The Eagles' NFLPA Report Card Is Out — And the F in Team Travel Is Embarrassing

Every year, the NFLPA surveys players across all 32 teams and grades franchises on everything from coaching to facilities to how they treat players' families. Every year, the Eagles score well in some areas and poorly in others. And every year, you'd think a franchise worth north of $7 billion would figure out how to book a decent charter flight.

They haven't. The 2026 NFLPA report cards leaked this week, and the Eagles pulled an F in team travel. An F. Not a C-minus. Not a gentleman's D. A straight-up failure. In a league where players are flying cross-country every other week, putting their bodies through absolute war, the Eagles can't figure out how to make travel tolerable.

The Good News First

Let's give credit where it's due. Nick Sirianni got an A from his own players as head coach. Vic Fangio pulled an A-plus as defensive coordinator — and if you watched that defense play last season, you already knew his guys would run through a wall for him. The training staff earned an A. Strength coaches, position coaches, the home game field experience at the Linc — all strong marks. The Eagles clearly have buy-in from their locker room when it comes to the people running things on a day-to-day basis.

The food and dining area also pulled an A, which tracks. The NovaCare Complex isn't some college cafeteria — these guys eat well. And the weight room scored an A-minus. On the football side, this organization is elite.

Now the Ugly Part

Team travel: F. Locker room: D. Treatment of families: C-plus. These aren't nitpicky complaints from diva players. These are the things that determine whether a franchise treats its people like human beings or like assets on a balance sheet.

The travel grade is the one that should make Jeffrey Lurie's ears burn. This is one of the wealthiest owners in the NFL. The Eagles print money. And yet players are telling the NFLPA that the travel experience is the worst grade you can get. We're talking about chartered flights, hotels, meal arrangements, schedule logistics — the whole package. An F means players feel like the organization is cutting corners where it matters.

The locker room getting a D is almost worse. These guys spend more time in that locker room than they do in their own living rooms during the season. It's where they prepare, recover, bond. A D tells you the facility itself — or the atmosphere around it — isn't meeting the standard. For a franchise that just renovated the NovaCare Complex not that long ago, that's a bad look.

Why This Actually Matters

Some fans will roll their eyes at this. "Oh, millionaire athletes complaining about their flights." Miss me with that. In a league with a salary cap, where every team can offer roughly the same money, the margins matter. When a free agent is choosing between two teams offering similar deals, you better believe they're asking current players what it's like to play there. And if the answer is "great coaches, great culture, but the travel is miserable and the locker room feels like a high school" — that's a problem.

Howie Roseman pulled a B as general manager. Solid, not spectacular. Ownership got a B too. Those are fine grades, but when you pair them with an F in travel and a D in the locker room, it paints a picture of an organization that invests heavily in football operations but skimps on player comfort. That's a philosophical choice, and it's one that can bite you.

The offensive coordinator grade — a C-plus for Kevin Patullo — is already irrelevant since he was fired in January and replaced by Sean Mannion. That grade will reset. But the infrastructure grades? Those don't change with a coaching hire. Those require ownership to write checks and prioritize player experience.

The Bottom Line

The Eagles are a well-coached, well-run football team with a front office that knows how to build a roster. The on-field product is strong. But the off-field experience? It's lagging behind, and the players are telling you that directly. An F in team travel for a $7 billion franchise is inexcusable. A D in the locker room is a red flag.

Jeffrey Lurie has always prided himself on running a first-class organization. These grades suggest that in some critical areas, the Eagles are anything but. Free agency opens in a few weeks. The Combine is right around the corner. If the Eagles want to attract top talent — and keep the talent they have happy — fixing these grades needs to be a priority this offseason. Not next year. Now.