3 OC options the Eagles should consider after Chargers hire Mike McDaniel

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When the news broke Mike McDaniel intended to sign a contract with the Los Angeles Chargers to become Jim Harbaugh’s new offensive coordinator, he left the Philadelphia Eagles with one less option on their proverbial wish list.

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Taking to social media to comment on the news, ESPN NFL reporter Jeff Darlington noted that the Eagles actually have McDaniel as their best option has replace Kevin Patullo and is now expected to look for another option, just like the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who also pursued the former Miami Dolphins head coach.

Does it stink to see McDaniel choosing to coach Justin Herbert over Jalen Hurts? Yes, while some fans have questioned the relationship between McDaniel and Vic Fangio, or noted the hot-and-cold nature of his offense, there is no doubt that when the Dolphins were around in recent years, they were among the best offenses in all of football, even with Tua Tagovialoa under center.

Fortunately, while the Eagles may not have gotten their best option on the open market, they didn’t get the best coach when they hired Doug Pederson, or Nick Sirianni, for that matter, and they won a Super Bowl with both coaches at the helm. With veteran head coaches and young offensive minds still on the board, the Eagles could still exit the cycle with an exciting new coach on their roster and a bright, bright future heading into the 2026 NFL season.

Brian Daboll

Of all the different options remaining on the open market, the one with the most ties to the Eagles – outside of former coaches like Pederson or Frank Reich – it must be Brian Daboll.

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During his coaching career, Daboll worked with Jalen Hurts at Alabama, supervised WR coach Sirianni as offensive coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs, and coached Saquon Barkley to multiple 1,000-yard seasons before leaving the New York Giants for South Philadelphia.

Rising to fame as the Buffalo Bills’ offensive coordinator early in Josh Allen’s career from 2018-21, Daboll helped turn a tooled Wyoming quarterback into a future MVP, with his overall production dropping in the years after Buffalo moved away from its offensive scheme. Although Daboll didn’t have the same level of success in New York during his run atop the Giants, with the team accumulating a 20-40-1 record during his tenure, his offense remained gritty in a way that Patullo never seemed to match, as highlighted by a monster Thursday Night Football win over the Birds on Prime.

With head coaching interest from several teams and even more offensive coordinator positions to fill, Daboll could also reject Philadelphia for a “better” job, but if he were to choose the Eagles, that could produce very good results this fall, although he will be back on the market next winter when teams are looking for head coaches again.

Bobby Slowik

When news broke that Kellen Moore was going to take his Super Bowl ring and fly to New Orleans to coach the Saints, Bobby Slowik was one of the hottest external names that many thought the Eagles could target as their next offensive coordinator.

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Beginning his NFL coaching career in 2011 after a career as a wide receiver at Michigan Tech, Slowik first worked on the defensive side of the ball with the Washington Commanders and San Francisco 49ers before moving to the offensive side in 2019. From there, he worked his way up the 49ers coaching hierarchy, finishing as the team’s offensive passing game coordinator before being hired by the Houston Texans as offensive coordinator in 2023.

Like McDaniel, Slowik took a Kyle Shanahan-style offense with him to a new team, and it initially worked, but in 2024 CJ Stroug struggled and as a result he was relieved of his duties, joining the Dolphins as lead passing game coordinator during a reunion of former 49ers assistants.

If the Eagles wanted to hire McDaniel as their new offensive coordinator, it makes sense that they would. also an interview Slowik, who is only 38 years old and has coached under the former Dolphins coach at two different places during his time. Add in a two-year stint working for Pro Football Focus between his gigs in Washington and San Francisco, and Slowik might just be the most interesting NFL assistant on the market that the Eagles could pursue to revamp their offensive game.

Charlie Weis Jr.

Of the coaches the Eagles have expressed interest in so far, the most unconventional has been Charlie Weis Jr., the former Ole Miss offensive coordinator who was hired on Lane Kiffin’s staff when he joined LSU in January.

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The son of the former Notre Dame and Kentucky head coach, Weis Jr. has coached almost exclusively at the college football level, spending just one year as an offensive assistant for the Atlanta Falcons under Steve Sarkisian in 2017 before joining Lane Kiffin’s staff at Florida Atlantic as offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach. From there, Weis Jr. pretty much stuck with Kiffin as they both moved up the college football ladder, moving to South Florida and then to Ole Miss before being hired at LSU before the College Football Playoff, while Weis Jr. was allowed to coach the Rebels’ offense in the CFP.

While it hasn’t always been easy, Weis Jr. is only 32 years old and has proven he can lead some of the best offenses in the country when given the autonomy to run the show. Ole Miss and LSU wanted to keep Weis Jr. before he chose to stay with Kiffin and the Eagles. would have liked to hire him too during the 2025 college football season, according to Bleeding Green Nation.

Weis Jr. coached Jaxson Dart as a first-round pick, turned Trinidad Chambliss into a certified SEC winner after starting his college career at Ferris State, and could be the kind of coach who brings new ideas to an Eagles offense that has too often relied on a steady diet of route-running and a rushing game bolstered by the league’s best offensive line. Although he, too, could end up seeking a head coaching job in 2027, for at least one season the Eagles could have an elite young offensive mind to run the show.

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