Philadelphia Eagles 53-man roster watch: 2020 cuts tracker
The Philadelphia Eagles have until Saturday to introduce their 53-man roster.
Well, some kind of way, they got it done. Facing the most difficult offseason in recent NFL history, the Philadelphia Eagles made it through free agency and the most recent NFL Draft. They got their players signed. They got all of the new guys up to speed, this despite the fact that they had no rookie or mandatory minicamp to report to.
Things didn’t get any easier in the Summertime. Once their safety plan was created and approved, they got to work. That’s when Doug Pederson and several players were diagnosed with COVID-19 and sent home to quarantine. Slowly everybody began making their way back until everyone was present.
There would be no preseason games. Well, they don’t count anyway, and owners weren’t going to make any money off of those overpriced preseason tickets as fans wouldn’t be allowed to attend games. That and player and coach safety made the decision easy, but here we are.
Again, we made it. Eagles camp is in the books for 2020, and it looks like this NFL regular season is really going to happen. Thank goodness. We can all probably agree that might bring us all a little normalcy, especially seeing as how many of the NCAA’s most recognizable conferences have canceled their regular season.
So, what might this Philadelphia Eagles 53-man roster look like?
As of 12:15 on Friday afternoon, Philly’s roster sits at 65 men. Thursday afternoon, we saw 12 names added to the waiver wire and Andre Dillard’s name added to the team’s IR (injured reserve). On Friday, according to multiple sources including ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Philly released cornerback Trevor Williams. Dave Zangaro of NBC Sports Philadelphia reports that the ‘Birds’ have also waived defensive tackle T.Y. McGill.
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Guys will be brought back to the now 16-man practice squad, but that will come after the team is slimmed to 53 men and the waiver wire is evaluated. You can track all of Philadelphia’s transactions below between now and Saturday:
The first update came at about 4:30 p.m EST on Friday. Philly has also waived defensive back Michael Jacquet, defensive end Matt Leo, and tight end Caleb Wilson.
#Eagles have made the following roster moves: pic.twitter.com/4xMIqhQqQD
— Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) September 4, 2020
Here’s another update, according to Terez Paylor of Yahoo Sports, defensive tackle Anthony Rush is gone.
The Eagles will release DT Anthony Rush, a source tells @YahooSports.
— RIP Terez A. Paylor (@TerezPaylor) September 5, 2020
Rush, 24, was a solid run defender in 171 defensive snaps for the Eagles last season, which could make him a candidate to get claimed despite no preseason games.
Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reported at about 12:19 p.m. EST that Philly’s also made the decision to release Raequan Williams. There was no reason to believe that they’d keep him if they released Anthony Rush. The news kept coming a few hours later.
The #Eagles are releasing DE Shareef Miller, a fourth-rounder from 2019.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 5, 2020
Another #Eagles secondary move: CB Rasul Douglas, a former third-rounder, has been informed of his release, source said.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 5, 2020
Eagles are releasing DE Joe Ostman.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 5, 2020
https://twitter.com/SportsRadioWIP/status/1302303388596658178
New’s on Sua Opeta broke at about2:30 p.m. EST.
The Eagles are waiving guard Sua Opeta, according to a league source.
— Dave Zangaro (@DZangaroNBCS) September 5, 2020
They would like to get him back on the practice squad if possible.
At 4 p.m., the news was official. Here’s the squad.
Introducing your 2020 Philadelphia Eagles.#FlyEaglesFly pic.twitter.com/mnVMvMANoT
— Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) September 5, 2020
The Eagles meet the Washington football team on September 13th at FedExField.