The Eagles are heading into their Week 3 Monday Night Football matchup with the Bears carrying more questions than answers after two uneven weeks. Philadelphia has gotten too many quiet, shaky, or flat-out damaging performances from players who were supposed to help stabilize things, and that leaves the coaching staff with a hard conversation: who actually deserves to keep seeing the field?
A few names stand out as players who have looked far closer to problems than solutions so far in the 2026 season.
Marcus Epps has been one of the clearest examples. The safety has already missed three tackles, and his work in coverage has turned into a concern after he’s allowed a passer rating of 118.8.
Through two games, he has only nine tackles, and the performance against the Titans in Week 2 was enough to raise real alarms. Kenny Moore was brought in for a reason, and the Eagles can’t keep rolling Epps out there if he keeps playing like that.
Cam Jurgens is in a tougher spot, because the Eagles have asked him to handle left guard for the first time in his career. Still, the issues started even before that switch.
In Week 1, he was flagged for two penalties at center, and this season he has given up three pressures, one quarterback hit, and one sack. He’s a two-time Pro Bowl center, but the version of Jurgens Eagles fans saw in 2024 hasn’t shown up, and the current setup may be asking too much.
It might make sense to move him back to center or sit him down until Landon Dickerson returns and the line can be reshuffled.
Arnold Ebiketie was supposed to be a useful offseason addition on the edge, but through 43 total snaps, there hasn’t been much to point to. He has three tackles, but no pressures and no hurries. That’s the problem: the Eagles added him expecting some juice as a young pass rusher, especially after what he showed with the Atlanta Falcons, and instead he has been almost invisible.
Makai Lemon rounds out the list, and his case is different from the others because the talent is there. The issue is that it hasn’t translated into impact.
He caught a 14-yard pass against Tennessee and finished with -5 yards rushing, but beyond that, he hasn’t looked like a player the Eagles can lean on. If he isn’t helping on screen passes and isn’t trusted to run vertically, then the role itself starts to look shaky.
Darius Cooper has been more productive in the passing game, and that could force the Eagles to rethink how they’re using Lemon.
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