Eagles latest move is further proof of their ignorance in roster construction

Just under seven months from the date that the Philadelphia Eagles brought Eric Wilson in as part of several offseason acquisitions on defense (Anthony Harris, Andrew Adams, Ryan Kerrigan, Nate Meadors), he’s back where he started last March, looking for a job.

Philadelphia has announced, on the Wednesday leading up to their Week 9 game versus the Los Angeles Chargers, that they’re moving on from Eric Wilson, a man that they just brought in on April 14th with hopes that he, along with the help of Alex Singleton, would add stability to a position where the Eagles rarely have any, the linebacker position.

Wilson’s release is just further evidence that, when it comes to player evaluation, vice president/general manager Howie Roseman can’t be trusted with building this team.

The Philadelphia Eagles continue to both roster-building over and over again.

Perhaps the writing was on the wall when Wilson was a healthy scratch just hours before Philly’s eighth game of the season. Maybe the decision was made before that, after watching him consistently miss tackles and play as if every game was his first with the team. Maybe his deactivation in Week 8 was a sign that there were attempts (and failures) at dumping him on some other team. Who knows?

What we do know is this. Of the five defensive free agents that the Eagles brought in between March 17th and May 17th, only Kerrigan and Adams remain, and, neither of them are going to get the adrenaline pumping.

Nate Meadors is still unemployed. Andrew Adams plays for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers now. Ryan Kerrigan, after playing 192 snaps during the first eight weeks of action has one tackle. That’s it.

The Eagles currently have six linebackers on the active roster now that Wilson is gone (T.J. Edwards, Genard Avery, Shaun Bradley, Patrick Johnson, Alex Singleton, and Davion Taylor). Many of those guys wouldn’t even make half of the rest of the NFL team’s rosters.

Davion Taylor is expected to get more snaps in Wilson’s absence, and we’re not sure if he can play after almost a season and a half. Only one of the eight men that they drafted in 2017’s NFL Draft is still on the team. That would be Derek Barnett. You see how that’s going.

Eric Wilson’s signing and his release that comes a little under seven months later is further evidence of something that we’ve known for a while. The Eagles are clueless about how to evaluate talent or build this roster.

They’re also on pace to be in possession of three first-round draft choices in 2022. Raise your hand if you feel confident in allowing Howie Roseman and the current regime to make those picks.