The Eagles are still waiting on Jonathan Greenard, and Vic Fangio isn’t pretending otherwise.
Philadelphia’s new edge rusher has a real chance to suit up in Week 3 against the Chicago Bears, but the team is not expecting him to jump right back into a full-time role after missing training camp and the first two games with a pectoral injury.
“Yeah, he’s definitely not ready for a full workload,” Fangio told reporters at the Jefferson Health Training Complex. “He’s not only coming off inactivity, he’s coming off an injury.
And his injury for a good bit, the first four to six, seven weeks, he really couldn’t do a whole lot of conditioning-wise either. He’s nowhere near ready for a full load.”
That caution fits the moment for Greenard, who arrived with big expectations after Philadelphia gave him a four-year, $100-million contract extension and sent two third-round picks to get him on draft night. The Eagles brought him in to be a difference-maker, and they still believe he can become one. They just aren’t rushing the process.
Greenard’s resume explains why the hope remains high. He was one of the league’s best pass rushers with the Minnesota Vikings, piling up 12 sacks in 2024 and 12.5 sacks in 2023.
But last season was a different story. A shoulder injury limited him to 12 games, and he finished with three sacks.
For now, Philadelphia is focused on getting him healthy and built back up before asking him to carry much of the load. Once he’s there, the Eagles believe he can help lead a young pass rush and give the defense the kind of sack production it needs to look like a Super Bowl-caliber unit again.
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