Eagles Training Camp 2026: Every storyline you need to follow

Eagles training camp opens Wednesday at NovaCare, and for the first time in a while, there are real questions on this roster. Not manufactured talk-radio questions. Actual ones.

Here’s what I’m watching.

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Jalen Hurts and the new Eagles offense

Sean Mannion is Hurts’ tenth different offensive coordinator setup in 11 years going back to college. Tenth. The man has learned more playbooks than most coaches have taught.

This one is a real change, though. Mannion comes from the Shanahan tree, which means more under center, more pre-snap motion, wide zone runs, and play-action off all of it. Hurts has lived in shotgun his whole career. Now he’s turning his back to the defense and throwing on the move.

The two things to actually track: does the offense get to the line faster (they were dead last in the NFL at it in 2025, which was a coaching failure, not a Hurts failure), and does Hurts throw over the middle of the field. He’s done it before. He barely did it the last two years. Camp is where we find out if that changes.

The Eagles receiver room without AJ Brown

Brown is a Patriot. The Eagles will see him at joint practices in Foxboro in August, which should be a completely normal week with no storylines whatsoever.

DeVonta Smith is the guy now. He’s averaged over 1,000 yards a season as the number two. He won a Heisman being the number one. He’s ready.

The real battle is WR2: Dontayvion Wicks against first-round pick Makai Lemon. Wicks runs clean routes and blocks his ass off but has dropped too many footballs in his career. Lemon catches everything and is over the hamstring thing that cost him the spring. If Lemon gets open against Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean daily, the job is his sooner than later.

Don’t sleep on Hollywood Brown either. The speed showed up in spring practices, and unlike the Parris Campbell and John Ross fliers of years past, he’s an actual NFL receiver.

Jalen Carter’s contract situation

No extension yet. Skipped voluntary OTAs. Showed up to minicamp and didn’t touch a team drill. Sirianni was asked why and declined to answer, which tells you plenty.

Carter is a hold-in candidate, and the Eagles don’t do contract drama at camp. They’re about to. When he’s right, this defense is terrifying. When he’s not out there, we saw it, the Giants bullied them, the Bears bullied them. Pay the man or watch this hang over the entire summer.

The rest of the Eagles defense

Jonathan Greenard cost two third-round picks and a four-year, $100 million extension. He goes against Mailata and Lane Johnson every day now. Bryce Huff got eaten alive in those same reps once upon a time. Greenard needs to win some.

Behind him, Jalyx Hunt versus Nolan Smith for the starting edge spot opposite. Hunt was the better player last year. Smith showed up bulked up after an offseason that included getting clocked at 135 MPH, which is one way to work on your get-off.

And safety is the worst position group on the team by a mile. It’s Marcus Epps, who never touches the football, against Michael Carter, a converted slot corner. Don’t be shocked if Howie trades for a starter before Week 1.

Everything else worth your attention

Cam Jurgens and Landon Dickerson both went to Colombia for stem cell treatments this winter, which is not a sentence you want to read about your starting interior offensive line. Their health is quietly one of the biggest things in camp.

Tanner McKee already outplayed a 38-year-old Andy Dalton this spring and shouldn’t have to win a job he’s earned three years running. Tank Bigsby averaged 5.9 yards a carry last year and got buried anyway, Mannion better fix that. Rookie tackle Markel Bell might be the Lane Johnson succession plan. And Jake Elliott’s kicks are getting charted all summer, because 74.1 percent isn’t a slump anymore, it’s who he is.

Camp starts Wednesday. Just get to September healthy.