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Eagles Face Roster Decisions With 20 Pending Free Agents
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All posts by Paul BowmanPublished12 Jan 2026
With the Eagles season now over, the focus for the front office will turn to building for next year.
While their sure to sign some futures contracts, the team also now has 20 free agents that they’ll have to make decisions on.
QB Sam Howell
RB AJ Dillon
WR Jahan Dotson
TE Dallas Goedert
TE Grant Calcaterra
TE Kylen Granson
OL Fred Johnson
OL Brett Toth
OL Matt Pryor
DE Brandon Graham
DE Jaelan Phillips
EDGE Ogbonnia Okoronkwo
EDGE Josh Uche
EDGE Azeez Ojulari
LB Nakobe Dean
CB Adoree’ Jackson
S Reed Blankenship
S Marcus Epps
P Braden Mann
FB Ben VanSumeren (Restricted Free Agent)
The Eagles now have until March 9 to be the only team that can further negotiate with these players in an attempt to get an extension done should they like to keep them around.
Of course, the Eagles will also want to consider what they could get in return for players signing elsewhere – will Phillips, Goedert, Dean or Blankenship sign deals large enough that it could get them a pretty high pick in the draft? Could another player reach the threshold of getting them a pick later in the draft? If they have more than four they expect to bring back picks, they could look to re-sign others and/or potentially target a higher-tier free agent to maintain four incoming draft picks.
