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We are 12 days out from Day 1 of the NFL draft, and Philadelphia general manager Howie Roseman has swung the roster shaping pendulum toward the defense for 2026 and beyond. Nakobe Dean (Raiders), Reed Blankenship (Texans), Jaelan Phillips (Panthers), and Adoree' Jackson (free agency) have all departed. Marcus Epps is back, and the Birds added longtime veteran J.T. Gray to the backend after trading Sydney Brown. While there are new names to know, the bulk of a Super Bowl-caliber roster remains. Still, this roster isn't perfect, and there are plenty of pieces to be added.
The Eagles were active in free agency, adding several new faces to a roster coming off a Super Bowl championship. But which additions have the highest ceiling and the most potential to make an impact in 2026? We rank every Eagles free agent signing by the role they're expected to play and the difference they could make on a team looking to repeat.
2025 PFF grade: 59.8
NFL rank: 66th
Woolen possesses unmatched measurables for a cornerback as he's tall, athletic, physical, fast, and has top-flight ball skills. Woolen is 6-4 with long arms and ran a 4.26 in the 40-yard dash at the 2022 NFL Scouting Combine. Even more impressive, he produced the second-highest lockdown percentage (65%) in the NFL this past season.
2025 PFF grade: 74.9
NFL rank: 27th
The Falcons chose Arnold Ebiketie with the 38th overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft. Standing 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighing 250 pounds, this pass-rushing linebacker has recorded 16.5 sacks over the past four years in Atlanta. He has participated in 67 games, with only 12 starts. In 2024, he started only two games but still managed to log six sacks, 12 quarterback hits, and 64 tackles, 26 of which were solo. Despite limited snaps, Ebiketie's 74.9 overall grade was 28th out of 115 edge rushers in the NFL, while his 73.4 pass rusher grade was 30th in the NFL.
2025 PFF grade: 69.8
NFL rank: 51st
A former Ravens first-round pick, Brown caught 49 passes for 587 yards and five touchdowns last season and still separates from coverage. The Eagles will be Brown's third team in four seasons, having spent the last two seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs after achieving his only 1,000-yard receiving season with the Baltimore Ravens in 2021.
In seven NFL seasons since departing Oklahoma, Brown has 371 receptions for 4,322 yards and 33 touchdowns.
2025 PFF grade: 72.2
The pass rusher spent his first four seasons in Tampa with the Buccaneers. Last season with the Bears and Browns, Tryon-Shoyinka earned a 72.2 overall PFF defensive grade, and a pass-rush grade of 67.6, with a run-defense grade of 66.2. Tryon-Shoyinka generated 8 total pressures, 0 sacks, 6 hurries, and 2 QB hits. Against the run, he recorded 10 solo tackles.
2025 PFF grade: 62.9
Moore was elevated from the Broncos' practice squad for the AFC Championship Game after starting the year with the Bills before being cut by Buffalo in late November. Denver was the fourth stop of Moore's five-year NFL career, after the 25-year-old wideout previously had stints with the Jets, Browns, and Bills since entering the league as a second-round pick in 2021.
Before being cut by Buffalo, Moore had been active for nine of the team's first 11 games, logging nine catches for 112 yards and 17 targets while adding 24 yards and a touchdown on six carries.
2025 PFF grade: 59.6
NFL rank: 48th
Before joining the Jaguars, Mundt spent three seasons with the Vikings. Last season, he caught nine passes (on 19 targets) for 111 yards across 16 regular-season games in 2025, when he served mostly as a run blocker and backup to Brenton Strange.
2025 PFF grade: 56.0
In a reduced role behind Mason Taylor, Smartt caught seven of nine targets for 52 yards while appearing in 15 games for the Jets in the 2025 season.
Smartt played mostly on special teams and drew at least one target in only three of his 15 appearances for the Jets. He spent the previous three seasons with the Chargers and has just one touchdown catch in 53 regular-season NFL games.
2025 PFF grade: 55.0
Dalton has a year left on his current contract, and the move comes after Carolina GM Dan Morgan indicated that Dalton would have to compete for the backup job (behind Bryce Young) with a younger QB to be added through free agency or the draft. Dalton had just one start during four regular-season appearances with the Panthers in 2025, and the 38-year-old second-round pick by the Bengals in 2011 has 169 regular-season starts to his credit. He will be a huge addition for Jalen Hurts.
2025 PFF grade: 50.9
NFL rank: 100th
Jones, 32, has been in the NFL for ten seasons and has played 144 career games with 78 starts. Jones (5-9, 185) went undrafted and signed with the New England Patriots in 2016. Jones spent his first nine NFL seasons in New England before signing with Washington last offseason.
2025 PFF grade: 36.6
A fourth-round pick by the Texans in 2022 out of Florida, Pierce finished the 2025 campaign with Kansas City after spending his first three and a half seasons in Houston.
Pierce's most productive season came as a rookie when he rushed for 939 yards and four touchdowns in 13 games. He also added 30 receptions for 165 yards and a score.
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Undrafted out of Mississippi State in 2018, Gray was one of the Saints' longest-tenured players and a captain, and his release came as a surprise last summer. Gray, 30, is a three-time All-Pro and was a special teams Pro Bowler in 2021, but spent last season with the Bucs, Broncos, and Ravens.
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Martin, 23, was an undrafted rookie who appeared in three games for Baltimore in 2025 as a practice-squad elevation, with 34 snaps and five special-teams tackles, yet still offers enough potential for the Eagles to offer a two-year deal. He'll join a crowded linebacker group that includes Zack Baun and Jihaad Campbell, who are the unquestioned starters. With Campbell out until training camp, this battle will heat up early in the next few weeks ahead of the start of the off-season workout program.
