Eagles debate table: Should Howie Roseman be on a hot seat?

Here’s the argument for placing Howie on the hot seat.

Well, nobody’s perfect. Sure, there were times where Roseman seemingly had about $15 to spend. Just take the 2017 offseason as an example. Philly needed one of the best wide receivers in free agency and landed two of them. Some of us are still trying to figure out how, but both Alshon Jeffery and Torrey Smith wound up in the Eagles’ nest during 2017’s offseason when it appeared that Philly was right up against the max spending limit.

Howie went on to craft a Super Bowl-winning roster that season, working tirelessly around the clock and winning over and over again with undrafted free agents (Corey Clement), guys who were signed post-draft (LeGarrette Blount), and trades that came midseason and seemingly out of nowhere (Jay Ajayi).

For Howie Roseman, 2017 will always be a part of his story. Unfortunately, so will the “Dream Team”, his inability to draft wide receivers and cornerbacks, and the fact that, these days, he always seems to have Philly in the discussion for landing prized talent even though those guys always seem to wind up somewhere else.

If we’re talking about the long-term success of these Eagles, the plan can’t always be missing on draft picks and then using more draft picks as trade collateral to bring in guys who are already “proven”. Sure, the Darius Slay addition was a major win, but at some point, you have to nail it with some of these draft choices.

Yes, you can credit Howie with Dallas Goedert, but you also have to blame him for Shelton Gibson, Donnel Pumphrey, and Sidney Jones. It’s one step forward and two steps backward too often with this team’s roster. Something has to change, and it has to change in a hurry.