Sean Mannion: 5 questions and answers about the Eagles’ new offensive coordinator

I’m guessing more than a few Philadelphia Eagles fans didn’t even know who Sean Mannion was prior to the team interviewing him for their offensive coordinator opening earlier this week.

Now that he’s the hire, let’s learn more about the former Packers quarterbacks coach from a Green Bay perspective. I reached out to the great Justis Mosqueda from Acme Packing Company for his insight on Philly’s new play-caller.

1 – Seems like some Packers fans are annoyed to be losing Sean Mannion. Why’s that the case?

I think Packers fans just wanted new leadership on offense, as some of them haven’t fully accepted that Matt LaFleur is in control of that side of the ball. Adam Stenavich is the most tenured offensive coordinator in the NFL right now, and people put a lot of the offensive structure’s blame (they like to run inside, to the dismay of many) on him instead of Matt. Packers fans hoped that they would buy out the entire offensive staff this offseason. What’s happened is they’ve let Jeff Hafley take whoever he wants (mostly on defense but also Nathaniel Hackett) to Miami and haven’t fired a single coach (buyouts cost money). So Mannion was viewed by some as an alternative to Stenavich/Hackett/Luke Getsy getting the OC job in Green Bay in 2026. For the most part, Mannion wasn’t talked about much as a potential future OC candidate until his name showed up on the East-West Shrine Bowl’s roster as the offensive coordinator of the West team this offseason. Fans latched onto the name after that.

2 – How do Packers players and coaches talk about Mannion?

LaFleur has said good things about him and said he was a smart player for him when they were together with the Los Angeles Rams. The players seem to like him, but I do wonder how much of Jordan Love/Malik Willis we put on Mannion, who only got an on-field coaching gig last year. Love and Willis pretty much did in 2025 under Mannion what they did in 2024 under Tom Clements (Packers QB coach who developed Rodgers 2006 to 2016 and Love 2022 to 2024).

3 – To what extent, if any, do you think Mannion deserves credit for Jordan Love’s development and the success Malik Willis has had when he’s been forced into action?

Well, it looks like I answered that one, haha. LaFleur is very involved with the offense, then there’s Stenavich at offensive coordinator, Jason Vrable at pass game coordinator and Getsy (LaFleur’s QB coach 2019 to 2021) also had the title of “senior offensive assistant,” so it’s tough to know who gets credit for what in Mannion’s one year as QB coach.

4 – Based on what you know, do you think he can be an effective offensive coordinator in the NFL?

Cards on the table here: Eric Galko, who now runs the East-West Shrine Bowl, was my boss at XFL 2020. I talked to him this past week about how things were going down there and he said that Mannion did a good job of getting his West offense ready in that game. They ended up winning it. I watched the game live and they ran a lot of the Packers’ staple concepts, like boot play action from under center, throughout the game. I am interested in if Mannion will dip into the quarterback run game more with Jalen Hurts, though. LaFleur has credited Stenavich, specifically, with their quarterback run stuff whenever Malik Willis played for them. Stenavich is a former offensive line coach, so it makes more sense that he had a hand in the run game. LaFleur has already credited Steno with bringing in the spinner series to Green Bay, which has been present in the offense for the last two seasons and really debuted when Willis was forced into the starting role against the Indianapolis Colts in 2024.

5 – Anything else to know about Mannion?

I’m in Oregon, so I’d be doing a disservice to Beavers fans if I didn’t mention that he left Oregon State as the Pac-12’s all-time passing leader. He played a ton of football under Mike Riley, who was spamming a lot of that jet motion/boot action stuff well before Sean McVay ever coached the Rams. It’s not surprising McVay, LaFleur, Liam Coen, Kevin Stefanski, Gary Kubiak, Klint Kubiak, Kevin O’Connell and Grant Udinski are coaches he crossed paths with as a player. I very much think of him as coming from that Kubiak-Shanahan-McVay tree.