Eagles Can Make Insane History This Season, but Likely Won't

The Philadelphia Eagles have had one of the more impressive offenses in the NFL over the past few seasons. 

However, it's been the Eagles' defense that has remained one of the best in the league at any given moment. There's a reason this team has been so successful in recent years, and much of it is because of what they do on the defensive side of the football.

Vic Fangio, one of the top coordinators in the NFL, continues to do a lot of good for all involved. Fangio, however, will be tasked with making this defense even better next season.

Regardless, the Eagles have made some history and have a chance to do so in a massive way over the next few months. There's no guarantee that they're going to be as good as they have been in the past, but if they can lead the league in one category once again, the Eagles would actually be the first team in NFL history to do so.

“Eagles lead in defensive plus-minus for 2025 showing strong secondary impact: Plus-minus favors Philly as the top team, with standout corner and safety groups contributing to low completions above expected. […] But back to the Eagles for a moment. They’re the first team to go back-to-back leading the league in plus-minus since the Jets did it in 2009-10 – the very middle of the Revis Island era. The Eagles don’t have anyone quite at that level, but Quinyon Mitchell ranked 11th among corners, Cooper DeJean ranked fifth among nickelbacks and Andrew Mukuba ranked 15th among safeties in DVOA,” Bryan Knowles wrote.

“They join the Seahawks, Broncos and Chargers as the only teams with at least one person in the top 15 in all three groups – and hey, wouldn’t you know it, that’s our top four teams in plus-minus, who would have thought. For the Eagles, it’s even a little more impressive considering that Adoree’ Jackson was a liability in coverage in his first year in Philadelphia – replacing him with Riq Woolen for 2026 should, in theory, make them even better. I wouldn’t bet on them threepeating in 2026, simply because no one’s ever done that and there is a lot of volatility in this stat. But would you bet against them?”

It would be crazy to see the Eagles have that type of defensive success again, as we've seen teams do it two years in a row, but that third year is often when the questions come in. I don't think it's crazy to say that Philadelphia can do so, however, considering what we have seen from the organization on that side of the football in recent years.