Eagles News: Jalen Hurts among NFL MVP dark horse candidates

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NFL MVP dark horses: Jalen Hurts, Trevor Lawrence among top nine candidates in 2026 – NFL.com
6) JALEN HURTS. Philly’s offense went out with a whimper in the second half of last season, with Hurts posting a net negative on dropbacks in Expected Points Added (-11.1) during his final nine games of 2025, including the Eagles’ playoff loss, per Next Gen Stats. The vibes were even worse than those numbers. Given the scrutiny attached to playing quarterback for the Eagles, Hurts will either enter next offseason with questions about his future with the team or be riding high after returning to something resembling the form that made him the MVP runner-up in 2022 and the Super Bowl LIX MVP. The latter of the two scenarios seems well within reach. Hurts is getting something of a fresh start in 2026, with former NFL QB Sean Mannion replacing Kevin Patullo as offensive coordinator after Patullo’s rough lone season as the play-caller. A.J. Brown was shipped to the Patriots after he and Hurts grew apart, according to Brown. The receiving corps has a much different look, with Hollywood Brown, Dontayvion Wicks and first-round pick Makai Lemon arriving this offseason. Second-round selection Eli Stowers gives the offense a freak athlete at tight end. The offensive line remains one of the league’s best. I don’t know if we’ll see peak Saquon Barkley again, but he still ranked 10th in rushing yards (1,140) even while taking a big step back with the rest of the offense last season. The ingredients are there for Hurts to roar back on a contending team. He’ll have to be much better than the version of him we saw for much of last season, though, in an offense that will have him lining up under center more often.

Inside Parks Frazier’s quarterback room – PhiladelphiaEagles.com
He is directly in the bloodlines of the quarterback – the pulse, the veins, the heartbeat. That is, essentially, the job description for Parks Frazier, the Eagles’ quarterbacks coach after spending 2025 as the offensive passing game coordinator. He is the direct contact for Jalen Hurts, Tanner McKee, Andy Dalton and Cole Payton, the four men who are, together, the Eagles’ quarterback room. “From the quarterback perspective, again, it’s just trying to take one of the hardest positions in sports and make it as simple as possible,” Frazier said. “So you try to chunk things together. You try to make it where guys can play fast even though there’s a lot going on. So that’s been the biggest thing I learned from those guys is just, you know, you see it from the outside and you see all the motions, you see all the different plays, but how do you take that and you package it together to make it simple for the quarterback on the player, so they can go out there and play fast?” Play fast. Play with purpose. Make the right decisions using great fundamentals. Frazier spent the spring furthering his relationships with Hurts and McKee, and also building trust and the foundation with Dalton and Payton.

Brendan Sorsby to the Eagles, or the NFL at all, is now looking pretty unlikely – BGN
So much for rumors of the Philadelphia Eagles taking a flier on Brendan Sorsby. The NFL officially announced they will NOT be holding a Supplemental Draft this year, which leaves the embattled quarterback — who was already denied NCAA eligibility aftter gambling on his own team — without a path to the top professional football league in 2026.

Four Pillars – Iggles Blitz
Lurie learned valuable lessons from Rhodes tenure. You cannot sustain success by focusing on veteran players, especially ones at the end of their careers. You must draft and develop. You need a pipeline of young talent. You also need a strong connection between the Personnel Dept and the coaching staff. They must work together to build the right roster. The Eagles would make some hires that led to them being that kind of team and guess what…sustained success became a thing. It also helped to get QB Donovan McNabb in the 1999 draft. The team had their first franchise QB since the heyday of Randall Cunningham, a decade earlier. Lurie has proven to be a great owner over the years. He spends big money to win. He hires well. He supports his coaches and management. There are always things to nitpick, but he’s done a lot more good than bad. Winning starts at the top. And Lurie isn’t distracted by his oil and gas businesses. He is focused on football, on the Eagles. And winning.

