Locking up Jalen Hurts first offseason priority for Eagles

Super Bowl LVII loser Philadelphia will look like a different team next season. With coaching departures, the potential retirement of longtime center Jason Kelce and free agency on the horizon, it's shaping up to be a busy offseason.

Here are four priorities for the NFC champions: 

1. Signing Jalen Hurts to a long-term deal 

Hurts has done more than enough to receive a long-term contract. In 2022, he threw for 22 touchdowns and rushed for 13 more, finished second in MVP voting and led the Eagles to the Super Bowl in his second year as full-time starter. In the Super Bowl, he rushed for three touchdowns and threw for another. Per ESPN's Dan Graziano, his price tag could be $50 million or more annually. 

2. Re-signing safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson 

The Eagles have 20 free agents, per Spotrac, including six starters on defense (Gardner-Johnson, Fletcher Cox, Javon Hargrave, James Bradberry, Kyzir White and T.J. Edwards). Gardner-Johnson might be the No. 1 priority of all of them. He tied for the league lead in interceptions with six and made 67 tackles as the lifeline of the defense. Like Hurts, Gardner-Johnson has earned his piece of the financial pie. 

3. Replacing the coordinators

One of the downsides to having a great team is that everyone wants to replicate your success. Teams looking for new head coaches are interested in DC Jonathan Gannon and OC Shane Steichen. Steichen has been instrumental in the development of Jalen Hurts, and Gannon is the architect of a defense that recorded 70 sacks, third all time behind the 1989 Minnesota Vikings and 1984 Chicago Bears. 

Gannon is scheduled to interview with the Arizona Cardinals, and Steichen is on his way to becoming Colts head coach, per ESPN's Adam Schefter. It makes sense for the Eagles to promote from within given their recent track record of success. 

4. Deciding what to do with RB Miles Sanders 

The Eagles are 15-7-1 when Sanders carries the ball 15 times or more in a game. Philadelphia could put the franchise tag on Sanders, who's still on his rookie deal from 2019. Placing him on the tag would be a "prove it" deal — an audition for a long-term contract in Philadelphia or elsewhere. If the Eagles don''t want to keep him, they could draft Texas' Bijan Robinson, the consensus top back in the draft.