The Philadelphia Eagles are set to begin the 2025 NFL season as they look to repeat as Super Bowl champions. Last season, the team went on a magical run and knocked off Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs to win it all.
Winning a second straight championship will be much more difficult. However, the Eagles have the pieces in place to make it happen.
Throughout the course of the offseason, Philadelphia did lose some key pieces from the Super Bowl winning team. Milton Williams, Josh Sweat, Darius Slay, and Mekhi Becton are all good. The Eagles also traded C.J. Gardner-Johnson away.
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As for the players the Eagles brought in, they added pass rusher Azeez Ojulari, tight end Kylen Granson, cornerback Adoree’ Jackson, linebacker Joshua Uche, running back AJ Dillon, and re-signed linebacker Zack Baun.
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Sports Illustrated’s Conor Orr has made an intriguing prediction for Philadelphia. He has them bringing back team legend Jason Kelce in 2025.
No, he’s not saying that Kelce will be returning to the field to play. Instead, he thinks Kelce will return to the Eagles in some professional form. Whether that is on the sideline or potentially in the front office, he did not detail.
Orr also predicted that Brandon Graham, another longtime fan favorite, would join the team in an official capacity.
“I am reupping my Kelce prediction from a year ago because it still feels too perfect,” Orr wrote. “The game’s ultimate workhorse will seek quiet solace in the rhythms of an NFL season and locker room after a long season of media noise. Graham, who has long been rumored to rejoin his team in some capacity, will also join the fold to help guide the Eagles’ young and dangerous defense.”
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Kelce coming back to take on some kind of role in Philadelphia would be an awesome story. He is one of the most loved Eagles in the history of the franchise.
While he has gone on to have extreme success in the podcasting world, he belongs in Philadelphia. His heart has remained with the franchise, setting up a likely reunion at some point down the road. Why not make that reunion happen in 2025?
Only time will tell, but this prediction from Orr is one that every Eagles fan could get behind.
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