2026 NFL contract extension updates for all 32 teams – ESPN
DT Jalen Carter. This is a tricky one. Carter, 25, has shown that he can be one of the NFL’s most disruptive interior linemen, but he’s coming off a down season — largely due to shoulder injuries — and entered the league with some questions surrounding his involvement in a fatal crash in 2023. It’s understandable that Carter’s representation would shoot for the stars (Jeffery Simmons is now top of the market at $35 million annually), but there is risk involved from Philadelphia’s perspective. The key will be finding a deal that offers big money for Carter and some protections for Philly. Ideally, they find that middle ground before training camp.

Clint Hurtt vouched for Uar Bernard. Now, the Eagles assistant oversees his NFL transition – The Athletic
Just as Hurtt has become a father figure to Bernard, Bernard described his teammates as “big brothers.” Hurtt watched Bernard acclimate to the locker room, opening up from the shy kid who arrived for meetings in May into a more comfortable presence by the end of the offseason program. And he’s found ways to bridge the gap of any cultural divide. There was an OTA session in May when a Tupac Shakur song pulsated over the speakers. Bernard, the quiet seventh-round pick from Nigeria, started singing word-for-word. “The guys went nuts,” Hurtt said. Bernard forged a close bond with Joshua Weru, an undrafted rookie who’s in a similar situation as a rugby player from Kenya transitioning to football. Weru was also with Bernard in the International Player Pathway program. Davis, Ojomo and Ta’Quon Graham have been veteran resources for him. He speaks with his mother in Nigeria every day. He also misses West African cuisine. He’s found a local restaurant (Eatwell Philly) in Old City to satiate that palate. He does not make it out much, though — “coming into the building is fun for me,” he said — and knows why he’s in Philadelphia. For somebody who’s 6-foot-4 and 306 pounds, progress will be measured with baby steps more than giant leaps. Hurtt will measure those steps. There’s a reason he spoke up in the draft room. And he might need to speak up in a few more draft meetings before Bernard’s development is even realized. The Eagles are willing to wait. “You got to understand: He’s going to need time,” Hurtt said. “Anybody thinks it’s going to happen overnight, you’re kidding yourself. But he’s coming along well, he’s working hard, and the group is really taking well to him.”

Eagles 2026 most important list: Jihaad Campbell – NBCSP
The Eagles are going to be relying on Jihaad Campbell in 2026. After moving up one spot in the 2025 draft to select Campbell at pick No. 31, he began his rookie season as a starter but eventually lost that job to Nakobe Dean when Dean returned from injury. It was the right decision at the time because Dean came back like a man possessed and was playing at such a high level. After his rookie season, Campbell had a moment to reflect on some of the ups and downs. “I think it’s just all about controlling the things you can control and only that,” Campbell said. “I make sure that I come to this building every day with a smile on my face, with a mentality, a getting-to-work mentality, whatever it is. Having a neutral mindset of not getting too high or not getting too low. Just making sure that I’m coming in this building, I’m ready to work each and every day.” But now Dean is gone after heading to Las Vegas in free agency on a three-year deal and the future belongs to Campbell. It’ll be Campbell next to Zack Baun in the middle of the Eagles’ defense this season.

Christian Parker has unique way to keep Cowboys defense ready – Blogging The Boys
Despite being a first-time DC, this is yet another example of why Jerry Jones and Company have been so high on Christian Parker from the get-go. Although it’s been somewhat difficult to buy into the hype surrounding Parker’s hiring based on countless disappointments in the past, he has yet to give us any reason to doubt he’s the right man for the job. Parker’s attention to detail and willingness to be a teacher on and off the field will hopefully result in a quick turnaround from what was a porous defensive performance a season ago. If giving pop quizzes aids in that transformation they should be all the better for it.

