Eagles Oc Update: New Candidate Highlights More Open-minded Approach

PHILADELPHIA - With nan much high-profile candidates crossing Philadelphia disconnected their respective lists, nan Eagles’ OC hunt reached Day No. 9 Thursday pinch an absorbing caller sanction added to nan imaginable in-pile: Chicago Bears violative coordinator Declan Doyle.

Multiple reports indicated that Philadelphia is requesting to question and reply nan 29-year-old whiz kid who has quickly risen nan NFL ranks aft sitting nether nan learning trees of 2 of nan champion successful nan business, Sean Payton and Ben Johnson.

With nan hunt dragging on, nan Eagles person opened up nan campaigner database aft erstwhile imaginable options for illustration Mike McDaniel, Brian Daboll, and Zac Robinson either landed elsewhere aliases dropped retired of consideration.

Doyle is absorbing because of his property and inexperience. One of nan knocks connected deposed OC Kevin Patullo was his inexperience pinch play-calling. and nan emblematic pendulum effect successful NFL coaching would constituent to a seasoned play-caller arsenic nan successor.

The Osmosis Candidate?

Doyle, who started his coaching profession arsenic an violative adjunct for Payton successful New Orleans from 2019-2022, followed nan existent Broncos coach to Denver, while snaring his first positional duty arsenic nan tight ends coach successful 2023-2024.

Doyle’s activity caught nan oculus of Ben Johnson, who brought nan young coach complete to nan Bears arsenic his OC successful 2025 erstwhile Chicago won nan reliable NFC North and gave nan talented Los Angeles Rams each they could grip successful nan divisional information earlier succumbing successful overtime.

Many see Johnson to beryllium 1 of nan champion play-designers and play-callers successful nan NFL, while Payton has been connected that database for galore years, truthful you tin understand really intriguing Doyle mightiness be.

It’s speculative, however, that Doyle will beryllium a awesome play-caller based connected his proximity to proven commodities.

By being forced to move to contingencies, nan metallic lining of nan Eagles’ hunt is much of a willingness to beryllium open-minded and see out-of-the-box options.

The hunt has reached an existent fact-finding shape alternatively than a recruitment process of perceived apical contenders McDaniel and Daboll.

Philadelphia is nan only squad pinch an existing caput coach (Nick Sirianni) that is still searching for an OC aft Tampa Bay reportedly hired Robinson. 

The different 4 teams staying dependable astatine caput coach and making a move astatine nan 2nd level are nan Detroit Lions, who went pinch erstwhile Arizona OC Drew Petzing, nan LA Chargers (McDaniel), nan Kansas City Chiefs, who brought backmost Eric Bieniemy from Chicago, and Washington, who elevated erstwhile NFL backup backmost David Blough. 

The title has been reliable pinch 10 head-coach openings successful this process, meaning 10 much OC decisions.

Miami and Tennessee person hired Jeff Hafley and Robert Saleh arsenic caput coaches, respectively. Hafley hasn’t made a determination astatine OC yet while Saleh is readying connected bringing aboard Daboll if nan second doesn’t get nan large chair successful Buffalo. 

New Giants caput coach John Harbaugh will reportedly prosecute Todd Monken arsenic OC pinch some making nan move from Baltimore, and Atlanta’s caller coach, Kevin Stefanski, will beryllium bringing on Tommy Rees from Cleveland.

To date, nan Eagles person interviewed Robinson, erstwhile Giants interim caput coach and OC Mike Kafka, Indianapolis OC Jim Bob Cooter, erstwhile Tampa Bay OC Josh Grizzard, Daboll, and erstwhile Chicago caput coach and Kansas City OC Matt Nagy. 

They besides had an informal chat pinch McDaniel.

Of that group, Kafka, Cooter, Grizzard and Nagy are still successful play.

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