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The Philadelphia Eagles are a team loaded to the brim with big-name talent.
The reigning and defending Super Bowl Champions, the team is loaded with household names, Pro Bowlers, and All-Pro talent, with a few interesting additions during this “quiet” offseason who could join that list, like Jihaad Campbell and Andrew Mukuba.
And yet, in the NFL, more so than almost any other professional sports league, no team wins on top-end talent alone, with all 53 players on the roster – or close to it – needing to show they can contribute in subpackages, on special teams, and if someone were to suffer an injury.
Fortunately, the Eagles have built a roster with great players from spot one to 53, with even more who will find spots on rosters around the NFL or on the practice squad. With minicamp still going strong and OTAs rapidly approaching, there are plenty of players fans need to get to know before they step into expanded roles this fall.
Ah, a tale as old as time: the Eagles acquire an offensive lineman who hasn’t reached his full potential for one reason or another, only for him to become a certified player down the line. It happened with Mekhi Becton, it happened with Fred Johnson, and it even happened with all-time great Eagles tackle Jason Peters, even if he had his big come-up before Chip Kelly hired Jeff Stoutland away from Alabama to supercharge his run game.
In 2025, the Eagles’ big reclamation project is Kenyon Green, a player who was once compared to Richie Incognito coming out of Texas A&M.
Now with the Houston Texans, Green was bad, to the point that he finished 2024 with a PFF rating of 38.6, ranking 132nd out of 136 qualifying NFL guards. He was slightly better in the run game than as a pass blocker, though well below average at both, and allowed five sacks and seven penalties over 582 offensive snaps played.
Can Stoutland work his magic with Green like he’s done with right guards like Becton, Jurgens, and Brandon Brooks in the past? Well, considering how highly folks like NFL.com’s Chad Reuter talked about Green coming out of Texas A&M, the foundation appears to be there to build something great.
On paper, Green checks a lot of boxes evaluators look for in an offensive lineman, but he clearly lacks the coaching needed to get the technical side of the position down at the NFL level. If Green can have a breakout season this fall, the Eagles’ offense should be in good shape, even if they will have to make a decision about his future, as he is entering his fourth professional season at the NFL level this fall.
On paper, Green and Tyler Steen are likely the favorites in the clubhouse to win the right guard spot, but what if the Eagles want to hand the job to a...
