Howie Roseman’s final thoughts ahead of the 2023 NFL Draft

We’re only a couple of hours from the start of the 2023 NFL Draft and the NovaCare Complex is buzzing. It’s a well-oiled operation, a choreographed exercise in being prepared for a long and intense weekend. Howie Roseman has been here all day and he’s ready. He is standing outside the team’s Draft Room, aware of the opportunity that is in front of the Eagles. With picks 10 and 30 tonight, Philadelphia enters this draft in a position of power.

So, Roseman has his thoughts on how tonight might go. It is a process he has been through many times.

“You’ve got to get yourself ready for it. It’s kind of like a night game for us, so you don’t want to peak too soon. I’m not gonna lie, I didn’t sleep too well last night just because of the excitement,” Roseman said. “I know all of our fans are excited. We’re excited, too. You get through the day. You get a little workout. You try to see a little of the family and then you get here, and there are a lot of phone calls during the day.

“We’re certainly prepared. We have a really good process and we understand scenarios. It never goes exactly as you want, but we are prepared for all of those scenarios, and I think we’ll come out of it really improving our football team.”

Is it possible to really, truly know how this is going to play out? All we’ve heard for weeks is that the top of this draft is going to be wildly unpredictable. The Eagles are experts at keeping their plans to a scant few, so the predictions for what Roseman might do have been all over the place.

What are the Eagles going to do? They have options, that’s for sure.

“I don’t think anyone necessarily knows what we’re going to do,” Roseman said. “I think we do the same thing people do about us: They go, ‘Hey, this is what their history says they’re going to do, we probably can assume that’s what they’re going to be doing,’ but I like to think we keep people off guard a little bit. I think, for us, we’re just going to do what we think is right for our team. Whatever anyone else might think is right for their team, they should do what’s right for their team. We’re going to do what’s right for our team. I’m excited about that opportunity.”