This article originally appeared on Eagles Wire: Which Eagles free agent addition will have the most impact in 2026?
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The Eagles were active in free agency, adding several new faces to a roster coming off a Super Bowl championship. But which additions have the highest ceiling and the most potential to make an impact in 2026? We rank every Eagles free agent signing by the role they're expected to play and the difference they could make on a team looking to repeat.
Riq Woolen, CB
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2025 PFF grade: 59.8
NFL rank: 66th
Woolen possesses unmatched measurables for a cornerback as he's tall, athletic, physical, fast, and has top-flight ball skills. Woolen is 6-4 with long arms and ran a 4.26 in the 40-yard dash at the 2022 NFL Scouting Combine. Even more impressive, he produced the second-highest lockdown percentage (65%) in the NFL this past season.
Arnold Ebiketie, OLB
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2025 PFF grade: 74.9
NFL rank: 27th
The Falcons chose Arnold Ebiketie with the 38th overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft. Standing 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighing 250 pounds, this pass-rushing linebacker has recorded 16.5 sacks over the past four years in Atlanta. He has participated in 67 games, with only 12 starts. In 2024, he started only two games but still managed to log six sacks, 12 quarterback hits, and 64 tackles, 26 of which were solo. Despite limited snaps, Ebiketie's 74.9 overall grade was 28th out of 115 edge rushers in the NFL, while his 73.4 pass rusher grade was 30th in the NFL.
Hollywood Brown, WR
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2025 PFF grade: 69.8
NFL rank: 51st
A former Ravens first-round pick, Brown caught 49 passes for 587 yards and five touchdowns last season and still separates from coverage. The Eagles will be Brown's third team in four seasons, having spent the last two seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs after achieving his only 1,000-yard receiving season with the Baltimore Ravens in 2021.
In seven NFL seasons since departing Oklahoma, Brown has 371 receptions for 4,322 yards and 33 touchdowns.
Joe Tryon-Shoyinka
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2025 PFF grade: 72.2
The pass rusher spent his first four seasons in Tampa with the Buccaneers. Last season with the Bears and Browns, Tryon-Shoyinka earned a 72.2 overall PFF defensive grade, and a pass-rush grade of 67.6, with a run-defense grade of 66.2. Tryon-Shoyinka generated 8 total pressures, 0 sacks, 6 hurries, and 2 QB hits. Against the run, he recorded 10 solo tackles.
Elijah Moore, WR
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2025 PFF grade: 62.9
Moore was elevated from the Broncos' practice squad for the AFC Championship Game after starting the year with the Bills before being cut by Buffalo in late November. Denver was the fourth stop of Moore's five-year NFL career, after the 25-year-old wideout previously had stints with the Jets, Browns, and Bills since entering the league as a second-round pick in 2021.
Before being cut by Buffalo, Moore had been active for nine of the team's first 11 games, logging nine catches for 112 yards and 17 targets while adding 24 yards and a touchdown on six carries.
Johnny Mundt, TE
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2025 PFF grade: 59.6
NFL rank: 48th
Before joining the Jaguars, Mundt spent three seasons with the Vikings. Last season, he caught nine passes (on 19 targets) for 111 yards across 16 regular-season games in 2025, when he served mostly as a run blocker and backup to Brenton Strange.
Stone Smartt, TE
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2025 PFF grade: 56.0
In a reduced role behind Mason Taylor, Smartt caught seven of nine targets for 52 yards while appearing in 15 games for the Jets in the 2025 season.
Smartt played mostly on special teams and drew at least one target in only three of his 15 appearances for the Jets. He spent the previous three seasons with the Chargers and has just one touchdown catch in 53 regular-season NFL games.
Andy Dalton, QB
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2025 PFF grade: 55.0
Dalton has a year left on his current contract, and the move comes after Carolina GM Dan Morgan indicated that Dalton would have to compete for the backup job (behind Bryce Young) with a younger QB to be added through free agency or the draft. Dalton had just one start during four regular-season appearances with the Panthers in 2025, and the 38-year-old second-round pick by the Bengals in 2011 has 169 regular-season starts to his credit. He will be a huge addition for Jalen Hurts.
Jonathan Jones, CB
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2025 PFF grade: 50.9
NFL rank: 100th
Jones, 32, has been in the NFL for ten seasons and has played 144 career games with 78 starts. Jones (5-9, 185) went undrafted and signed with the New England Patriots in 2016. Jones spent his first nine NFL seasons in New England before signing with Washington last offseason.
Dameon Pierce, RB
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2025 PFF grade: 36.6
A fourth-round pick by the Texans in 2022 out of Florida, Pierce finished the 2025 campaign with Kansas City after spending his first three and a half seasons in Houston.
Pierce's most productive season came as a rookie when he rushed for 939 yards and four touchdowns in 13 games. He also added 30 receptions for 165 yards and a score.
J.T. Gray, S
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Undrafted out of Mississippi State in 2018, Gray was one of the Saints' longest-tenured players and a captain, and his release came as a surprise last summer. Gray, 30, is a three-time All-Pro and was a special teams Pro Bowler in 2021, but spent last season with the Bucs, Broncos, and Ravens.
Chandler Martin, LB
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Martin, 23, was an undrafted rookie who appeared in three games for Baltimore in 2025 as a practice-squad elevation, with 34 snaps and five special-teams tackles, yet still offers enough potential for the Eagles to offer a two-year deal. He'll join a crowded linebacker group that includes Zack Baun and Jihaad Campbell, who are the unquestioned starters. With Campbell out until training camp, this battle will heat up early in the next few weeks ahead of the start of the off-season workout program.
This article originally appeared on Eagles Wire: Which Eagles free agent addition will have the most impact in 2026?
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