Some fans were bummed about the Chauncey Gardner-Johnson trade. Why were the Eagles sending the brash, fan-favorite safety to the Houston Texans for a guard that looks to be a first-round bust? Why would you move CJGJ at all, considering the Birds went to the Super Bowl both times he was on the roster? What is Howie Roseman doing?

Legitimate questions, the first two. We’ll have our answers at some point in the near future.

The third question, however, is not legitimate. Why? Because Howie Roseman is the NFL’s best GM and the best player-personnel executive in the history of Philadelphia sports. The fact that anybody is expressing concern with Howie after the Super Bowl is high comedy and shows that a large portion of the Eagles fan base is totally unserious. Within that portion is a smaller portion representing some of the dumbest people on the planet. We’re not even six weeks removed from the greatest performance in franchise history, a 40-22 hammering of the Chiefs that ended with Kenny Pickett taking a knee, and now people are “concerned” about the offseason.

Nobody has earned the benefit of the doubt more than Howie Roseman since 2017. To recap:

  • Roseman has guided the Eagles to three of the last eight Super Bowls
  • they won two of those games and probably should have won the third
  • he has not missed on a draft pick in the first three rounds since 2020
  • after the Jalen Reagor whiff, he added DeVonta Smith, Landon Dickerson, Milton Williams, Jordan Davis, Cam Jurgens, Nakobe Dean, Jalen Carter, Nolan Smith, Tyler Steen, Sydney Brown, Quinyon Mitchell, Cooper DeJean, and Jalyx Hunt
  • he’s hit on picks between the 4th and 7th round, for instance – Kenny Gainwell, Kelee Ringo, Moro Ojomo, Tanner McKee, and Grant Calcaterra
  • the additions of Saquon Barkley, Zack Baun, Mekhi Becton, and CJGJ (2nd time) were a huge catalyst for the Super Bowl win
  • after the 2020 debacle, the flip of Carson Wentz and later manipulation of the #9 overall pick resulted in a one-year rebuild that saw the Eagles turn the corner with Jalen Hurts
  • the player-friendly culture at NovaCare allows the Eagles to stay ahead of the market, extend guys early, and get buy-in for the void year/restructure salary cap strategy

Far be it from us to tell fans how to think and feel, but the thought that you’d be concerned with anything at all on March 12th is a total head scratcher, especially when the other shoe hasn’t even dropped. We all know that the Eagles can’t bring everybody back. Free agents are going to walk. Guys like Josh Sweat and Milton Williams deserved to be paid. Hard decisions need to be made so that you aren’t falling into the same “run it back” trap that puts other teams in the mud. See the Philadelphia Phillies and Philadelphia Union for recent examples of teams that didn’t do enough with their rosters to get back to their respective championship games. Howie rebuilt the defense almost entirely after the 2022 Super Bowl loss and there’s nothing to suggest that he can’t do it again. In Howie we trust.


The other thing that should make you laugh, is that this same time last year, Eagles fans didn’t even know who Zack Baun was. The Mekhi Becton signing didn’t move the needle and people were wondering if going after Saquon made sense. No player-personnel move can be judged until, you know, the guys actually play, so this entire exercise is pointless anyway. But people need to tweet about something, and radio needs to talk about something, so here we are blogging about this nonsense for the sake of the never-ending content cycle.

Last thought –

To ask if Howie Roseman has a “plan” is preposterous. No, he’s just flinging darts at a board. Is that a serious question? Does the NFL’s best GM have a plan? Anybody who asked any version of this question should be given the dunce hat and a comfortable chair in the corner of the room, facing the wall.

This might sound extreme, but this is a rare example of why fascism might be a good thing. Cancel culture and the throttling of free speech. Anybody who doubts Howie Roseman should have their phone taken away, then you go before a sporting tribunal that sentences you to 40 hours of grass touching. Straight into the Russian gulag with these people. There is no legitimate criticism that can be directed at Howie Roseman. Not on March 12th, 2025. If Kenyon Green ends up being a total zero and the Eagles win five games next season, the spiteful wrath of the Eagles fan can once again be removed from Pandora’s Box, but right now it remains sealed.