One Philadelphia Eagles Rookie Who Could Win a Starting Job Out of Camp
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0 Share Newsweek is a Trust Project member See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. With teams on their month-long break from mid-June to mid-July in between minicamp and training camp, we’ve reached the deadest point of the NFL offseason.
But fortunately for football fans, there’s just three weeks left before training camp kicks off, followed by the preseason and regular season, which starts the week of Sept. 7.
Until then, we’ve done training camp previews and analyzed the top position battle to watch for all 32 teams. Next up in our offseason series is looking at one rookie from every team who could win a starting job in training camp this season, and today we’re looking at the Philadelphia Eagles .
Makai Lemon, WR, Round 1 Eli Stowers, TE, Round 2 Markel Bell, OT, Round 3 Cole Payton, OT, Round 5 Micah Morris, OG, Round 6 Cole Wisniewski, S, Round 7 Uar Bernard, DT, Round 7 Keyshawn James-Newby, DE, Round 7
With A.J. Brown now catches passes in New England, there’s a giant hole in the Eagles’ offense that needs to be filled. No disrespect to Dontayvion Wicks, Marquise “Hollywood” Brown, Elijah Moore, and Johnny Wilson, but no one from that group screams “high-end WR2.”
After all, the Eagles knew they were trading Brown to New England for weeks, and still boldly moved up a few spots in the first round of the 2026 draft to snatch Lemon before someone else did.
The 2026 Biletnikoff Award winner (the best WR in college football) had one of the best seasons of any WR in the country last year, totaling 79 catches, 1,156 yards, and 11 touchdowns at USC.
Lemon can stretch the field, make plays on the outside, work in the middle of the field, he runs crisp routes, and he should slide in nicely as Philadelphia’s No. 2 wideout behind DeVonta Smith.
Without having Brown as a distraction, plus Lemon’s presence in the lineup, and the new offensive philosophy of new offensive coordinator Sean Mannion, the Eagles’ offense could find itself putting up big numbers like it did back in 2022 when they ranked third in the NFL in total offense.
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