Philadelphia Eagles 2026 NFL Draft Needs, Picks & Depth Chart

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Philadelphia Eagles Offense: Depth Chart, Analysis & Draft Needs

Rich Hribar breaks down the offensive depth chart by position for the Philadelphia Eagles, identifying areas where the team could improve in the upcoming 2026 NFL Draft.

Quarterback

1. Jalen Hurts
2. Tanner McKee
3. Andy Dalton

For as uneven as this offense was during the 2025 regular season, Jalen Hurts ended up throwing a career-high 25 touchdowns while matching his career-low interception rate (1.3%).

It's not as if Hurts was bad.

Most of the issues he and this offense had stemmed from a lack of consistency.

This offense looked suitable for stretches given the amount of talent they still have, but then went dormant for equally head-scratching periods.

The Eagles had two wins last season in which Hurts did not even complete a pass in the second half of the game.

Hurts ended up with a 42.5% success rate, his lowest as a starter.

The scheme under Kevin Patullo took a lot of flak for the lack of creativity.

Hurts had the lowest screen target rate of his career (5.3%), which was 28th in the league.

18.1% of his throws were hitch routes, the second-highest rate of his career and fifth in the league.

The Eagles used him less as a runner.

He did rush for 8 touchdowns, but it was his first season below double-digits as a starter.

Hurts averaged 3.3 designed runs per game, easily his lowest as a starter.

From 2021 to 2024, Hurts averaged 5.2, 6.7, 5.8, and 6.0 designed runs per game.

He scrambled on a career-low 7.6% of his dropbacks.

Patullo is out as offensive coordinator, with Sean Mannion getting his first shot as a play caller.

Mannion comes over from serving as the offensive assistant and quarterbacks coach with Green Bay and Matt LaFleur.

Since Shane Steichen left after 2022, the Eagles have had a new offensive coordinator every season.

This will be the sixth different play caller that Hurts has had in the NFL.

In college, Hurts had four different play callers.

Hurts is still only turning 28 this August with two Super Bowl trips on his resume.

He is under contract through 2028, carrying cap hits of $31.9 million (10.6% of the cap), $42.1 million, and $42 million (13%) in the next three seasons, with more dead money than salary in each.

If the Eagles do eventually look to turn the page, the most feasible window would be after the 2027 season.

Tanner McKee has circled trade rumors since last offseason, which may be part of why the Eagles acquired Andy Dalton.

But McKee remains on the roster before he is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent after the season.

Dalton will also be a free agent after the year.

Running Back

1. Saquon Barkley
2. Tank Bigsby
3. Will Shipley
4. Dameon Pierce
5. Carson Steele

Saquon Barkley may have produced the most disappointing 1,413-yard, 9-touchdown season in recent memory based on the expectations coming off a historic 2024 season.

Out of 49 running backs with 100-plus rushes, Barkley posted:

• 4.1 YPC (33rd)
• 45% success rate (39th)
• 10% rate of runs for 10 or more yards (25th)
• 24.3% rate of runs that failed to gain yards (47th)
• 17.1% rate of runs to gain a first down or touchdown (45th)
• 2.71 yards after contact per rush (38th)

A lot went wrong for this offense, paired with obvious regression taking hold after Barkley’s insane 2024 campaign.

The offensive line was banged up, and, as noted with Hurts, the offense overall was not dynamic.

After averaging 2.64 yards before contact per rush in 2024, Barkley averaged 1.36 yards before contact per rush last season.

That would have been his third-lowest rate during his Giants tenure.

When Barkley was not hit at or behind the line of scrimmage last year, he still averaged 6.6 yards per rush, which was in line with his career output before his outlier 2024 season, which was a perfect storm of explosive runs.

When those explosive runs did not come at the same rate as in 2024, the overall numbers dropped.

Barkley still had 5 touchdowns of 10 or more yards last season, but he once again lacked the usage near the end zone.

The “Tush Push” was not as successful in 2025 as in previous seasons, but that still impacted Barkley’s scoring output.

