The Giants’ preferred choice for their next offensive line coach may have just become a free agent, but it’s apparently going to be a tough sell getting him to East Rutherford.
After being stripped of his run-game coordinator role in the middle of last season, Eagles offensive line coach Jeff Stoutland announced on social media Wednesday night that he will not remain a part of coach Nick Sirianni’s staff in 2026.
Here’s what Stoutland said:
“Philadelphia, I’ve decided my time coaching with the Eagles has come to an end. When I arrived here in 2013, I did not know what I was signing up for. I quickly learned what this city demands. But more importantly, what it gives back. The past 13 years have been the great privilege of my coaching career. I didn’t just work here, I became one of you. Stout out.”
The Eagles wanted Stoutland to remain on the coaching staff, but he was not going to regain the role of run-game coordinator that had been given to him in 2018 after the team won its first Super Bowl.
Stoutland turns 64 next week, but nowhere in his statement did he mention retirement. Anyone who watched him coach last season knows that he still has the energy required to handle the rigors of being an NFL coach. It is believed, however, that he intends to remain with the Eagles in an alumni capacity for the 2026 season.
It is known that the Giants would be very much interested in hiring Stoutland if he decides to remain in coaching next season. New Giants coach John Harbaugh is still in the midst of filling out his coaching staff after hiring Matt Nagy to be his offensive coordinator over the weekend. The two most important vacancies remaining are offensive line coach and quarterbacks coach.
Stoutland has long been considered one of the best offensive line coaches in the NFL, helping the Eagles win two Super Bowls over the last 13 seasons. He has also mentored seven different players who have participated in a combined 25 Pro Bowls.
Juan Castillo, another former Eagles offensive line coach, is also under consideration for the job with the Giants, according to NorthJersey.com’s Art Stapleton. Castillo, 66, worked as the offensive line coach under Harbaugh in Baltimore and worked with Nagy in Kansas City.
He was recently hired as Syracuse’s offensive line coach after spending the last three seasons at the college level. Castillo was the Eagles’ offensive line coach from 1998 through 2010. Castillo and Harbaugh were the only coaches retained by Andy Reid after he replaced Ray Rhodes as the Eagles’ head coach in 1999.
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