INDIANAPOLIS – He had just hopped off the set of CBS Sports to end a whirlwind couple of hours with the media to kick off the 2023 NFL Scouting Combine and Eagles Executive Vice President/General Manager Howie Roseman was asked to address a message that seemed to repeat throughout the day, just so fans could hear it loud and clear and digest it for all it means moving forward for this football team: It’s going to look different as the roster takes shape with free agency and the NFL Draft.
That’s just the way it has to be.
And that isn’t a bad thing for a team that reached Super Bowl LVII and that returns so many key pieces in the locker room and on the coaching staff, that has the resources to upgrade in free agency and in the spring ahead – and for the 2024 NFL Draft, as it looks now – and that has a very confident vision of the near future.
“The formula we used to win a championship in ’17 wasn’t the same formula we used to get back to the Super Bowl in 2022,” Roseman said. “And just because it doesn’t look the same doesn’t mean it can’t be good. And so, from our perspective, yeah, there’s going to be change. We have a lot of free agents; there is going to be change. I think there are a lot of positives to where we’re going. I think that’s based on a lot of consistency on the offensive side of the ball, guys who are under contract for a long time. There is obviously going to be change, but based on the number of (draft) picks that we have and the young players we have from last year who are ready to play, that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s going to be a bad thing.”
Here’s the message, loud and clear: The Eagles are going to figure this out, and “we’re not going to stop trying to compete,” said Roseman. The reality is that the Eagles simply can’t retain all of their potential unrestricted free agents and, besides, it’s time to transition at some key positions to a promising group of younger players. This is the natural order of the NFL, and the Eagles have always had a strong plan for succession and, well, here we are.
On Tuesday, the Eagles announced changes to the coaching staff – Brian Johnson moves from quarterbacks coach to offensive coordinator, with some additions (namely Marcus Brady, the former Colts offensive coordinator, to senior offensive assistant) and promotions, and Sean Desai becomes the new defensive coordinator – and these were decisions the Eagles knew were coming down the avenue. You go 14-3 in the regular season and dominate…
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