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PHILADELPHIA — It’s still unclear whether the Eagles’ new offense will be successful this season.
The first two training camp practices were not a good test. Philadelphia’s offense has looked promising, but considering that both practices have been non contact, it’s hard to gauge how well the offense has performed.
But here’s what we have learned in the first two days: Philadelphia’s offensive players are confident new offensive coordinator Sean Mannion’s system will make the unit more dangerous and efficient, which is making the players feel upbeat.
That feeling did not exist last season. Philadelphia’s previous offensive scheme grew stale, which contributed to the firing of offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo.
Mannion’s offense has already implemented some helpful changes, according to several players.
“It’s very O-line friendly compared to some past years I have been involved in,” Eagles right tackle Lane Johnson said after Wednesday’s practice at the Jefferson Health Training Complex. “A lot of it is under center. As far as defenses being able to pick up on reads, I believe it’s more difficult. And for me, I always have a presence of a guard in pass protection, where I have inside help. I never had help in my entire career in pass protection here.”
On the other side of Johnson, Eagles left tackle Jordan Mailata is very happy with the direction of the offense.
“I agree,” Mailata said about the new scheme being easier than previous ones. “Stretching a defense a lot more than we did in the past. It’s not a knock to our past schemes or past coaches. It’s just we get to stress a defense. It kind of stresses them out a little more. They don’t know if it’s a pass or run. The play-action game being married is pretty key to the scheme. Yeah, it’s been fun so far.”
The Eagles’ 2025 offense became predictable.
Former Bears safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson, who previously played for the Eagles, insinuated that Philadelphia’s offense was easy to defend after Chicago’s win over Philadelphia in Week 14 last season.
Lane Johnson raised concerns about the offense’s ineffective play during the second month of the season. Those concerns were never corrected. The run and pass games both ranked in the bottom half of the league by the end of the season.
Entering a new season, the Eagles hope to solve last year’s on-field woes.
“What I like about this [scheme], though, is that everything looks very complex to the defense. To the offense, it’s pretty simplified,” Lane Johnson said. “So, obviously, we have to pick up on communication and cadence and stuff.”
Here’s how Mailata describes the nature of the offense: “It’s a little bit more aggressive than years past,” he said. “But it’s super fun seeing the defense tired, cause it’s a confusing part for them. We’re running left to the sideline and throwing the ball down the middle of the field. You’re engaging the D-line, and the more you can make it look like a run, the linebackers bite. So it frees up the middle of the field.”
The Eagles will run a wide-zone running scheme, which stretches defenders out of their gaps and creates cutback lanes for running backs.
“It is fun seeing now, understanding the concept of stretching the defense. You kind of ask yourself, like ‘Wow, offensive linemen have done this in the league for years? This is fun,’” Mailata said.
Learning the nuances has been a challenge, but the Eagles’ offensive starters have the skill sets to excel in this system, even though they have never run anything like this before.
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“Slight change with footwork,” Mailata said about the differences in blocking. “Instead of more laterally, you’re going across the line of scrimmage. ... Being more aggressive. Meeting them across the line instead of at the line. The hand placement technique is sort of the same, the landmarks. But yeah, the footwork is just a little change of detail.”
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