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The 5 Best Offseason Moves By The Philadelphia Eagles

By Michael Beaudwin

Dec 13, 2015; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Philadelphia Eagles running back DeMarco Murray (29) looks on from the sidelines during a break in the second half against the Buffalo Bills at Lincoln Financial Field. The Eagles won 23-20. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 13, 2015; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Philadelphia Eagles running back DeMarco Murray (29) looks on from the sidelines during a break in the second half against the Buffalo Bills at Lincoln Financial Field. The Eagles won 23-20. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports /
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Feb 24, 2016; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Philadelphia Eagles executive vice president of football operations Howie Roseman speaks to the media during the 2016 NFL Scouting Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 24, 2016; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Philadelphia Eagles executive vice president of football operations Howie Roseman speaks to the media during the 2016 NFL Scouting Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports /

3. Letting Howie Roseman make the deals

After being cast out of Philly and becoming just a whisper around the league, Howie Roseman returns to apparently flip the team back right side up. I don’t know what mountain Roseman spent all of his time away meditating on, but it seems to have him focused. Somehow, Roseman has been able to shed the bad contracts the Eagles have and get something in return. The man knows how to deal the way a composer leads an orchestra.

Byron Maxwell was arguably one of the worst free agent signings of the 2015 offseason. I say “arguably” because the other horrid signing in the discussion would be DeMarco Murray.  Maxwell got a deal as one of the league’s elites, and played like an inconsistently average starter. Most of us assumed that this was something that haunted the team for at least another two years.

Wrong.

Roseman managed to package Maxwell, with Kiko Alonso, and ship them down to Miami for a bit of a draft shuffle, and Miami taking on Maxwell’s contract. Not only did Roseman spend his time away becoming more focused, but apparently he also learned the Jedi mind trick. “You do want to take these contracts…”

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A lot of Roseman’s moves have been viewed as keeping anyone that is/was a “Chip Kelly guy” in his cross-hairs. Roseman is still going to keep around a decent amount of Kelly’s ideals and approach to keeping the team healthy. However, he is also getting rid of players that just didn’t work out. Chip Kelly was good at a lot of things, but being a GM was not one of them. Neither was valuing talent. Maxwell did not play up to his contract, and Alonso proved to still be injury prone. Neither one were exactly a great fit. DeMarco Murray was mismanaged, turning out to be a complete bust. Murray was also too vocal about his frustrations with the team, which didn’t really make him someone the team wanted to keep around. The old saying may be “the squeaky wheel gets the grease,” but sometimes, you just buy a new wheel.

Out with the bad, and in with the good. Maybe that is the mantra Roseman repeated to himself while in his mountain cave. Things look good for the Eagles right now. At least on paper. And although being a paper tiger does not mean a team is primed for success, Roseman has put the team in a better spot. For now.

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