those things as you go through, throughout it, became relevant that (it was) apparent Sean was the guy for the job.”
Eagles GM Howie Roseman shares a detailed look at what to expect this offseason – NBCSP
“Can we keep all our guys considering we have, for example, a lot of key defensive players coming off rookie deals in the next few years? No, we are going to have to make choices. For us to sign them, that’s gonna limit some flexibility with outside players. So then you combine that with the fact that teams, because there’s more cap room, because the cap has gone up, teams have done a great job of signing their own players. And so you can just shuffle deck chairs, right, and just say, ‘Hey, I’m gonna trade out this guy because he’s not ours,’ and maybe it’s a better PR move that, ‘Hey, we’re active, look they signed this guy,’ but that means we’re gonna have to get rid of one of our own guys, you know, and so everything we do at this point is a trade-off. If we do this, we’re gonna have to get rid of that.
Eagles’ Nick Sirianni fires back after legendary coach’s exit: ‘Stout got to where he was’ – NJ.com
“He has been such a huge important piece of the puzzle of what we’ve done here, not just in my time, but obviously prior to me being here,” Sirianni said. “But I can only speak about the time I’ve been here. And so obviously we wanted him to stay and be involved in this — I’m not gonna say rebuild, but this reclassification or however you want to say (it). Then, at the end of the day, Stout got to where he was. ”I obviously wish him the best and I’m going to deeply miss him because he’s done so many things that have helped throughout his time here.” Eagles general manager Howie Roseman knows that without Stoutland, the Eagles wouldn’t have developed as many high-caliber offensive linemen.
Spadaro: What will the Eagles’ 2026 offense look like? – PhiladelphiaEagles.com
And, said Sirianni, the offense will also run some of the same concepts it used during the course of Sirianni’s highly successful time in Philadelphia. All ideas are being considered as the offensive coaching staff works together to return the attack to one of the very, very best in the NFL in 2026. “I think we talked about this with Kellen (Moore, offensive coordinator in the 2024 season) when he came in,” Sirianni said. “Were we running Kellen’s system? Yeah, but we would have been crazy not to run some of the things that we’ve been successful with in the past and that’s one exercise that’s been fun just to go through, like, hey, who were we in the past five years? Why were we super-successful? “Obviously, this past year, we were as low as we’ve been on offense. Why have we been super-successful against certain types of defenses and there is a lot of uniqueness to what we have done that mixing it in and sprinkling that into another type of system. It’s ever evolving. We’re going to work into this system, but you may say, ‘I wanted to be an outside zone (running) team, but it looks like we’re going to be more of a gap team.’ Or vice versa. Or you could say, ‘I wanted to be more play-action, but it looks like we’re going to be more nakeds and move the pocket and things like that.’
Top 101 NFL free agents of 2026: Who are the best players available? – NFL.com
3) Jaelan Phillips. No NFL player made himself more money in 2025. After dealing with devastating injuries in back-to-back seasons, Phillips was excellent in Miami, then helped transform the Eagles defense with his complete arsenal. His best should still be ahead of him.
NFL Top 100 free agents 2026: George Pickens tops the list – PFT
16) Eagles linebacker Nakobe Dean. 27) Eagles edge rusher Jaelen Phillips. 49) Eagles tight end Dallas Goedert. 92) Eagles safety Reed Blankenship.
Animal Lovers Race to Protect Bald Eagle Couple’s Nesting Grounds from Nearby Development as $10M Deadline Nears – People.com
A decades-long battle to protect the nesting and foraging grounds of Big Bear’s famous bald eagle pair, Jackie and Shadow, has reached what conservationists are calling its final chapter. In a social media post shared Thursday, Feb. 19, Friends of Big Bear Valley (FOBBV) urged supporters to help them raise $10 million to purchase and permanently preserve a 63-acre stretch of North Shore lakefront known as Moon Camp, located in Fawnskin, Calif. The land is currently slated for a luxury housing subdivision and marina. “This undisturbed land is on the North Shore and is less than one mile from Jackie and Shadow’s nest,” the group wrote in the post about the housing development. “It is where they perch and forage for food. It is also home to a rare and endangered plant species.”
Rams announce 2026 coaching staff – Turf Show Times
There have been several changes and additions to the Rams coaching staff. Kingsbury was officially announced as the Assistant Head Coach and is joined by Robert Woods, Robert Wright, Michael Hunter, Brian Johnson, Bubba Ventrone, and Kyle Hoke as new hires on the staff. Woods joins the Rams as an assistant wide receivers coach after recently retiring. Brian Johnson was the offensive coordinator for the Philadelphia Eagles two years ago and will join the Rams as a Senior Offensive Assistant.
Hard to hate on Javonte Williams’ new deal with Cowboys – Blogging The Boys
Again, if you only want Cowboys RBs to make $5 million or less for the rest of time, then this deal probably doesn’t make you happy. But when you look at the grand scheme of the salary cap, how Williams performed last year, and what he actually got compared to his peers, it’s hard not to applaud the work of Dallas’ front office on this one. We’ll see how Williams does after getting paid and as the years and miles add up, but at least it’s one 2026 offseason question that has been firmly answered.
Washington Commanders Free Agency: Andrew Wylie re-signs for two years – Hogs Haven
The Washington Commanders have signed another pending free agent before the new league year starts next month. Andrew Wylie is a versatile, veteran offensive lineman, and he’s coming back on a two-year, $7.5 million deal that could go up to $10.5 million with incentives. Wylie has been with Washington since 2023, and has played several positions on the offensive line. Last season he replaced Nick Allegretti at right guard in Week 3. He has also been the team’s starting right tackle. Wylie reworked his contract to stay with the team last year, and is now back on a new deal.
NFL Draft 2026: Takeaways from Daniel Jeremiah’s top 50 prospects – Big Blue View
Where are the guards? If Jeremiah is correct, we won’t see many interior offensive linemen drafted in the first two rounds. He only has one pure guard in his Top 50, Penn State’s Vega Ioane at 11th. Ioane is followed immediately by Francis Mauigoa (M-ow-ee-know-ah), the first offensive tackle on the board. That is, of course, if Mauigoa plays tackle in the NFL. There’s some concern as to whether he has the lateral agility to match up with NFL pass rushers at tackle and guard might be his best position in the Pros. So it’s possible that if the Giants come into the draft needing a right guard, they would either be forced to reach for one at fifth or 37th, or hope a starting caliber guard falls to 105th overall (barring a trade, of course). The potential good news for the Giants is that the middle rounds could have some immediate starters in Gennings Dunker (Iowa), Chase Bisontis (Texas A&M), Emmanuel Pregnon (Oregon), Keylan Rutledge (Georgia Tech), and Billy Schrauth (Notre Dame).
Franchise tag tracker for NFL 2026 offseason – SB Nation
The road to Super Bowl LXI begins in earnest this week. While the eyes of the NFL world will be on the prospects in Indianapolis for the 2026 Scouting Combine, decisions that will impact the road to next year’s title game will be made in meeting rooms away from the bright lights of Lucas Oil Stadium. Those decisions include what teams are going to utilize the franchise tag, given the fact that the window to use that designation has already opened. With that in mind, we’re tracking all the players who have received tags this offseason. For more on how the tags work — and players that could receive the tag — we have you covered here.
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