August 11, 2026
Colleen Claggett/For PhillyVoice
Jonathan Greenard #52 of the Philadelphia Eagles jogs on the field during a Philadelphia Eagles minicamp at the Jefferson Health Training Complex on May 27, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Those wondering when new Eagles Pro Bowl EDGE Jonathan Greenard will make his debut will have to wait longer – much, much longer.
Greenard, who opened training camp on the Physically Unable to Perform list because of a pectoral strain he suffered while weight lifting last month, is weeks away from being able to play, defensive coordinator Vic Fangio confirmed Tuesday before another camp practice.
"No, we ain't gonna see him for another couple weeks, at least," Fangio said.
The Eagles have depth at edge, and most of the first-team reps have gone to emerging third-year pro Jalyx Hunt and 2023 first-round pick Nolan Smith Jr. The team also has veterans Arnold Ebiketie and A.J. Epenesa to add to the pass rush.
But the trade for Greenard, who had 24.5 sacks between 2023 and 2024 before a shoulder injury marred his 2025 season and limited him to 3.0 sacks in 12 games, was an essential move in the offseason for the Eagles, who were looking to fill the void left by the free-agent departure of Jaelan Phillips.
The Eagles traded two third-round picks to acquire the 29-year-old, who hadn't before played in Fangio's scheme.
Fangio said Greenard is present and active in off-field classroom sessions while he rehabs his injury but added that Greenard "probably won't" make it back before the end of camp and would likely be on a pitch count when he returns.
"He's been great behind the scenes," Fangio said. "He's in the practices [watching], he's in the meetings, he's doing everything he can stay up and be prepared as much as you can without doing anything physically. So he's been great that way.
"But when he does come back, whenever that is, the thing you miss by not partaking in training camp, which he probably won't, you gotta get calloused to play in football, NFL football – the banging, the running, the change of direction, the fatigue of it. He's going to lose that."
Fangio reminded reporters of NFL life before the 2011 Collective Bargaining Agreement mandated steep fines for training camp holdouts. Before that CBA, first- and second-round picks frequently held out for most or all of camp while their deals were still being negotiated. Fangio said many of them suffered injuries as rookies because their bodies weren't prepared for the physicality of pro football.
"There was a real correlation to those guys getting hurt because they weren't calloused to play football," he said. "So that's going to be something we have to be conscious of with him when he does get back."
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