Philadelphia Eagles: Why Howie’s best move might have been dumb luck

Some Philadelphia Eagles fans have just about had it with the G.M.

If you’re a fan of the Philadelphia Eagles, you’ve probably thought about your disapproval of the job vice president and general manager Howie Roseman has done on more than one occasion. Sure, he was once named as the Pro Football Writers Association’s Executive of the Year, but it feels like that was nine years ago (even though we know that it wasn’t).

He’s also just as responsible for the ‘Dream Team’ debacle in 2011 as Andy Reid was. That alone states much of the problem ‘Birds’ fans have with him. You’d have to agree even if you haven’t ever thought about things in those terms.

Roseman’s offseason plan in 2011 and the most recent, the offseason plan that we saw this past Spring and Summer, aren’t any different from one another, nor were they any different from anything that he did in 2017.

The only difference was the outcome. Philly caught lightning in a bottle, so to speak, almost three years ago, and they rode a wave to their first Super Bowl win to close the season. Everything Howie did worked that year, and sadly, in the minds of some, the success Philly saw that year has carried him ever since.

For the sect of Eagles fans that subscribe to that theory, they’d run Howie out of town tomorrow if they were able to. What’s worse is one of his best offseason moves in 2020, signing Darius Slay, wasn’t proactive but reactive. Keep that one in the back of your mind. A picture must be painted first, so here we are. Here are two reasons Howie’s best offseason move in 2020 might be one that he can’t take total credit for.