Philadelphia Eagles Offseason Dates Revealed for OTAs, Minicamp

The Philadelphia Eagles have scheduled a mandatory minicamp for early June.

Oct 22, 2023; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts (right) and receiver A.J. Brown. / Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports

PHILADELPHIA – The NFL announced its offseason workout dates for each team on Friday, including the Philadelphia Eagles.

Here are the Eagles’ scheduled offseason dates with some thoughts on each.

First day: April 15

This two-week period is called Phase One of the offseason program with activities limited to meetings, strength and conditioning, and physical rehab only.

It’s also a good time for players and coaches to get to know each other better, a chance for head coach Nick Sirianni to begin putting in the seedlings of his culture that he hopes will blossom in time for the season.

There are plenty of new faces, including new coordinators in Kellen Moore on the offense and Vic Fangio on the defense. There are also several new players on both sides of the ball brought in via free agency.

Jan 15, 2024; Tampa, Florida, USA; Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni and chief of security Dom DiSandro. / Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports

THOUGHTS: Will Haason Reddick show up? The star edge rusher could be traded by then, something the Eagles will make happen if they like the compensation offered for him, and that is a big if.

The Eagles already pushed his roster bonus date of $1 million back to the Monday after Easter, and they could do so again, but if Reddick is still on the roster and a new contract not agreed upon, he may sit this one out even though Fangio will look to begin installing his defense during the meetings that will take place.

Unless dealt with sooner rather than later, the Reddick situation will only become more of a distraction.

My guess is that Reddick will eventually show up, maybe not on April 15, but he will. He is a professional who has one year left on his contract, he’s a Philly kid, having grown up in Camden, N.J., played at Temple, and rooted for the Eagles.

OTAs: May 20, May 22-23, May 28, May 30-31

This is the period known as Phase Two, which consists of the next three weeks of the program.

On-field workouts may include individual or group instruction and drills, as well as “perfect play drills,” and drills and plays with offensive players lining up across from offensive players and defensive players lining up across from defensive players, conducted at a walk-through pace. No live contact or team offense vs. team defense drills are permitted.

You will notice that there is one more OTA scheduled than previously under Sirianni the past two years.

THOUGHTS: The Eagles had the lightest OTA workload of any NFL team the past two years. This spring, they aren’t messing around.

Mandatory Minicamp: June 4-6

Finally, Phase Three and look what we have here – an actual mandatory minicamp, provided they don’t cancel it again.

THOUGHTS: This will be the first mandatory minicamp with Sirianni in charge.

It’s not like the coach didn’t want one in previous years. He did in 2021, his first season, but the pandemic had other ideas.

In 2022, he made a deal with the team’s veterans such ss Jason Kelce and Fletcher Cox, that if everyone showed up for OTAs, which are optional, and put the time in, they would cancel the mandatory minicamp. So, they did.

Last year, the Eagles played through the middle of February after making it to the Super Bowl, so shortening things made sense.

This year, there are no excuses nor Kelce and Cox, either, after both players retired.

With new offensive and defensive schemes invading South Philly, it makes sense to have a mandatory minicamp this year before breaking until training camp opens at the end of July.