Eagles re-sign punter Braden Mann, reportedly restructure kicker Jake Elliott’s deal

When agents leak contract figures for newly signed free agents around this time of year, the detail that generates the most buzz is the number that follows the dollar sign. But Braden Mann has a different perspective.

Last week, the 28-year-old punter signed a four-year, $14 million contract extension ($7 million guaranteed) to stay with the Eagles, marking the first time the team has signed a punter to a contract longer than three seasons. The length of his deal — a reflection of the Eagles’ long-term commitment — isn’t lost on Mann.

“I think in a world of headlines and how much people can get, everybody gets caught up in all the numbers,” Mann said Thursday at a news conference. “But just the commitment that you can get from a team or a general manager saying that we want you here for another four years, it really does feel nice.

“I think that’s the culture here is just really fully committing to everybody that they have here, and not treating it as like a one-off year or anything like that. They just pour all their effort into you as much as they can. I have felt that since the first week I got here in ’23. It has just been nonstop commitment to me. And then, obviously, it makes players and coaches want to commit back to the organization.”

Mann already has shown that commitment to the Eagles through his high level of play. He averaged a franchise-best 49.9 yards in 2025, bringing his career average with the Eagles to 49.5 yards, which is the best in the team’s history. Additionally, his 43.1 net yards per punt ranked in the top 10 in the NFL (No. 9).

His stats in each of his individual seasons with the Eagles have surpassed his averages across three years with the New York Jets, the team that selected him in the sixth round of the 2020 draft out of Texas A&M. While he acknowledged that every season has its nuances, Mann said he has developed as a punter since he arrived in Philadelphia in 2023.

“I definitely think I’ve gotten better throughout my time here, and that’s a huge credit to the coaching staff here and their development,” Mann said. “[Special teams] coach [Michael] Clay and [special teams assistant] Tyler Brown have done a great job with me since I’ve been here. And definitely could tell why guys have had a history of having good success here, because they do a really good job and they really pour into you as much as they can.”

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Mann has thrived in Philadelphia, despite playing the majority of his games outdoors in the Northeast, the site of unpredictable weather in the cooler months. To prepare for the elements, especially the wind, Mann spends his offseasons training in Dallas.

“It gets super, super windy and can be getting some pretty tough conditions in Dallas in the spring, which is really good for me, as much as going out to the field pains me sometimes to punt in that amount of wind and sometimes cold down there,” Mann said.

The conditions provide the perfectly imperfect setting for Mann to practice shorter punts that require him to work on his placement, one of his focuses this offseason.

“I think trying to hit any punt, given the conditions, is going to be big for me, because obviously this last year, there was a lot of weather that came about throughout the year,” Mann said. “And so I think just planning for that in the future, knowing that we’re going to get it here, and that can give us a huge advantage, especially at home.”

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When he isn’t preparing for his fourth year with the Eagles this offseason, Mann will be tending to his newborn daughter, whom he and his wife, Kylie, welcomed last week.

“I‘ve always felt super blessed,” Mann said. “I’m feeling extra blessed in the last week or so.”

The Eagles reiterated their faith in Jake Elliott by restructuring his contract, according to an NFL Network report on Thursday.

Elliott, 31, reportedly agreed to trim his base pay by $1 million in return for a $5 million guarantee. The restructure lowered his cap number in 2026 by $240,000.

The decision signals that the Eagles are sticking by Elliott as their kicker. Howie Roseman issued a public vote of confidence in the nine-year veteran at the NFL scouting combine last month, and the restructure echoes that sentiment.

“I think that Jake has been a tremendous kicker for us since we got him off the practice squad in Cincinnati in 2017,” Roseman said Feb. 24. “Tremendously clutch. Have a lot of confidence in him as a player, as a kicker, as a person, a captain on our team, and continue to believe in him as our place kicker.”

Elliott is coming off of another shaky season in which he missed seven field goal attempts, finishing with a 74.1% field goal rate (the second-lowest of his career). He also missed a consequential extra point while grappling with the wind in the wild-card loss to the 49ers.

However, the Eagles can point to Elliott’s larger body of work in the regular season and the playoffs when justifying their decision to stick with him. Back for his 10th season, Elliott will have a chance to rebound alongside Mann, his trusted holder.

“It’s good to have continuity, just from also the little things aside from the actual hold and kick,” Mann said. “It’s like the rhythm you get into in a game or practice or in camp, and just you speak kind of the same language. It’s a little bit of a barrier when you get onto a new team or a new group of guys. … You develop a good rapport over time. And I think Jake and I have done that over three years.”