Reuben Frank and Dave Zangaro deliver again Keep or Go in 2025, making an attempt to determine the futures of each Eagles participant on the roster.
We already took a take a look at quarterback, working again, receiver, tight finish and inside offensive line.
Up right now: Offensive sort out
Le’Raven Clark
Roob: You forgot about ol’ Le’Raven, didn’t you. Clark went on Injured Reserve in Could and spent the entire yr sidelined. He is a sensible veteran, and Jeff Stoutland likes having him round, and Jordan Mailata has at all times spoken about how a lot he realized from Clark. However he’s 31 now, coming off a critical damage and hasn’t performed since 2022 with the Titans and also you’d assume his profession is most definitely over at this level.
Verdict: Goes
Dave: The 31-year-old veteran hasn’t performed in a daily season recreation since 2022 and spent the whole 2024 season on IR. Clark was round all through the season regardless of the damage. If Clark is wholesome, there’s no hurt in bringing him to coaching camp and seeing if he can’t stick round on the follow squad. Nevertheless it’s arduous to discover a spot on the 53-man roster for him.
Verdict: Goes
Jack Driscoll
Roob: Driscoll signed with the Dolphins after 4 years with the Eagles, obtained lower on the finish of coaching camp, rejoined the Eagles, started the season on the follow squad, signed to the 53, suffered a season-ending ankle damage after which received a Tremendous Bowl ring. Fairly a season. The Eagles do like Driscoll’s versatility and talent to again up a number of positions. He’s a free agent, however so long as he’s wholesome there’s no down facet in bringing him again. He can do loads of issues and he will not value a lot.
Verdict: Stays
Dave: There’s little question that Jeff Stoutland likes Driscoll. There’s a purpose the Eagles introduced him again after he was launched in Miami. Driscoll ended up lacking the top of the season with an ankle damage and was seen in a strolling boot. So we’ll want to verify he’s wholesome however there’s no purpose to not deliver him again on a one-year deal as a free agent. He received’t value a lot, Stoutland likes him and the Eagles like his versatility.
Verdict: Stays
Lane Johnson
Roob: Penei Sewell might have gotten 1st-team All-Professional once more, however Lane Johnson is the very best proper sort out within the enterprise and you may make a case that he’s the most effective ever. Johnson is now a six-time Professional Bowler, a five-time All-Professional (1st staff twice, 2nd staff thrice), a two-time Tremendous Bowl champion and one in all solely seven proper tackles to begin three Tremendous Bowls. He is one in all six offensive tackles to make six Professional Bowls, win two Tremendous Bowls and make 1st-team All-Professional twice. 4 of the 5 others are all within the Corridor of Fame (Forrest Gregg, Jim Parker, Artwork Shell, Rayfield Wright) and the one different one isn’t a Corridor of Famer for non-football causes. Johnson’s enthusiasm to proceed enjoying — he turns 35 in Could — is unbelievable information for the Eagles.
Verdict: Stays
Dave: He’s 34 years outdated now and will likely be 35 going into the 2025 season however Johnson continues to be the very best proper sort out within the NFL and he isn’t prepared to hold them up. At this level in his profession, Johnson might be going to begin enthusiastic about issues year-to-year however he needs to be again this season and that’s an enormous enhance for the Eagles. Johnson is already a six-time Professional Bowler and has made the primary or second staff All-Professional squad 4 occasions. He’s constructing his Corridor of Fame resume and hasn’t appeared to decelerate in any respect. The Eagles will want him to play at that degree once more this season.
Verdict: Stays
Fred Johnson
Roob: One other incredible story to come back out of the Eagles’ 2024 Tremendous Bowl championship season, Johnson spent his profession bouncing round from the Steelers to the Bengals to the Buccaneers – who all launched him – earlier than touchdown with the Eagles final yr. After a yr at Stoutland U, he began six video games at each sort out spots this yr (5 left, one proper) and did a positive job in his first begins since 2021 with the Bengals. Stoutland’s means to get backups prepared to begin is exceptional, and Johnson actually established himself as a beneficial piece of the NFL’s finest offensive line. He’s a free agent however I’d count on Howie Roseman to have the ability to get this one performed.
