He is directly in the bloodlines of the quarterback – the pulse, the veins, the heartbeat. That is, essentially, the job description for Parks Frazier, the Eagles' quarterbacks coach after spending 2025 as the offensive passing game coordinator.
He is the direct contact for Jalen Hurts, Tanner McKee, Andy Dalton and Cole Payton, the four men who are, together, the Eagles' quarterback room.
"From the quarterback perspective, again, it's just trying to take one of the hardest positions in sports and make it as simple as possible," Frazier said. "So you try to chunk things together. You try to make it where guys can play fast even though there's a lot going on. So that's been the biggest thing I learned from those guys is just, you know, you see it from the outside and you see all the motions, you see all the different plays, but how do you take that and you package it together to make it simple for the quarterback on the player, so they can go out there and play fast?"
Play fast. Play with purpose. Make the right decisions using great fundamentals. Frazier spent the spring furthering his relationships with Hurts and McKee, and also building trust and the foundation with Dalton and Payton.
The next step is Training Camp and what that brings: More intensity, higher tempo and an uptick in performance with the new offensive system and the regular season right around the corner. Hurts has been through multiple coordinators and quarterbacks coaches in his time as an Eagle, so this is nothing new, but the collective goal is to take him to a new level.
"We focus on where we're headed, not necessarily where things have been," Frazier said. "I've had the opportunity to work with a lot of different quarterbacks and seen a lot of different ways to do it. And so you just kind of focus on, 'okay, this is where we're going to head, this is how we're going to get there.' And then you work together to help with that.
"He is dedicated to winning and wants to do whatever it takes to win more than any quarterback that I've been around. He is phenomenal in the room, asks really good questions. Always wanted more. He's a sponge so he's been great."
Frazier is the conduit from Mannion to Hurts and McKee and Dalton and Payton. Frazier is the one refining all of it and helping the quarterbacks fit the system and the system fitting the quarterbacks. The spring was, by all accounts, a very smooth working process. Summer is here. Everything is coming quickly, and the goals are set day by day with a promise to keep an open mind. Success is all that matters, no matter how it comes about.
There is only one path to take – the win paved in victories. On the road to victory, after all, right? And there is Parks Frazier, arm in arm with his quarterbacks building success day by day.
