Most of this will sound familiar. Once upon a time, Andy Reid was the Philadelphia Eagles head coach. Three years into what turned out to be a 14-year tenure (2001), he added another title to his resume. He became Philly's Executive Vice President of Football Operations.
One of the members of Reid's staff was a front office intern in his mid-twenties, Howie Roseman. Howie spent one year in that position before becoming a salary cap staff counsel member in 2004. Two years later (2003), he was director of football administration. Three years after that, he was vice president of football administration.
Now, in his thirties, Howie had a resume most would envy, but he was just getting started. He continued rising through the ranks, serving as vice president of player personnel (2008-09), and as general manager (2010-14).
Then, came the Chip Kelly era.
Despite already having three years of GM experience on his resume, Chip buried him in the equipment room but not before Howie's staff had drafted Lane Johnson and Zach Ertz.
Well, we all know how Chip's era ended. Thankfully, it did. Doug Pederson was brought in. Howie emerged from that equipment room, as Jason Kelce said " a different Howie Roseman". The rest, as they say, is history.
Howie is universally viewed as the NFL's top general manager. He has helped lead the Eagles to three Super Bowl appearances and two Super Bowl wins since 2017. He'll no doubt be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame one day, but if you want to know how great he is, ask his former teacher, Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid.
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Andy Reid offers Howie Roseman an A-1 compliment and shares his thoughts on the Eagles 'tush push'.
As we move further away from Andy Reid's era as head coach, those who harbored some ill feelings towards him seem to have changed their tune some. Winning two Super Bowls has probably helped in that regard. It doesn't hurt that one of those wins came against Coach Reid in SB LIX, but at the same time, we still can appreciate some of his impact.
Under Andy, Philly drafted three of the 'core four' members: Brandon Graham, Jason Kelce, and Fletcher Cox. Lane Johnson was added to the quartet after Big Red's exit, but part of the reason Philly drafted Lane was because of something they learned something from Big Red. build great teams through the trenches.
Coach Reid spoke with media members at the 2025 NFL Combine. As you might imagine, he was asked about his former pupil.
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And, how about that 'tush push' Coach?
"I understand how it can go both ways. I think it takes certain players to be able to do that. It's not an easy thing for the center. I was close to their center, so I know that's not an easy thing to do. My hat goes off to them for making it as consistent as they are doing it.
"Now, there are other things you have to look at. You have to look at the injuries, whatever the other deals are that they evaluate on it. So I don't have all that information. But it's a heck of a play, I know that."
Thank The Philadelphia Inquirer's Olivia Reiner for providing us with the quote.
Things change over time, huh? Andy Reid will be remembered as a Chief, not an Eagle. Saquon Barkley wants to and will be remembered as a Philadelphia Eagle.
Howie is different though. Howie is one of ours. He's homegrown. We partially owe Andy Reid some credit for that.
Howie is our legend. Did we mention he'll be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame one day? He has three Super Bowl appearances as vice president and general manager on his resume, and he accomplished that with two different head coaches.