The Eagles have a long history of drafting good linemen on both sides. Doom and gloom about the O line before seeing the new guys do anything even in training camp is anxious Negadelphia at its finest.

Things to feel hopeful about the O line:

• Mailata will be 100%, he admitted the whole line was worn out from such heavy run dominance the prior year and now he should be rested.

• Steen was actually very good last year and not one of the problems, he returns with another year of experience.

• RT is for this season secured by Lane and Fred Johnson returning. Fred is a solid backup. When healthy, Lane is still a beast out there. The future RT will be a guy they're developing, or a high pick next year.

• Big question marks are Dickerson and Jurgens health. They have depth at center and now added depth at guard. We'll have to see: are the starters healthy and ready? Do the backups play well?

• Bell, Morris and UDFA Roberts (who started for Alabama) provide depth and promise. We don't know what they'll be yet, and we all could have other guys we preferred they draft but it was also a weak class with some O lineman considered projects even in the first round. The Eagles have a good history with drafting O line so let's see what these guys can do.

• Another obvious question mark is OL coach and how it all fits with the new OC.

Safety is easily the biggest need remaining and it isn't close. Some other positions could use depth, this position needs a legit starter and possibly depth as well. Some team will want to trade some decent starting safety for some reason during camp and Howie will swoop in and get a deal done. That's my prediction. Mukuba isn't a top safety, Epps is much better as a 3, and MCIII is a slot corner who is too small to pair with a small Mukuba anyway, and Wisniewski is a 7th round pick who might not even make the team. If you get a legit starter to slot Mukuba down to your number 2 guy, Epps your 3rd, and whomever as the 4 it at least makes the position decent. Right now it's one giant question mark.

I would agree that they could really use an established veteran with starting experience as the top guard backup. That being said, the Eagles might like Kendall at guard more than we realize, or they might like Kendall at center and Cam back at guard in case of injury. There was also some talk about Cameron Williams cross training at guard and tackle, and then they have Micah Morris and Jaedon Roberts so they might be perfectly fine at the position. Tackle is way good right now with Fred back and having drafted Markel Bell.

I think they are perfectly fine at LB. Baun and Campbell is a good to great starting group. I am perfectly confident in Trotter Jr. if he had to start and Mondon showed a lot in camp/pre-season last season. They also signed Deontae Lawson who a lot of people had as a 5th-7th round prospect.

One thing I don't hear anyone talk about that I think is a low key depth need is outside corner. If Quinyon or Woolen get hurt or Woolen doesn't fit in here with Vic we are down to that same group of guys who couldn't hack it last year with Ringo and the dude from the Raiders whose name I can't remember. I saw nothing from Mac McWilliams last year and Jonathan Jones seems more like a 4th outside corner/special teamer. I would bring back Adore Jackson to be the 3rd outside corner if he is interested.

On 5/3/2026 at 11:29 PM, NOTW said:

The Eagles have a long history of drafting good linemen on both sides. Doom and gloom about the O line before seeing the new guys do anything even in training camp is anxious Negadelphia at its finest.

Things to feel hopeful about the O line:

• Mailata will be 100%, he admitted the whole line was worn out from such heavy run dominance the prior year and now he should be rested.

• Steen was actually very good last year and not one of the problems, he returns with another year of experience.

• RT is for this season secured by Lane and Fred Johnson returning. Fred is a solid backup. When healthy, Lane is still a beast out there. The future RT will be a guy they're developing, or a high pick next year.

• Big question marks are Dickerson and Jurgens health. They have depth at center and now added depth at guard. We'll have to see: are the starters healthy and ready? Do the backups play well?

• Bell, Morris and UDFA Roberts (who started for Alabama) provide depth and promise. We don't know what they'll be yet, and we all could have other guys we preferred they draft but it was also a weak class with some O lineman considered projects even in the first round. The Eagles have a good history with drafting O line so let's see what these guys can do.

• Another obvious question mark is OL coach and how it all fits with the new OC.

We are doomed.

The new guys are all projects.

They won't make a difference this year.

On 4/27/2026 at 4:46 PM, LacesOut said:

Epps is a solid player.

I've never seen anything from Epps to render him a solid player, nothing at all.

The fact that he's still on the team shows gross negligence by Howie in team building......and all Eagles fans yell "Go Howie Go!!"

11 minutes ago, EagleVA said:

I've never seen anything from Epps to render him a solid player, nothing at all.

The fact that he's still on the team shows gross negligence by Howie in team building......and all Eagles fans yell "Go Howie Go!!"

Hyperbole. He is more than a fine as a 3rd safety.

I think the offensive line and OL depth is a real concern. Especially with Stoutland not coaching. Chris Kuper has big shoes to fill.

On 5/5/2026 at 4:45 PM, T-1000 said:

Hyperbole. He is more than a fine as a 3rd safety.

Right, he's a 3rd safety and there's talk of him being the starter, just look who's the #1 strong safety as it stands now.

The Eagles should have better safties on the team than Epps and they should have had a better safety than Blakenship.......horrible team building.

If there are any holes left, @Godfather and @hputenis will know exactly how to fill them.

On 5/8/2026 at 7:04 PM, EagleVA said:

.......horrible team building.

Says the guy that thinks Danny Gray is the best WR on the team.

On 5/14/2026 at 5:23 PM, CouchKing said:

If there are any holes left, @Godfather and @hputenis will know exactly how to fill them.

