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PHILADELPHIA -- When Jordan Matthews joined Vanderbilt's coaching staff last season, he helped install a play he brought over from his time with the Eagles, which they aptly named "Philly."
It features a three-tight-end set and is typically meant for deep red zone situations when the defense is anticipating a run. Instead, the quarterback drops back and targets the primary tight end on a spray/slant route. When Matthews was a receiver in Philadelphia, that tight end was Zach Ertz. At Vanderbilt, it was designed for Eli Stowers.
Matthews recalled that nugget as the fates twisted over the weekend and the Eagles selected his mentee in the second round of the 2026 draft -- the same round in which they took Matthews 12 years prior.