After only 6 carries from the one or two yard line in 2024, Barkley only had 4 carries from that area of the field last season.

Hurts had 8 of those attempts last season.

Barkley turned 29 this February.

He is under contract through 2028, with favorable cap hits of $9.9 million, $13 million, and $17.3 million over the remainder of his contract.

Tank Bigsby was a distant backup to Barkley in 2025, handling 61 touches for 376 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Bigsby is slated to become an unrestricted free agent after this year.

Will Shipley handled 23 touches for 105 yards over 15 games in his second season.

Wide Receiver

1. A.J. Brown
2. DeVonta Smith
3. Dontayvion Wicks
4. Marquise Brown
5. Darius Cooper
6. Elijah Moore
7. Quez Watkins
8. Britain Covey
9. Danny Gray
10. Johnny Wilson

There has been plenty of smoke surrounding a potential trade of A.J. Brown, but as of right now, he is a member of the Eagles.

Brown was part of the theme surrounding this offense in 2025.

He averaged 66.9 yards per game, his fewest in a season since 2021.

In his first three seasons with the Eagles, Brown posted 88.0, 85.6, and 83.0 receiving yards per game.

His 12.9 yards per catch were a career low.

For as mercurial he was through the media, and how down his counting stats were in bulk, Brown did close the season with a strong second half.

From Week 7 to Week 17, Brown accounted for 28.6% of the team’s targets (WR6), 36.7% of the air yards (WR11), and had 2.63 yards per route run (WR5).

He averaged 81.0 yards per game over that stretch (WR8).

Brown will turn 29 this June.

Part of the hangup in trading Brown is that any deal right now will run the Eagles $43.5 million in dead money and cost $20 million in overall cap space this year.

A post-June 1 trade would only be $16.4 million in dead money and end up saving the Eagles $7 million in cap space for 2026.

That is playing a significant role in any potential trade negotiations early this offseason, but the Eagles have acquired a few receivers, including Dontayvion Wicks and Marquise Brown.

They also lost Jahan Dotson in free agency, so there is a lot of reading between the lines about what will happen with Brown moving forward and whether he is on the roster when the dust settles and the season begins.

DeVonta Smith ended 2025 averaging 4.5 receptions and 59.3 yards per game, his lowest rates since his rookie season in 2021.

After scoring 7 or more touchdowns in each of the previous three seasons, Smith only found the end zone 4 times last season.

That aligns with what we have covered about this offense, but, like Brown, Smith’s underlying profile was still solid.

Over that same stretch that we covered with Brown to close the year from Week 7 to Week 17, Smith accounted for 27.8% of the targets (WR8), 37.6% of the air yards (WR8), and still posted 2.07 yards per route run (WR21).

He only had 4 touchdowns, but Smith was a bit unlucky as he had more end zone targets (8) than Brown (5).

Should Brown be moved, Smith would step into a leading role as a WR1.

Since Brown joined the team in 2022, Smith has run 205 pass routes with Brown off the field.

He has been targeted on 28.8% of those routes (36.9% of the team targets) with 2.36 yards per route run.

Any trade of Brown makes wide receiver more of a need, even with the additions the Eagles have made this offseason.

Over three seasons with the Packers, Wicks reeled in 108 receptions for 1,328 yards and 11 touchdowns.

Wicks has been a target earner whenever he has gotten playing time.

Over the past three seasons, Wicks has been targeted on 22.3% of his routes, which ranks as the WR38.

The hangup is that he has been on the field for only 47.4% of dropbacks.

Wicks takes some heat for drops, but that was really only in one of his three seasons.

He dropped 8 passes (10.5% of his targets) in 2024, but he only had 2 drops as a rookie (3.4%) and 3 drops last season (6.5%).

Marquise Brown has never been able to recapture his early-career success.

Brown is coming off 587 yards and 5 touchdowns on 49 receptions with the Chiefs last season.

