Overview
- This offseason the Eagles installed 34-year-old Sean Mannion as offensive coordinator and designated play-caller after firing Kevin Patullo following a disappointing 2025 offensive year.
- Mannion has two seasons of NFL coaching experience and has never called plays at the NFL level, having spent nine years as a backup quarterback and two years on the Packers’ coaching staff.
- Head coach Nick Sirianni and other staff members publicly defended the hire, citing Mannion’s work ethic and running scenario-based drills and ‘pop quiz’ sessions to prepare him for in-game decisions.
- The new offense is described by coaches as West Coast–influenced with more pre-snap motion, run-pass options and an emphasis on attacking the middle of the field.
- Training camp and the preseason are the clear tests for Mannion’s system and play-calling and his performance there will shape Jalen Hurts’s season, Sirianni’s standing and the team’s short-term contention hopes.