Commanders roster rankings: Sonny Styles comes in at No. 6 – Hogs Haven
Sonny Styles hasn’t taken an NFL snap. Heck, he hasn’t even put on pads as a professional. How can he be slotted into the Commanders roster ranking before he has done a single thing in a game? Valid question. Here’s my answer. Styles is as easily projectable a prospect as you’ll find. There’s zero doubt that his combination of speed, size and power will translate to the NFL. He’s tackling his sure. His agility is unquestioned. And we’re not saying that about a non-power-5 guy. He played at Ohio State, against excellent competition, often in front of massive crowds and under immense pressure. And he apparently works very, very hard. Just ask someone in every meeting with him. “He looks the part. He plays the part and he sounds the part,” fellow Commanders linebacker Leo Chenal said last week. “From a young guy and coming from a big program and playing like he did, he’s up for early meetings and staying late at the facility. He commands the defense well. He’s very communicative. He’s a freak athlete. I already see a great maturity from him that you don’t get a lot from younger guys. It has been cool to watch him already grow from a high starting point.” Will he make critical mistakes in 2026, possibly some that negatively impact Washington’s record? Sure. We could say that about everyone on this list. If he’s healthy, there’s little doubt that Styles can play NFL football at a high level. While there’s a reason rookies are rarely ranked this high this early, it’s fair to make an exception here.

10 reasons the Commanders will be a dumpster fire this season – PhillyVoice
10) Josh Harris sucks. Josh Harris owns the Philadelphia 76ers, the New Jersey Devils, and the Washington Commanders. For Harris, that’s two franchises too many. Most Sixers fans would prefer if Harris sold the team. He has only paid a luxury tax twice during his tenure as the Sixers’ owner, despite the team having made the playoffs eight times in the last nine seasons. The most recent example of Harris ducking the tax was a trade of Jared McCain to the Oklahoma City Thunder for 50 cents on the dollar at the 2026 trade deadline. McCain quickly became a significant contributor with OKC, who were one game from the NBA Finals, while the Sixers were swept by the Knicks, with one glaring flaw being a lack of depth. Harris has no discernable plan. He hired Sam Hinkie and co-signed on “The Process,” a multi-year tanking initiative. When Adam Silver and the NBA’s other owners tired of the Sixers’ tanking efforts, Harris weakly succumbed to pressure to replace Hinkie with the Colangelos. After the Colangelos failed, Harris went back to the analytical nerd route when he hired Daryl Morey, and when Morey was fired a month ago Harris went back to #BasketballGuys. It’s reactive, non-innovative management. He doesn’t spend on the Sixers, and he doesn’t seem to care, at least relative to his earlier years as the team’s owner. OK, so, this is an article about the Commanders. Why are we talking about the Sixers? Well, while partner David Blitzer is known to handle the day-to-day issues, Harris is said to focus on the biggest thing and put all of his enthusiasm behind that. That thing right now is the Commanders’ efforts to build a new stadium. It sure as hell isn’t the Sixers, whose fans have begun chanting “Sell the team” during games. They’re not fun right now. The new football stadium is. And really that’s the issue with one person or group owning three teams, beyond just the “ick” factor of rival sports cities having this weird, incestuous ownership link. One team is almost always going to get more attention than the others, and the teams that are being put on the back burner are going to have irate fans. Hell, even if an owner could successfully divide their energy equally, they are still going to be spread too thin. For now, the Commanders have his attention. But at some point, efforts to build the new stadium will settle down, and Harris will be distracted by the next thing that grabs his attention, especially if the Commanders suck again in 2026 and beyond, which they likely will. Oh, and he’s in the Epstein files (nothing salacious yet, really), and he had a weird handshake with Joe Buck that made Troy Aikman laugh.

Surprising result in NY Giants free agency poll – Big Blue View
What may have happened is that the two wide receiver, Stefon Diggs and Samuel, split votes. Diggs got 24% and Samuel 17%, meaning 41% if voters chose a wide receiver. Still, the heavy support for Van Noy, who had 23.5 of his 57.0 career sacks while playing for Giants head coach John Harbaugh with the Baltimore Ravens over the past three seasons, is a surprise.

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