Tight End

1. Dallas Goedert
2. Grant Calcaterra
3. Johnny Mundt
4. Cameron Latu
5. Stone Smartt
6. EJ Jenkins
7. Jaheim Bell

Sticking with the theme, Dallas Goedert averaged 4.0 receptions (his fewest since 2021) and 39.4 yards (his fewest since 2019) per game in 2025 with a career-low 9.9 yards per catch.

That is in line with what we have touched on with this offense, but Goedert did have a massive spike in the scoring department, catching a career-high 11 touchdowns.

Goedert only had 15 targets in the red zone, but 10 of them were touchdowns.

The Eagles adopted their own passing version of the “Tush Push,” with Goedert scoring on several variations of the shovel pass.

Goedert had a 27.8% target share for the Eagles in the red zone (TE4) compared to a 15.3% share outside of the red zone (TE9).

There were early offseason whispers that Goedert was potentially on his way out with the organization, but the two sides agreed to keep him for at least one more season.

Goedert turned 31 this January and is not signed for 2027.

That should leave the Eagles in play to grab a tight end in this class.

Behind Goedert, this unit lacks a receiving threat.

Grant Calcaterra has only been targeted on 11.8% of his routes (314 routes) with Goedert off the field the past two seasons.

The Eagles also have no contractual depth at tight end.

Jaheim Bell and E.J. Jenkins are the only tight ends on the roster signed for 2027.

Offensive Line

LT: Jordan Mailata, Myles Hinton, John Ojukwu
LG: Landon Dickerson, Willie Lampkin
C: Cam Jurgens, Drew Kendall, Jake Majors
RG: Tyler Steen, Hollin Pierce
RT: Lane Johnson, Fred Johnson, Cameron Williams

The Philadelphia offensive line was less dominant in 2025 than in previous seasons.

They ended the year ranking 17th in ESPN’s pass block win rate (64%) and 16th in run block win rate (71%).

Their starting offensive line played 41.9% of the offensive snaps together last year.

Tyler Steen was the only lineman to play in all 18 games.

Cam Jurgens (three games missed), Landon Dickerson (two), and Lane Johnson (8 games) all missed multiple weeks over the season.

Jordan Mailata turned 29 this March and is signed through 2028.

Jurgens (27 this August) and Dickerson (28 in September) are still under 30, with multiple years remaining on their contracts.

Still, each spent time this offseason getting stem cell treatment to help deal with injuries they suffered last year.

Dickerson confirmed he is returning, but there were rumors he was mulling retirement after the injuries he suffered over the past two seasons, which he pushed through.

Johnson will be 36 this May, having missed the second half of the year with a Lisfranc injury.

His age, injury, and the team's performance with him off the field last year should push the Eagles to consider lining up his inevitable replacement.

Steen is also a pending unrestricted free agent after this season, after being the only lineman to play in every game last year.

Philadelphia Eagles Defense: Depth Chart, Analysis & Draft Needs

Raymond Summerlin breaks down the defensive depth chart by position for the Philadelphia Eagles, identifying areas where the team could improve in the upcoming 2026 NFL Draft.

Defensive Line

1. Jalen Carter
2. Jordan Davis
3. Moro Ojomo
4. Ty Robinson
5. Byron Young
6. Gabe Hall
7. Ta’Quon Graham

The Eagles allowed 4.2 yards per carry to running backs (12th) last season, but they ranked 28th in negative run forced rate.

Philly signed Jordan Davis to a long-term extension this offseason, and they are almost certainly going to pick up Jalen Carter’s fifth-year option.

That keeps their top two along the line under contract through at least 2027.

Carter was limited to just 11 games last season, and he was not at his best even when on the field.

Davis played the most snaps of his career (686), producing the ninth-most run stuffs among defensive linemen (13) and 4.5 sacks.

Moro Ojomo showed flashes with a 12.2% pressure rate in 2024, and he got home on those pressures more in 2025, finishing with 6 sacks.

Those three give the Eagles a very good rotation, and they have Ty Robinson and Byron Young as depth options.

The Eagles are set along the defensive line.