Didn't work out to well for you. @hputenis and I just made yours bigger

13 hours ago, Godfather said:

Didn't work out to well for you. @hputenis and I just made yours bigger

Howie needs to get to work filling holes. I think Oline is not right yet.

Bring back Mekhi Becton.

1 hour ago, CouchKing said:

Howie needs to get to work filling holes. I think Oline is not right yet.

Bring back Mekhi Becton.

Why are people so obsessed with him? He had 1 good season in his whole career, which was with the Eagles under Jeff Stoutland. He is a fat, lazy, turd and it would be totally unnecessary to bring him back here. Let all the young guys that we drafted in the mid-rounds the last couple of years develop. Oh, and don't sleep with your butthole open crotchface!

21 hours ago, hputenis said:

Why are people so obsessed with him? He had 1 good season in his whole career, which was with the Eagles under Jeff Stoutland. He is a fat, lazy, turd and it would be totally unnecessary to bring him back here. Let all the young guys that we drafted in the mid-rounds the last couple of years develop. Oh, and don't sleep with your butthole open crotchface!

Maybe we get Mekhi Becton cheap. Cheap like @hputenis , who is a late night, one taco, Taco Bell parking lot tgirl hustler.

LA Chargers only guaranteed $6.9M out of a 2-year $20 mil deal for Becton. So, Chargers cut him after last year, are paying Becton zero this year and he is a free agent.

None of the young guys drafted last year claimed starting roles, even when Jurgens and Dickerson were hurt.

We have not drafted replacement OLine well recently.

Is this year's draft any better? Dunno.

Are Dickerson and Jurgens healed up? I doubt it. This worries me.

4 minutes ago, CouchKing said:

None of the young guys drafted last year claimed starting roles, even when Jurgens and Dickerson were hurt.

We have not drafted replacement OLine well recently.

Is this year's draft any better? Dunno.

Are Dickerson and Jurgens healed up? I doubt it. This worries me.

We had 4 positions locked up with high-paying contracts and the one guy we drafted since started all last season and was the most consistent player on the line last year. That's why we have only been drafting developmental prospects. Just because they didn't win starting roles as rookies does not mean they won't continue to develop into eventual NFL starters.

People can say what they want about whether or not we should have played injured guys like Cam and Landon as much as we did last season. But if you ask me, had they not played, people would have been griping about that too. They demonstrated toughness and played through pain. Both of them have had the offseason to rest and rehab and both are already in much better condition than they were last year. In other news, players not in Philadelphia actually continue their careers after injuries. They say it's called, "healing."

31 minutes ago, brkmsn said:

We had 4 positions locked up with high-paying contracts and the one guy we drafted since started all last season and was the most consistent player on the line last year. That's why we have only been drafting developmental prospects. Just because they didn't win starting roles as rookies does not mean they won't continue to develop into eventual NFL starters.

People can say what they want about whether or not we should have played injured guys like Cam and Landon as much as we did last season. But if you ask me, had they not played, people would have been griping about that too. They demonstrated toughness and played through pain. Both of them have had the offseason to rest and rehab and both are already in much better condition than they were last year. In other news, players not in Philadelphia actually continue their careers after injuries. They say it's called, "healing."

My point is that if the starter is at 80% effectiveness and the backups are not a better solution, then you don't have backups capable of starting.

You have a bunch of practice players, maybe still developing.

I am not as confident as you are in Jurgens and Dickerson recovering their health for a full season playoff push or long term.

5 hours ago, CouchKing said:

My point is that if the starter is at 80% effectiveness and the backups are not a better solution, then you don't have backups capable of starting.

You have a bunch of practice players, maybe still developing.

I am not as confident as you are in Jurgens and Dickerson recovering their health for a full season playoff push or long term.

Landon, Cam and Lane have been pro bowl players when fully healthy. There aren't a lot of backups that measure up to "80%" of a top 10 player at a position. The hope is that when you have to play a backup, that it's just going to be at 1 of the 5 O-line positions at a time. That's easy to mitigate. But when you have 3 of 5 (O-line) roles filled by backups at the same time ... well ... you get what we saw in 2020. You get guys standing around, fixing their gloves because they don't know what they're supposed to do when the guy next to him is also lost.

Having Jurgens and Dickerson playing hurt is not ideal, but at least everybody was on the same page. Last year we had Fred Johnson and Brett Toth step up and fill in adequately. Neither was 80% as effective as the guy they replaced (when that guy was fully healthy). Backups are either cheap veterans or developmental prospects that aren't yet ready to start. Injuries are very common in the NFL. In contrast, it's very rare (but possible) to see a backup rise to play at a top tier level. It's possible, but in most cases never happens.

Last year our 1st round pick, Campbell, had to fill in for Dean while Dean continued to rehab. Campbell played very well for a rookie and flashed a lot of potential. But Dean was way better when he finally returned. Dean isn't even, as of yet, considered a pro bowl caliber player. That kind of sheds light on the difference between a backup and a starter.

Every year we argue about some player or players' health. We act like everybody must be injury prone and/or cooked. Kelce was able to start all those consecutive games, but he also played through a ton of injuries. It's normal. There are some injuries that can't be played through and they take significant time to heal. There are some that can be played through but don't really heal properly until given a chance to rest. The team and the player have to decide what's right for the time. I'm all for players playing that are willing to play through pain. It's motivation for the rest of the team to step up.