Andy Dalton, ex-Bengals QB, rejects Eagles for new team, per report

Former Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton is set to sign with a new team, NBC Sports reports. The outlet further disclosed that Dalton declined an invitation from the Philadelphia Eagles to rejoin the team. Dalton was let go by the Eagles on October 9. Dalton reached his 39th birthday later this month. In September, Dalton was brought in by the Eagles to play in place of their starting quarterback Jalen Hurts, but he threw an interception during the team's Monday Night Football game against the Chicago Bears.

This was Dalton's sole pass attempt in the 2026 season. Earlier this month, Dalton claimed the second-string quarterback position over third-stringer Tanner McKee when McKee was inactive for the Bengals' season opener. During the Eagles' final preseason game against the Bengals at Lincoln Financial Field, Dalton went 12-for-19 for 104 passing yards with one touchdown.

Dalton, Cincinnati's starting quarterback from 2011 to 2019, ranks second in the franchise's all-time leading passers in yards only behind Ken Anderson. In March, Dalton was traded by the Carolina Panthers to the Eagles in exchange for a 2027 seventh-round draft pick. Dalton played in 13 games across the past three seasons for the Panthers and started against the Bengals for the fourth time since his departure from Cincinnati in 2020.

In June 2025, Dalton took part in a dodgeball game at a Savannah Bananas game held at Charlotte's Bank of America Stadium.