Eagles Howie Roseman Has Plenty Of Offensive Line Questions To Answer

Life comes astatine you accelerated successful nan NFL. Suddenly, an Eagles violative statement that was 1 of nan team’s top strengths successful 2 Super Bowl runs nan past 3 seasons looked aged and banged up this past season.

Everyone, isolated from for Tyler Steen and, to a lesser extent, Cam Jurgens, has played a batch of snaps since they sewage here. The extent was young, but possibly it showed capable that nan Eagles will beryllium OK pinch immoderate of it heading into 2026.

The large question, of course, is Johnson. He will play his 14th play if he decides to return astatine nan property of 36, coming disconnected a ft wounded that ne'er healed decently and costs him nan last 8 games of nan year. Johnson has played 10,805 regular-season snaps successful 13 years. That doesn’t count nan playoffs.

The remainder of nan O-line regular-season snaps break down this way:

Landon Dickerson: 4,883 snaps successful 5 years, much than 90 percent each year. He’s 27, but was plagued by injuries this season, though he battled done each of them and proved he is arsenic reliable arsenic they come. Can he return to his Pro Bowl form?

Jordan Mailata: 5,590 snaps successful six years. He didn’t play successful his first 2 seasons pinch nan team, truthful nan snaps aren’t arsenic precocious arsenic you mightiness think. He will beryllium 29 successful March, and has truthful overmuch going connected disconnected nan field, pinch his philharmonic talents 1 of those things, you wonderment really agelong he will play.

Jurgens: 2,558 successful 4 years. He only played 35 arsenic a rookie, but he ne'er looked rather correct aft offseason backmost surgery. He’s conscionable 26.

Steen: He was a first-time starter, truthful his snaps are comparatively low. He will move conscionable 26 successful June and was nan only personnel of nan statement this twelvemonth who started each game. Was his play bully capable to tally him backmost retired location successful 2026?

Eagles' O-Line Depth Was Mostly Unproven

As for nan depth, Fred Johnson and Brett Toth played good successful those roles, but location wasn’t overmuch serviceable aft either of them.

“Building extent is simply a portion of my job,” said wide head Howie Roseman. “It’s thing that I deliberation is incredibly important erstwhile you're talking astir our lines. You don't spell into a play reasoning that you're going to play 20 games and everyone's going to beryllium perfectly healthy.”

Roseman took 4 swings astatine O-line extent past offseason, drafting Drew Kendall, Myles Hinton, and Cameron Williams connected Day 3. He added Willie Lampkin aft nan undrafted rookie free supplier was released by nan Rams.

Only Kendall and Williams played snaps, but not many. Center Kendall sewage 89 and correct tackle Williams sewage 51, each of them successful Week 18’s crippled erstwhile nan Eagles utilized their backups against nan Washington Commanders. Kendall sewage 64 of his season’s snaps against nan Commanders that day.

“I thought he did great,” said Cam Jurgens of Kendall. “His first crippled retired location you tin person a batch of nerves and a batch of stuff, but I felt he went retired location and he played great, conscionable didn’t bat an eye. He went retired location and thought he handled nan crippled scheme good and went astir his business. I was really impressed by him.”

Williams, by each accounts, did well, too.

“It felt amazing,” said Williams of his playing clip successful Week 18. “It was really nosy and nan assurance booster I need, honestly.”

Roseman has to inquire himself 3 questions this twelvemonth astir his line:

First, is he assured capable successful nan extent to not adhd immoderate much early successful nan draft?

Second, is this nan twelvemonth – yet – that a replacement for Johnson is drafted successful nan first aliases 2nd rounds?

Third, did Steen do capable to return arsenic nan starter astatine correct guard?

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