There is excitement about this new chapter for the Philadelphia Eagles in 2026, but there is also room for fans to worry about the worst-case scenario.
A lot of changes have come on offense with a revamped coaching staff and the trade of wide receiver A.J. Brown. Once again, a new play-caller takes over with Sean Mannion at offensive coordinator, putting pressure on quarterback Jalen Hurts to learn another system and thrive in it.
The crew on ESPN's Get Up talked about who would be most to blame if the Eagles have a bad 2026 season. NFL reporter Dan Graziano has an idea of who the finger will be pointed at.
"The quarterback has a lot of years left on his contract, but he's also at a point in that contract where it would normally be time to talk extension based on where the market has gone since then, where his guarantees are remaining, and how the contract is structured," Graziano said. "He hasn't gotten an extension. So that at least gives you some idea that maybe that, you know, the organization's at a point where it wants to continue to see improvement. Now, Jalen Hurts has been a player that more often than not in the offseason when they've given him something to work on to improve, He's come back having done it. So, if he takes to the Sean Mannion offense and he does the things that they need him to do, then yeah, I think we're smooth sailing. But if not, and if it looks like last year, I believe that you're going to see questions asked about everybody at every level of that organization."
Who should get the blame for a bad Eagles 2026 season?
Let's start with who wouldn't get any blame for the season: general manager Howie Roseman. Over the years, Roseman has built a Super Bowl-caliber roster for the Eagles, so there's no way he would get any blame for a bad season.
Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni and Hurts would most likely be the first to blame and potentially to go. Sirianni has been unfairly criticized for "doing nothing" on the team, while Hurts has had his fair share of wild criticism. Also, a bad season means Sirianni made another bad hiring at offensive coordinator, which would be the nail in the coffin for him.
Should Sirianni and Hurts get the blame? In some ways, yes, they should since they are in important positions. It shouldn't lead to what it could eventually be if something bad happens: the two not working for the organization in 2027.
Mannion would have to absorb some blame as well since he is in the most highly critical coordinator position in the NFL. He's tasked with fixing an offense that was in the bottom 15 in every major statistical category and bringing it back into the top 10. Without doing that, he most likely ends up like Brian Johnson and Kevin Patullo before him.
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Others will get some blame themselves, but Sirianni, Hurts, and Mannion would take the biggest hits. Eagles better avoid that from happening.
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