Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio has been a part of many top defenses over his 40-year career as a coach in the NFL.
From coaching All-Pros like Khalil Mack and Von Miller to building up expansion team rosters in Carolina, Fangio has been a key role player in NFL circles. Now as the Eagles Super Bowl-winning play-caller, his role has emphasized an important part of what makes him so special.
Teaching.
Philadelphia has one of the youngest defenses in the league going into the 2025 season. They were younger dating back to last season when Fangio had them as the top unit in the sport, but after saying goodbye to multiple aging veterans, Philadelphia's youth movement has been reemphasized this offseason.
And that is perfectly fine for Fangio.
"I look at this year very similar to last year," Fangio said at a press conference on Tuesday. "In that this time last year, you know, we had a lot of turnover in personnel from the previous year... We had a lot of question marks at that time.
"I look at it like it's basically the same one year to the next. The names have changed; hopefully we'll get the same results from these new guys like we got from a lot of the new guys last year."
Philadelphia's youth movement worked to perfection last season. Many of their young stars are now considered important pieces to their hopes of repeating as Super Bowl champions.
It's hard to envision seeing the team's youth movement working again this season at that same level.
But ….
If there's a coaching staff that can get it done, though, it's definitely Fangio's group.