With new coaches come new systems, new terminology and, in many instances, new asks of players. A different demand of skillsets, if you will.
Eagles Executive Vice President/General Manager Howie Roseman understands all of the above, so as he digs into the final week of preparation for the 2026 NFL Draft, he has that in mind: The team has a new offensive coordinator in Sean Mannion, and with that any player he brings in via the Draft – and, for that matter, via free agency and all of the moves made to this point – must take into consideration what the new iteration of the Eagles offense requires of players.
How much? Roseman said the issue is relatively minor when it comes to, for example, offensive linemen.
"Certainly, there are tweaks when you have a new scheme and new coaches come in, but I think that we got a good system that fits the players and the people that we've brought in and so I'm excited about continuing to add," he said last week.
How much the new offensive structure differs from past schemes is something to watch when Training Camp and the preseason games begin, but it will be interesting to see how the NFL Draft weekend unfolds for the Eagles from that standpoint. Does height matter for wide receivers? Does body type mean much for the offensive line? At tight end, the Eagles have retained Dallas Goedert and Grant Calcaterra and added one player (Johnny Mundt) known as a top-level blocker and another (Stone Smartt) labeled as an athletic, pass-catching threat. How is that position to be understood?
Here are all 22 Eagles first round picks who made the Pro Bowl, from Davey O'Brien in 1939 to Quinyon Mitchell in 2024.

CB Quinyon Mitchell (2024 Draft)

DT Jalen Carter (2023)

QB Carson Wentz (2016)

T Lane Johnson (2013)

DT Fletcher Cox (2012)

DE Brandon Graham (2010)

G/T Shawn Andrews (2004)

DB Lito Sheppard (2002)

QB Donovan McNabb (1999)

T Tra Thomas (1998)

G/T Jermane Mayberry (1996)

TE Keith Jackson (1988)

DT Jerome Brown (1987)

WR Mike Quick (1982)

CB Roynell Young (1980)

LB Jerry Robinson (1979)

TE Charle Young (1973)

G/T Jerry Sisemore (1973)

LB/DE Tim Rossovich (1968)

T Bob Brown (1964)

LB/C Chuck Bednarik (1949)

QB Davey O'Brien (1939)
Maybe there isn't much to see here, but it is worth noting as the Eagles add players to an offense with a new coach at coordinator, passing game coordinator (Josh Grizzard), run game coordinator/tight ends (Ryan Mahaffey), and offensive line (Chris Kuper).
"We've been fortunate that all the coaches we brought in as coordinators have one thing in common: They want really good players," Roseman said. "When you hand them good players with a certain skillset, they're going to try to utilize that skillset in the best way possible to emphasize in the best way possible what the players do really well.
"That's no different with our current offensive coaches from the way it has been since I've been here. We've had change on our coaching staffs. That's what happens in the National Football League. You then coach those players up to give them their best chance of having success."
Said head coach Nick Sirianni, who has seen the Eagles' offense evolve during his highly successful tenure in Philadelphia: "As these guys get in here, our job is to develop them as coaches, put them in the right positions to succeed, but then ultimately help them get better fundamentally, help them learn the game better, help them get better situationally, and put all those things together within the strength staff, help them get stronger, help them get quicker, help them get in better shape, all those different things and provide them opportunity to be able to do that and our expertise to be able to do that. So regardless of the player that we bring in, age, whatever it may be, free agent, draft pick, undrafted free agent, we're going to work our butts off obviously to help them become better football players."
The goal is as it has always been: Keep adding talented players to the roster mix and then the coaches are tasked with developing the players and putting them in the best position to have success. Talent is the first identifier, and then it is on the coaching staff and the player himself to develop and have success within the scheme.
It has been that way forever in the game of football, and it isn't about to change now. Roseman is looking for talent to bring on board and give Mannion and defensive coordinator Vic Fangio more players to add to the mix in 2026.




















