Bleeding Green Nation
An early look at how Philadelphia’s roster is taking shape.
Now that free agency and the NFL Draft are behind us, it’s a good time to take a look at how the 2024 Philadelphia Eagles depth chart is coming together. We’ll start today with the offense before next moving on to defense and special teams. After that, we’ll post our first 53-man roster projection ahead of the upcoming season. (For fun, take a look at how the roster looks compared to last year at this time.)
1 - Jalen Hurts
2 - Kenny Pickett
3 - Tanner McKee
4 - Will Grier
The Eagles need a better version of Hurts than they got in 2023. The hope is that new offensive coordinator Kellen Moore can help him be closer to his 2022 version. QB2 is Pickett’s job to lose; he’ll likely get the bulk of the reps there. McKee should get a chance to unseat Pickett but he’ll probably need to beat him decisively and his opportunities to do could be limited. Grier is likely a camp arm who will be tasked with helping his teammates get up to speed with Moore’s additions to the scheme.
1 - Saquon Barkley
2 - Kenny Gainwell
3 - Will Shipley
4 - Tyrion Davis-Price
5 - Kendall Milton
6 - Lew Nichols
Barkley is poised to be the Eagles’ most heavily utilized bell-cow back in, like, 10 years ... dating back to the days of LeSean McCoy. Considering the coaching staff really seems to love him (to a fault), Gainwell is the favorite for RB2. If Shipley can’t unseat Gainwell, he could take over the Boston Scott role as a sparingly used RB3. The Eagles don’t need to keep a fourth running back on the roster unless someone unexpectedly forces their hand. They can probably keep RB4 on the practice squad. Milton, who profiles as a bigger back, could be nice to keep around.
1 - A.J. Brown
2 - DeVonta Smith
3 - DeVante Parker
4 - Parris Campbell
5 - Britain Covey
6 - Ainias Smith
7 - Johnny Wilson
8 - Joseph Ngata
9 - Jacob Harris
10 - Austin Watkins Jr.
11 - Shaquan Davis
Brown and DeVonta are clearly the Eagles’ top two targets now and for years to come with the former signed through 2029 and the latter through 2028. One question to wonder: will they both be able to stay remarkably healthy yet again? (Not trying to jinx it but has to be asked.) The picture behind the top two options is unclear. Parker and Campbell have a leg up in terms of experience but they’re not exciting options. Covey is arguably the NFL’s best punt returner and he’s expressed interest in offensive opportunity but the Eagles have added competition that impacts him. One would think the Eagles would like to keep rookies Smith and Wilson but they might not be able to contribute a whole lot...
