Philadelphia Eagles Hire Josh Grizzard As Passing Game Coordinator
In the NFL, the coaching carousel spins fast enough to give you whiplash. One minute, you’re the architect of a historic offensive start; the next, you’re packing up your office. That was the reality for Josh Grizzard just a few weeks ago. But in a league where second chances are currency, the former Buccaneers offensive coordinator didn’t stay on the open market for long.
The Philadelphia Eagles have officially brought Grizzard into the fold as their new Pass Game Coordinator. The move comes hot on the heels of the team naming Sean Mannion their new offensive coordinator. It’s a fascinating, slightly chaotic, and undeniably intriguing pivot for a Philly team desperate to recapture its Super Bowl swagger.
From Tampa Bay Castoff To a Key Voice In Philly
Getting fired is never fun. But getting fired after just one season, where you helped Baker Mayfield look like a dark-horse MVP candidate for six weeks? That is a specific kind of professional heartbreak. Grizzard arrives in Philadelphia with a chip on his shoulder the size of a cheesesteak.
The narrative around his exit from Tampa Bay is complicated. On paper, the 2025 season was a disaster by the end. The Bucs finished 8-9, missing the playoffs and looking disjointed down the stretch. But if you rewind the tape to October, Grizzard looked like a genius. Under his watch, the Bucs stormed out to a 5-1 record. Rookie wideout Emeka Egbuka was torching secondaries, and the offense was humming with a surgical precision that had fans dreaming of a deep playoff run.
Then, reality hit. Injuries piled up, the play-calling hit a wall, and Todd Bowles needed a scapegoat. Grizzard took the fall. But here is the thing: smart teams look past the win-loss record. The Eagles clearly saw something in those interview rooms.
Grizzard actually interviewed for the offensive coordinator job in Philly. He made enough of an impression that even after they handed the keys to Mannion, they refused to let Grizzard leave the building without a contract.
How Grizzard Fits Into the Eagles’ New Brain Trust
This creates a dynamic in the Eagles’ offensive room that is equal parts exciting and risky. You have Mannion, the young quarterback whisperer from Green Bay, calling the shots. And right beside him, you have Grizzard, a guy who has actually sat in the big chair and felt the heat of calling plays on Sunday.
Grizzard brings a specific skillset that Philly desperately needs: third-down efficiency. Even as the Bucs collapsed late last season, Grizzard was instrumental in designing looks that kept the chains moving. In 2024, as the Pass Game Coordinator under Liam Coen, he helped orchestrate a third-down offense that led the league with an absurd 50.9% conversion rate. If he can sprinkle even a little bit of that magic dust on the Eagles’ playbook, Nick Sirianni will look like a genius for this hire.
The Redemption Arc Begins Now
There is a human element here that gets lost in the X’s and O’s. Grizzard is walking into a high-pressure environment with something to prove. He’s joining a staff that is essentially hitting the reset button on offensive philosophy.
He isn’t coming in to run the whole show this time. He doesn’t have the burden of being the primary play-caller, which might actually free him up to do what he does best: design concepts that get receivers open. He’s going from a situation in Tampa where he was trying to hold a crumbling dam together to a situation in Philly where he just needs to help Mannion steer the ship.
For the Eagles, it’s a low-risk gamble. If the offense stalls, the blame falls on Mannion or Sirianni. If the passing game explodes, Grizzard rehabilitates his image and puts himself right back on the track to being an OC again.
It wasn’t the job he initially interviewed for, but it might be the job Grizzard needs right now. The NFL is a league of attrition and adaptation. Grizzard learned the hard way how fast fortunes can change in Tampa. Now, he gets a shot at redemption in a city that loves a comeback story.
