PHILADELPHIA — Nakobe Dean registered double-digit tackles in five of the Eagles’ last six regular-season games and was headed in that direction again Sunday against the Green Bay Packers when his season abruptly ended in the first round of the playoffs.

Per Pro Football Talk, Eagles DC Vic Fangio is happy in his current position in Philadelphia and is not looking for a head coaching job this cycle. There hasn’t been much buzz surrounding Fangio receiving any interview requests for the openings around the league,

In the absence of Najobe Dean, the Philadelphia Eagles know that they need to have a strong succession plan in place if they want to keep their defense among the elite in the playoffs. For defensive coordinator Vic Fangio, that means potentially choosing between a veteran like Oren Burks and a fifth-round rookie in Jeremiah Trotter Jr.

Vic Fangio has what he calls “a little rule.” A backup linebacker wouldn’t solely practice with another backup linebacker when doing team drills, “because that’s not how it’s going to happen in a game,

While the Eagles walked away with the win, they also lost one of their key defensive starters in third-year linebacker Nakobe Dean. Dean suffered a torn patellar tendon in his kne