Potential Eagles free-agent targets with connections to Nick Sirianni

If he doesn’t have to be ‘the guy’ Ebron could upgrade the Eagles’ passing attack.

What happened to Eric Ebron? Wasn’t he seen as one of the better young tight ends in the game a few years ago? His first four seasons in Detroit were solid. Then, in 2018, after signing a two-year deal with the Indianapolis Colts, he earned his one and only Pro Bowl nod after snagging 66 receptions for 750 yards and reaching the end zone 13 times.

In 2019, he was also solid (31 receptions, 375 receiving yards, and three trips to the end zone). Nick Sirianni was his offensive coordinator during each of those seasons. It’s in the years that followed where he’s seemingly drifted in anonymity.

His 56-reception, 558-yard, and five-touchdown season in 2020 was followed by an injury-riddled 2021 campaign where he was passed by Pat Freiermuth on the depth chart, he wound up on the injured reserve, and he missed all but eight games.

Ebron may not be what he once was. That’s still to be determined, but if he’s the ‘Robin’ to someone else’s ‘Batman’, a Dallas Goedert for instance, he could thrive. We refuse to believe, regardless of how his past two seasons have gone, that he isn’t better than Tyree Jackson and Richard Rodgers, two guys the Eagles seem hell-bent on pushing at all costs.