The Eagles’ biggest 2026 question is sitting right in front of them, and it has nothing to do with the shiny new era taking shape around the roster.
Philadelphia has already made some sweeping changes. A.J.
Brown is gone. The offensive coaching staff has been reshuffled, with first-time play caller Sean Mannion now leading the way.
Jeff Stoutland’s departure and Chris Kuper stepping in to run the offensive line only adds to the sense that this team is turning the page.
But the real issue might be whether the line that once powered everything can hold up long enough to matter.
ESPN’s Tim McManus pointed straight at the concern, and it starts with health. Cam Jurgens and Landon Dickerson both struggled through last season and spent part of this offseason in Colombia receiving stem cell treatment in hopes of getting back to form.
Lane Johnson missed the final eight games because of a Lisfranc injury, and both Johnson and Dickerson had recently considered retirement. When all of them are right, this group can still look special.
McManus pointed to 2024, when Saquon Barkley’s record-breaking season showed just how dominant the unit can be. But he also flagged the warning signs that suggest the line may be sliding.
That matters because the Eagles were not the same rushing team in 2025. Barkley dropped from 5.8 yards per carry in 2024 to 4.1 in 2025, and Philadelphia fell to 18th in the league with 116.9 rushing yards per game. For a team that usually lives near the top of the rushing charts, that was a clear step backward.
Injuries explain a lot of it, but they are not the whole story. The bigger problem may be what sits behind the starters.
If the five front-line linemen are healthy, the Eagles can still roll out four of the best players in the league at their positions. The trouble is what happens when one of them is not available, because depth was a real weakness last season.
Philadelphia had no real choice but to keep leaning on Jurgens and Dickerson even when neither looked fully healthy. Fred Johnson and Brett Toth gave the Eagles respectable snaps as starters, but they did not provide enough to steady the group. That pushed the front office to rethink the room this offseason.
Toth and Matt Pryor left in free agency, and the Eagles responded by drafting Markel Bell and Micah Morris in 2026. They also added Michael Jordan to the depth chart, which gives the unit a little more breathing room for now.
The encouraging part for Philadelphia is that Johnson and Dickerson stayed put after weighing retirement, and Jurgens got the help he needed for his back issues. Still, this is the kind of season that could shape the next chapter for the line. If the problems continue, the 2027 offseason could become a teardown instead of a tune-up.
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