What’s most interesting about Eagles’ offensive coaching staff is who’s still here

What’s most interesting about Eagles’ offensive coaching staff is who’s still here originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

New Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio will be operating with virtually an entirely new group of assistant coaches.

The changes will not be nearly as extensive on the offensive side of the ball under new offensive coordinator Kellen Moore.

We already knew legendary offensive line coach Jeff Stoutland was staying and we suspected from Sirianni’s comments at his press conference in January that associate head coach and passing game coordinator Kevin Patullo was staying. But the Eagles announced Friday that wide receivers coach Aaron Moorehead, running backs coach and assistant head coach Jemal Singleton and tight ends coach Jason Michael will also remain with the team in 2024.

Gone from the offensive staff are coordinator Brian Johnson, quarterbacks coach Alex Tanney, assistant offensive line coach Roy Istvan and senior offensive assistant Marcus Brady. Johnson is now Commanders passing game coordinator, Tanney is Colts passing game coordinator, Istvan Browns assistant offensive line coach and Brady Chargers passing game coordinator.

The decision to keep Moorehead, Singleton and Michael is a clear message that Howie Roseman and Nick Sirianni believe the issues on offense the second half of the season were directly a result of Johnson’s play calling and Sirianni’s offensive structure than anything the position coaches were doing.

Moore will replace Johnson as offensive coordinator and play caller and he will be running his own system, not Sirianni’s.

This will be Stoutland’s 12th year with the Eagles, including three under Chip Kelly and five under Doug Pederson. Jason Kelce, Lane Johnson, Jason Peters, Evan Mathis, Brandon Brooks and Landon Dickerson have made a combined 23 Pro Bowls under Stoutland. In the 50 years before Stoutland got here, Eagles offensive linemen made 21 total Pro Bowls.

Singleton, hired in 2021, has coached…

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Publish date : 2024-02-23 16:09:28

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