Eagles announce initial 53-man roster

“It’s unbelievable. Reed is one of those guys, he started the last man in that group, and every day, like Coach (Sirianni) says, we evaluate practice every day, we evaluate everything he did, and he continued to show up. He had a feel,” Roseman said. “I don’t want to put too high expectations on him, but he kind of reminded me of a guy like Quintin Mikell who we had here. He has physical tools, but he’s always around the ball, and credit to him and our coaches for putting him in position to make plays. We wanted to recognize that because we had a smaller draft class, we wanted to give everyone an opportunity to make this team.”

Here is a look at the moves that the Eagles made to get down to 53:

• Trade: The Eagles acquired safety Chauncey Gardner-Johnson and a 2025 seventh-round pick from the Saints in exchange for a 2023 fifth-round pick and a 2024 sixth-round pick (the later of the Eagles’ two selections).

• Placed on Injured Reserve: WR Greg Ward

• Released: WR Deon Cain, T Le’Raven Clark, S Anthony Harris, TE Richard Rodgers, S Jaquiski Tartt, C Cameron Tom

• Waived: WR Devon Allen, C/G Jack Anderson, G/T Kayode Awosika, CB Josh Blackwell, RB Kennedy Brooks, S Andre Chachere, WR Britain Covey, LB Christian Elliss, CB Mario Goodrich, CB Tay Gowan, WR John Hightower, RB Jason Huntley, DE Matt Leo, CB Mac McCain, QB Reid Sinnett, LB JaCoby Stevens, QB Carson Strong, TE Noah Togiai, CB Kary Vincent, DT Marvin Wilson, DT Renell Wren

• Waived with an injury designation: DT Kobe Smith