The Philadelphia Eagles suffered a gruesome 19-11 loss to the New York Giants in Week 9, as they fell to 2-7 and are pretty out of the playoff contention.
After losing seven straight games, the Eagles face an unfamiliar situation heading into their bye week, where they might have to make some changes. The trade deadline is Tuesday, so they could end up being big sellers, and if they want to make coaching changes, this is the time to do it.
There are multiple names that need to be considered by the Eagles for losing their jobs during the bye week. Here is a list of them.
Who on the Eagles should lose their jobs during their bye week
Chris Kuper, Offensive Line Coach
This Eagles offensive line allowed seven sacks and only saw the rushing attack go for 3.7 yards per carry with quarterback Joe Milton III's rushing stats, but without him, it was 1.7 yards per carry in the Giants game. Nothing about this offensive line is good at all.
Rookie Markel Bell is struggling to hold his own at right tackle, Drew Kendall is regressing at center since the knee injury, and Landon Dickerson continues to be a massive disappointment at left guard after being a two-time Pro Bowler. Kuper has only made this the worst offensive line this franchise has had in over three decades. In fact, he has coached the worst offensive line in the NFL in each of the last two seasons, including his work with the Minnesota Vikings last year.
There is literally no scenario where Kuper should still have a job past Monday. It's time for him to go.
Michael Clay, Special Teams Coordinator
It feels like every week the special teams will have one or two good plays, but have some disastrous plays mixed in. In the Giants game, it was a rushed snap by rookie long snapper Rocco Underwood that punter Braden Mann was not ready for, and dropped it, forcing a rugby-style punt that went for -2 yards.
Clay's unit has simply not been consistent all season and has too many boneheaded plays in games that hurt the team. He's been with the team for a while now, but he might have overstayed his welcome the moment Jake Elliott struggled to hit field goals in 2024 and 2025.
Elijah Mitchell, RB
Mitchell arguably had two of the dumbest plays of the season for the Eagles. He had one play where he caught the ball and could have gotten up to pick up more yards, but elected to surrender himself despite Dallas Goedert yelling at him to get up. His second dumb play was on the final drive, where he caught a pass and decided to stay inbounds instead of running out of bounds to stop the clock.
There are no excuses for Mitchell, who has been in the NFL long enough to have situational awareness on the field. Ultimately, these plays hurt the Eagles' already struggling offense, and they should release him right away.
Riq Woolen, CB
Woolen is just not reliable in coverage anymore. He had the same problems against the Giants that he has had all season: allowing too many easy completions for the receivers.
Entering Week 9, Woolen allowed a 60% completion percentage and a 111.4 passer rating. He's on a one-year deal, so there isn't any point in keeping him; the Eagles should just trade him away for a Day 3 pick and move on.
Landon Dickerson, OG
Dickerson continues to get worse and worse throughout the season. Even after coming back from his knee injury and being on IR, he is just having too many bad moments, as he allowed at least one sack against the Giants, if not more.
This was a man that was a Pro Bowler in 2022 and 2023, but has completely fallen off a cliff since. The Eagles should just trade him for a Day 3 pick to get him out of there. Otherwise, just bench him and play Willie Lampkin at left guard the rest of the season.
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Sean Mannion, Offensive Coordinator
It might be incredibly unfair to fire Mannion after just nine games into his first year with the team, but this offense is the worst the franchise has had since 1999. They went into the weekend as the worst-ranked offense in the NFL. Things weren't much better in the Giants game, with 220 yards and a fumble lost.
Injuries have definitely played a role in this offense's struggles, but Mannion has to take a lot of blame for what is going on. It's better to just move on from him now and try someone like quarterbacks coach Parks Frazier as the play-caller, since he has experience doing the job with the Indianapolis Colts.
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