Edge Defenders

1. Jalyx Hunt
2. Nolan Smith Jr.
3. Arnold Ebiketie
4. Joe Tryon-Shoyinka
5. Jose Ramirez

Philly finished fifth in pressure rate (40.1%) but lagged behind a bit with 42 sacks (12th).

Jaelan Phillips was a big but expected departure this offseason that the Eagles have yet to truly replace.

A third-round pick in 2024, Jalyx Hunt took a step forward in his second season, finishing 10th among qualified pass rushers with a 16.9% pressure rate.

He only ended up with 6.5 sacks, but that pressure rate points to better success in the future.

Nolan Smith had a similar problem in his 12 active games, getting just 3 sacks but posting a 15.4% pressure rate.

While they are not replacements for Phillips, the Eagles added Arnold Ebiketie and Joe Tryon-Shoyinka in free agency.

Ebiketie has never recorded more than 6 sacks in a season, but he has a solid career 12.6% pressure rate.

He could end up being a good value signing on a one-year deal.

Even if Ebiketie steps up, though, the Eagles need to spend an early pick on a pass rusher.

Linebacker

1. Zack Baun
2. Jihaad Campbell
3. Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
4. Smael Mondon Jr.
5. Chance Campbell
6. Chandler Martin

The Eagles lost Nakobe Dean in free agency, but they prepared for that future by signing Zack Baun to an extension and drafting Jihaad Campbell in the first round last year.

Baun remained one of the best linebackers in the league last season, and he has allowed just 4.9 yards per target in coverage over his two seasons with the Eagles.

Campbell played 710 snaps as a rookie, also playing well in coverage despite a shoulder injury that required offseason surgery.

That injury is a concern because there is not much experienced depth behind those two, with 2024 fifth-round pick Jeremiah Trotter and 2025 fifth-round pick Smael Mondon next up on the depth chart.

Trotter has played well on a very small sample thus far in his career, including a start in Week 18 last year.

As long as Campbell is fine, the Eagles are in a good spot at linebacker.

Cornerback

1. Quinyon Mitchell
2. Cooper DeJean
3. Riq Woolen
4. Kelee Ringo
5. Jakorian Bennett
6. Jonathan Jones
7. Tariq Castro-FIelds
8. Mac McWilliams
9. Ambry Thomas

The Eagles allowed just 6.4 yards per attempt (5th) last season, finishing ninth in EPA allowed per pass attempt.

The defense had some trouble finding a good No. 3 option last year, but their young duo of Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean continued their outstanding play.

Both are under contract for two more years, and the Eagles can pick up Mitchell’s fifth-year option for 2028.

The Eagles made a move to shore up that No. 3 spot in free agency, signing Riq Woolen to a surprisingly team-friendly one-year deal.

Woolen has put up great overall coverage numbers in his career, but he is prone to high-profile mistakes, which could have hurt his market.

He will get a chance to rehab his value in a great defensive system.

The Eagles also added Jonathan Jones, and they bring back both Kelee Ringo and Jakorian Bennett as depth.

With Michael Carter (listed below with the safeties) also able to help out at cornerback, there are no real concerns with this unit.

Safety

1. Andrew Mukuba
2. Michael Carter II
3. Marcus Epps
4. J.T. Gray
5. Andre’ Sam
6. Brandon Johnson

The Eagles had an offseason shake up at safety with Reed Blankenship leaving in free agency and Sydney Brown getting traded to the Falcons.

2025 second-round pick Andrew Mukuba is back after playing 672 snaps across 11 games as a rookie.

He should take one of the starting spots.

Michael Carter re-signed on a small deal in free agency.

Nominally a corner, offseason reports suggest the Eagles will give Carter a real shot to earn a role at safety.

Shortly after trading away Brown, the Eagles re-signed Marcus Epps and added J.T. Gray.

Epps does have starting experience, including 17 games for the Eagles in 2022, so he is another option next to Mukuba.

The Eagles might be able to get what they want out of Carter, Epps, or some combination of the two, but spending some draft capital at safety makes sense.

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