Eagles news: Birds reportedly interview ex-Chiefs coach; Daboll and McDaniel pass on Philly; coaching search updates and rumors

After failing to land two of their top candidates, the Eagles interviewed former Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy Wednesday, according to multiple reports.

A one-time Eagles quarterback (he spent one morning as a third-stringer) who grew up in the Lancaster area, Nagy spent the past four seasons in Kansas City, three as the Chiefs offensive coordinator. It was his second stint in Kansas City, which sandwiched his four-year tenure as head coach of the Chicago Bears.

Nagy got his coaching start with the Eagles in 2008 under Andy Reid as an intern, moving up to offensive quality control coach before following him to Kansas City.

Jake Rosenberg is Howie Roseman‘s former salary cap wizard who left the Eagles two years ago for greener pastures. Rosenberg now is a consultant for college athletes and administrators, as well as a headhunter for doctors. Quite the CV.

He’s also a hardy tweeter.

On Tuesday night, after Brian Daboll interviewed with the Eagles for the vacant offensive coordinator position, Rosenberg quote-tweeted a report from The Athletic’s NFL reporter, Diana Russini, refuting her answer to a question posed during her appearance on 94-WIP’s afternoon show that painted the Eagles’ job as unattractive: “I think coordinators on this list are aware that navigating Philly is difficult.”

On Wednesday’s episode of New Heights, Jason and Travis Kelce offered their takes on the latest NFL news as the conference championships approach this Sunday.

The brothers brought in Fox analyst Greg Olsen, who among other things had some words of admiration for coach Nick Sirriani.

“I love Sirianni,” Olsen said. “I actually texted him because I ran into his brother at the Miami game. I know he gets a lot of flack, and people want to come after him, but I love him, his energy, his edge, and I love the way he manages the game. I ended up fighting the entire universe on behalf of him a couple weeks ago. But that was a losing proposition.”

With Mike McDaniel heading to the Chargers and signs increasingly pointing Brian Daboll toward the Bills' head coaching job or Titans' offensive coordinator job, as reported by The Athletic's Dianna Russini, the Eagles would have missed out on two of their top OC candidates and two of the top names around the league.

The Eagles met with McDaniel virtually, as PHLY's EJ Smith wrote, per league sources. It wasn’t a formal interview, but it was an in-depth conversation.

McDaniel and Daboll would have been given autonomy over the offense, sources said. There are a few remaining candidates that would have leverage to get authority, but that doesn’t mean Nick Sirianni won’t hand over the offense, depending upon the coach.

We now know why there wasn’t much smoke about Mike McDaniel and the Eagles.

McDaniel to the Los Angeles Chargers was pretty much a fait accompli. And for good reason. The Chargers have pretty much everything a play-caller could hope for:

The big question now is where the Eagles rank as a landing spot among the remaining teams looking for play-callers.

Philly native Kevin Stefanski picked the Atlanta Falcons head coaching job over the Eagles offensive coordinator decision, and in doing so renewed a rivalry between one of his former quarterbacks.

Current Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield was the starter in Cleveland when Stefanski was first hired as Browns head coach in 2020. But after two seasons and a knee injury, the Browns traded Mayfield to the Carolina Panthers and acquired Deshaun Watson in a since-mocked deal Cleveland is still trying to recover from.

Fast forward to Tuesday. D. Orlando Ledbetter, the Falcons beat writer for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, wrote a piece titled, “Falcons’ Kevin Stefanski had a dumpster fire at quarterback in Cleveland."

An observation about the Eagles’ offensive coaching staff: 2025 was the first year Jalen Hurts wasn’t surrounded by former quarterbacks.

Shane Steichen and Kellen Moore were both Division I starters in college. They both had assistants who were NFL backups. Under both, Hurts finished with a passer rating above 100 and went to a Super Bowl.

Correlation doesn’t equal causation. Andy Reid was an offensive lineman. Bright offensive minds come in all shapes and sizes.

It's been about a week since the Eagles moved on from offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo, and the Birds have been busy interviewing potential replacements.

That includes former New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll, who was interviewed by the Eagles Tuesday, according to Jeff McLane.

"Daboll is clearly a top target for team brass," McLane wrote. "There is also internal support to bring in someone who would make significant changes to the offense."

In an offseason that saw 10 head coaching vacancies (tying an NFL record last reached in 2022), four have already been filled.

Here's a look at the newest NFL head coaches: