The Eagles entered the 2015 season with a fully stocked pantry at the linebacker position. DeMeco Ryans was coming off of an injury, but Mychal Kendricks, Brandon Graham and Connor Barwin had entrenched themselves as starters. To add to matters, the Eagles traded LeSean McCoy to the Buffalo Bills in exchange for Kiko Alonso, a talented young linebacker who wowed in his rookie season of 2013.
Despite this wealth of talent at the position, the Eagles fell victim to the injury bug, as Alonso, Ryans and Kendricks all missed time at one point or another.