PHILADELPHIA - The Eagles are set to open the 2026 season with a starting offensive line that stacks up with anyone in football: Jordan Mailata, Landon Dickerson, Cam Jurgens, Tyler Steen, and Lane Johnson from left to right.
That’s the good news. The concern sits just behind them.
With Johnson entering his 14th season at age 36, and with Pro Bowl regulars Dickerson and Jurgens carrying significant injuries and persistent pain in recent years, Philadelphia needs some of its younger linemen to start showing real progress before the season gets rolling later this month at training camp.
The front office gave itself plenty of chances to find answers. In the 2025 NFL Draft, the Eagles loaded up on Day 3 with fifth-round interior lineman Drew Kendall and sixth-round tackles Myles Hinton and Cameron Williams.
Then came two more interior additions: Willie Lampkin, claimed off waivers from the Los Angeles Rams, and Jake Majors, a longtime former Texas starting OC. Undrafted OT Hollin Pierce, who spent most of last season on the practice squad, rounds out the group.
In all, Howie Roseman added six more swings as the baton in the offensive line room moves from Jeff Stoutland to Chris Kuper.
Recent minicamp and OTA work, as noted by Philadelphia Eagles On SI, offered a clearer look at where those players stand.
Kendall and Hinton made the most noticeable gains. Both got second-team reps at OG, a sign that the Eagles are testing whether they can handle more than one spot.
Kendall, the son of longtime NFL guard Pete Kendall, looked like a player being groomed as a possible game-day interior backup. A first-team All-ACC center as a senior at Boston College, he was also cross-trained at guard, though an undisclosed injury interrupted that process.
Hinton, a natural tackle with NFL bloodlines through former All-Pro OT Chris Hinton, also saw time at OG with the second unit as the Eagles evaluated whether his versatility can translate.
Majors spent much of the spring as the backup OC, while Lampkin, despite his size, also got work there.
Williams and Pierce were active in third-team drills, picking up valuable reps with the rest of the young group. But the arrival of third-round 2026 rookie OT Markel Bell makes their path more complicated.
Then, after spring work wrapped up, Philadelphia signed veteran backup OG Michael Jordan, a move that suggested the team wasn’t fully comfortable with the unproven depth it had on hand.
The Eagles don’t need every young lineman to hit at once. But they do need a few of them to earn the trust of Kuper and the coaching staff, and they’d be better off if that happens this season.
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