Verdict: Stays
Dave: Johnson was fairly a discover a couple of years in the past. His profession was near over earlier than coming to Philadelphia and studying from Jeff Stoutland. In the course of the 2024 season, Johnson obtained emotional when he obtained an opportunity to play rather than Jordan Mailata. There was clearly a giant drop-off from Mailata to Johnson however Massive Fred held his personal and performed a big position for the Tremendous Bowl champions. The Eagles wish to deliver again the 27-year-old free agent and there’s an opportunity they may be capable to try this. However there’s additionally an opportunity one other staff may be keen to overpay for his companies, during which case the Eagles must say goodbye. The locker room received’t be the identical with out the jolly offensive lineman however I feel there’s a greater probability he’ll find yourself elsewhere.
Verdict: Goes
Jordan Mailata
Roob: Was a joke that Mailata this yr didn’t make his first Professional Bowl. No left sort out had a greater yr than Mailata, and a minimum of he was named 2nd-team All-Professional. This was Mailata’s fifth yr as a starter and he’s by no means performed higher. One in every of Howie Roseman’s biggest draft triumphs – he was a Seventh-round choose! – and one in all Stoutland’s biggest developmental triumphs as properly. He’s so good now it’s simple to overlook the man by no means performed an organized soccer recreation earlier than 2018.
Verdict: Stays
Dave: We should always by no means take the Jordan Mailata story with no consideration. It’s nonetheless superb that the Eagles turned a seventh-round rugby participant into the most effective left tackles within the NFL. It’s the type of story that deserves Hollywood therapy and we’d see it sooner or later. Mailata will flip 28 later this month however ought to have a minimum of a number of extra years within the prime of his profession. Whereas Mailata didn’t get a Professional Bowl nod this yr, he was a second-team All-Professional left sort out. And PFF actually beloved him; they ranked him because the No. 3 total participant within the NFL in 2024. Mailata is underneath contract via 2028.
Verdict: Stays
Darian Kinnard
Roob: He’s a three-time Tremendous Bowl winner, however I’m unsure what meaning for Kinnard’s future. Kinnard, a Chief in 2022 and 2023 and an Eagle in 2024, solely performed in two video games this yr and was inactive for all 4 postseason video games. He’s a giant dude at 6-5, 325 kilos, and he’s low cost and he’s the kind of man Stoutland likes to develop. Undecided there’s a spot for him on the 53 although.
Verdict: Goes
Dave: The Eagles have been excessive on Kinnard once they signed him final February. Whereas Kinnard performed in simply two video games all season, the Eagles saved him on the roster all yr, which tells you what they consider him. Kinnard (6-5, 322) appears to have some tackle-guard versatility and if the Eagles are going to lose one or two offensive linemen as free brokers, Kinnard is within the pipeline for a purpose. I feel he sticks round and there’s an opportunity he can transfer up the depth chart in 2025.
Verdict: Stays
Brett Toth
Roob: One other pet Jeff Stoutland mission. He’s turned Toth from an unique run blocker at Military right into a viable NFL backup. Toth first confirmed up right here in 2019, and he’s come and gone a pair occasions since then, however anyone that Stoutland retains round that lengthy has one thing going for him. Toth has positional versatility and a ton of expertise practising underneath Stoutland. No purpose to assume he received’t be in coaching camp once more. However wouldn’t count on to see him on the 53 when the season begins.
Verdict: Goes
Dave: The Eagles first signed Toth again in 2019. It’s 2025 and Toth continues to be within the combine. Toth spent the 2024 season on the follow squad earlier than getting added to the lively roster in January. The Eagles like his versatility and Stoutland has put loads of time into growing Toth right into a respectable NFL participant. However I don’t love Toth’s probabilities of making the 53-man roster. One other yr on the follow squad may be the best way this finally ends up.
Verdict: Goes
Laekin Vakalahi
Roob: The Eagles’ newest worldwide exemption lifer, the Australian will as soon as once more be the Eagles’ seventeenth follow squad member however received’t see the 53-man roster.
Verdict: Goes
Dave: Vakalahi is an Australian mission participant who had a world roster exemption all the 2024 season. He’ll have it once more in 2025 because the Eagles’ seventeenth follow squad participant. I’d anticipate the Eagles protecting him round in that position once more this season however not on the 53-man roster.
Verdict: Goes
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