Edge Rusher Dynamics: Jalen Phillips and Nolan Smith

Jalen Carter could push to become the league’s highest-paid defensive player with a big second half while pending free agents like Nakobe Dean, Dallas Goedert and Reed Blankenship are playing for coin. But they’re not the only Eagles players and coaches with much to gain or lose based on how the second half goes for the Eagles. EJ Smith and Bo Wulf draft the people who have the most riding on the final nine (plus) games of 2025.

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