The Philadelphia Eagles are turning the page once again on offense, and this time, it’s Sean Mannion holding the pen. The team announced Thursday that Mannion, most recently the quarterbacks coach for the Green Bay Packers, will step in as their new offensive coordinator - making him the seventh play-caller Jalen Hurts has worked with in as many NFL seasons.
It’s a rapid rise for Mannion, who just wrapped up his second year coaching in the league. After serving as an offensive assistant in 2024, he took over quarterback duties in Green Bay last season.
Before that, Mannion spent nearly a decade in the NFL as a backup quarterback, logging 14 appearances and three starts after being drafted in the third round by the St. Louis Rams back in 2015.
Despite the limited playing time, Mannion’s years in quarterback rooms across the league gave him a front-row seat to how different systems operate - and that experience clearly resonated with Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni.
“I’m thrilled to have Sean Mannion on board,” Sirianni said in a statement. “Throughout this process, I wanted to keep an open mind about the future of our offense.
We spoke with a lot of great candidates - some with years of play-calling experience, others who were young and on the rise. Sean stood out.”
Sirianni praised Mannion’s strategic approach and his “systematic views on offensive football,” noting that his 11 years in the league have shaped him into a coach with a deep understanding of the game. Mannion now steps into a high-pressure role, inheriting an offense that’s struggled to find consistency despite its talent - and one that desperately needs to rediscover its identity.
For Hurts, the revolving door at offensive coordinator is nothing new. Since becoming the Eagles’ full-time starter, he’s had to adjust to a new voice in his headset nearly every season.
Sirianni initially called the plays himself in Hurts’ first year under center, but with the team stumbling to a 3-6 start, he handed the reins to then-OC Shane Steichen. That move sparked a turnaround, and the Eagles surged into the playoffs.
Steichen remained the play-caller through 2022, when the Eagles went 14-3 and made a run all the way to the Super Bowl. But after that season, he took the head coaching job with the Colts.
Brian Johnson took over in 2023, and while the Eagles started hot at 10-1, they collapsed down the stretch, winning just one of their final seven games. Johnson was out.
Then came Kellen Moore in 2024, and the Eagles’ offense exploded. They not only went 14-3 in the regular season but also set an NFL postseason scoring record with 145 points en route to a Super Bowl title.
Moore parlayed that success into a head coaching gig in New Orleans, and Kevin Patullo was promoted to fill the void. But the offense regressed in 2025, falling from 7th to 19th in scoring and from 8th to 24th in total yardage.
Patullo was let go earlier this month.
Now it’s Mannion’s turn to try and steady the ship.
If anyone understands the challenge of adapting to new play-callers, it’s Jalen Hurts. Even before his NFL days, the quarterback was no stranger to offensive turnover.
At Alabama, he had Lane Kiffin calling plays during his breakout freshman year - until Kiffin left for a head coaching job before the national championship game. Steve Sarkisian stepped in for that game, a 35-31 loss to Clemson.
The following season, Brian Daboll took the reins as offensive coordinator, and Alabama won a national title in overtime against Georgia. Daboll then left for the Buffalo Bills.
In 2018, Mike Locksley took over, and after the season, he too departed - this time to become the head coach at Maryland. Hurts, having lost the starting job to Tua Tagovailoa, transferred to Oklahoma.
At OU, Hurts found stability under Lincoln Riley and delivered a stellar 2019 season, leading the Sooners to the College Football Playoff and finishing second in Heisman voting.
So while this marks yet another transition for Hurts, it’s also familiar territory. He’s navigated these waters before - and thrived. The question now is whether Mannion, with his fresh perspective and quarterback-first background, can bring the kind of cohesion and creativity this Eagles offense needs to get back to championship form.
There’s no shortage of talent in Philly. But in a league that demands constant evolution, the Mannion-Hurts partnership will be under the microscope from day one.