The hits just keep on coming for the Philadelphia Eagles.
Mere hours after offensive wunderkind Mike McDaniel spurned the Eagles to take the Los Angeles Chargers offensive coordinator role, Brian Daboll reportedly informed Philadelphia brass that he is not interested in its offensive coordinator vacancy either, according to The Athletic’s Dianna Russini.
The Eagles, of course, have an opening at offensive coordinator after they fired Kevin Patullo on Jan. 13. Philadelphia had been targeting Daboll, the former New York Giants head coach and Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator, due to his familiarity with the NFC East and quarterback Jalen Hurts.
Brian Daboll Passed On The Philadelphia Eagles OC Job
Daboll’s relationship with Hurts, which was built during their one season together at the University of Alabama, was considered a huge advantage.
Plus, Daboll won the NFL Coach of the Year and helped Saquon Barkley earn Pro Bowl honors while coaching the Giants to the playoffs in 2022. The hope was Daboll, who was fired by the Giants on Nov. 11 after going 11-33 in three seasons since, could rekindle those relationships and make New York rue the decision to fire him.
Yet, according to Russini, Daboll has other ideas.
“The Eagles are conducting their offensive coordinator search with the understanding that Brian Daboll wants the Bills’ head coaching job,” Russini posted on X (formerly Twitter). “If he doesn’t land it, Daboll is expected to wind up in Tennessee as the offensive coordinator for Cam Ward and the Titans, per sources.”
Daboll is considered one of the frontrunners to land the Bills head-coaching role, which was recently opened when Daboll’s former boss Sean McDermott was fired Monday.
Daboll choosing that job over the Eagles OC role is no shock. It is arguably the best available head-coach opening, and Daboll is from Ontario, played college football at the University of Rochester and was the Bills OC before going to the Giants.
But taking the Tennessee Titans offensive coordinator position over the Eagles’ one has to feel like a gut punch to fans and those in Philadelphia.
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The Eagles are still the most recent team to hoist the Lombardi Trophy. They have the reigning NFL Offensive Player of the Year, two elite wideouts, a superstar-caliber tight end and a fierce offensive line.
So after Patullo was unable to get the most out of that roster in 2025, an egomaniacal OC might think he could pull the proper strings the way Kellen Moore did in 2024 before he left to take the New Orleans Saints head-coach role.
Yet, there is a case to be made the Titans’ job is more alluring than the Eagles’, especially for a candidate like Daboll, who presumably wants to get another role as head coach soon.
The Titans hired former San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh as their head coach, and whoever he hires to be the OC will expect to have full autonomy over that side of the ball. It’s like when a defensive coordinator like Vic Fangio performs well for an offensive-minded head coach like Nick Sirianni.
Plus, the Titans do have the 2025 No. 1 overall pick in quarterback Cam Ward, who showed promise by throwing for 3,169 yards and 15 touchdowns in his rookie season.
But that doesn’t help the Eagles, whose OC opening is glaring at the moment and looks no closer to being filled anytime soon.
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