The Philadelphia Eagles raised a lot of eyebrows last offseason, when they completely overhauled their medical staff. Now, they're doing it again.

“Arsh Dhanota, the medical director of non-operative sports medicine at Penn Medicine, has been named chief medical officer,” sources told Tim McMahon of ESPN.com.

McMahon writes that it's a newly created position, and that Dhanota will “oversee the entire medical staff.” After replacing much of their staff after their Super Bowl-winning 2017 season, they suffered even more injuries last year.

Sources also told McMahon that “there was a perception problem among some players in the locker room when it came to the medical team as the season went along.” If the players were openly upset with the staff, then obviously a change needed to be made.

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The team is now “parting ways with head team physician and head internist Stephen A. Stache, who was in that role for just one year.” All the drama is a bit puzzling, considering the Eagles have been one of the most stable and well-run organizations in the league the past few years.

Franchise quarterback Carson Wentz has suffered season-ending injuries each of the past two seasons, which has surely contributed to some of the angst. Wentz did emphasize at the end of the year that he was still “confident in the medical staff.” Apparently, management wasn't so confident.

“I think when you look at our IR list, there are a lot of good players on that list. There is no doubt about it. We have to study, we have to figure out ways to continue to get healthier and to keep our players on the field,” Eagles front office head Howie Roseman said at the end of the season.

In hindsight, it's clear Roseman wasn't happy with his training staff and was looking to make a change.