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Howie Roseman Smoking a Cigar and Doing a Dance After His Best Season Ever
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If MVP could be given to an executive, it would go to Howie Roseman:
Howie Roseman after the greatest offseason ever. #Eagles pic.twitter.com/5SXNUV3FOa
— Jeff Kerr (@JeffKerrCBS) February 10, 2025
Howie Roseman, cigar in hand: pic.twitter.com/IS7ScXkxat
— Olivia Reiner (@ReinerOlivia) February 10, 2025
Just so we have it all straight, Howie gets stuffed into storage closet B by Chip Kelly. He emerges with Doug Pederson and wins a Super Bowl. Then he drafts Jalen Hurts, somehow digs his way out of the Carson Wentz extension, pulls back a bunch of picks, and goes to the 2023 Super Bowl. After a three-point loss, he rebuilds the defense entirely, hits on every single draft pick in the first three rounds, brings in Vic Fangio and Kellen Moore, and has the greatest offseason a Philadelphia player-personnel executive has ever had. Zack Baun, Saquon Barkley, Mekhi Becton, the CJGJ redux, Quinyon Mitchell, and Cooper DeJean.
Tell me I’m wrong. Am I wrong? If it’s not the best offseason from a Philadelphia GM, then it’s top two or three. He put together a defense that just totally stuffed Patrick Mahomes in the Super Bowl and sacked him six times without blitzing. Not once. Not a single blitz. He pulled Baun off the scrap heap, gave Saquon new life, returned CJGJ to where he belonged, and then Nick Sirianni suggested moving Becton inside to guard. Howie only got one move wrong in Bryce Huff, and Huff wasn’t even active in the Super Bowl anyway. No matter. It didn’t even hurt the Eagles.
Howie is on a Hall of Fame trajectory. Think about how much Chip’s firing changed the trajectory of this franchise.
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com