Howie Roseman Trading For ELITE Talent This 2024 Offseason? l Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

Howie Roseman has been at the forefront of scrutiny for the Philadelphia Eagles downfall in 2023. Howie Roseman did not bring back Chauncey Gardner-Johnson, TJ Edwards, Marcus Epps, or Kyzir White in 2023 and is still searching for their replacements in 2024. Will Howie Roseman go big game hunting and trade for Riq Woolen or Patrick Surtain, guys that are tied to the new hirings of Clint Hurtt & Karl Scott? Will Howie Roseman change his philosophy on Safeties and Linebackers to adjust to Vic Fangio in 2024? Plus – Is Fletcher Cox retiring?!?!

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The Philadelphia Eagles have their new defensive line and defensive backs coach for 2024, and these moves could be bigger than you think. They may help spark some trade discussions from Howie Roseman. All that and more coming your way in this Tuesday edition of the Locked On Eagles podcast. You are Locked On Eagles,

Your daily Philadelphia Eagles podcast. Part of the Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day. you Welcome in Eagles fans, I’m Louie DiBiase, co-host of the Lockdown Eagles podcast, analyst also over at Bleacher Report. He’s Gino Camilleri, scouting director, Eagles content as well at Bleacher Report, and my co-host.

On today’s edition of the Lockdown Eagles podcast, we discuss how the Eagles’ two new defensive coaching hires could help spark some trade ideas for Howie Roseman. We’ll also break down how these hires benefit the young core, got some more trade ideas for you as well, and… Will this core be without

Jason Kelsey and Fletcher Cox in 2024? We did get an update today. All that and more coming your way. We thank you so much for making Lockdown Eagles your first listen each and every day. And guys, today’s show is brought to you by FanDuel. Make every moment more. Right now,

New customers get $200 back in bonus bets if your first bet of $5 or more wins. So visit FanDuel.com slash Lockdown today. to get started. So Gino, the Eagles did make two new hirings yesterday. They hired their new defensive line coach in Clint Hurt, their new defensive backs coach in Carl Scott,

Both coming over from the Seattle Seahawks. Hurt was the defensive coordinator the last two years in Seattle. Scott was part of the defensive coaching staff as well. And neither guy is going to be like a huge reason. And of course, we’ll get into these actual hirings too, because I think it really

Does benefit this defense that they already have. But I started to think about this because not that either guy is going to be the reason a big trade does happen, but it started to get me thinking about some guys Howie Roseman could call other teams for that these coaches have been with,

Like the Seattle Seahawks. And me and you did a show for Bleacher Report a few weeks ago talking about who the Eagles could trade for this offseason because Howie, of course, has a lot of draft picks this year. A lot of cap space as well, at least for 2024.

But he’s always looking to make trades. And when you look at the Seahawks, there are some names that I do like. And Reek Wolin is one idea at cornerback that I think we should potentially explore. Well, one thing is that they made the best hire of all time in Clint Hurt.

Shout out Clint Hurt. alumni of my high school gates chai lie Spartans baby shout out no that’s a big time move for them because if you look at it he was the defensive coordinator of the Seattle Seahawks last year he was also there with Sean Desai of course but if you look

At the guy he is a mountain of a man I think it will be a very good idea to continue to explore that they interviewed Mike Caldwell as well to potentially be a linebackers coach we had talked about that bringing in more guys that are established coaches in this league to potentially

Be your positional coaches, i.e. what they did with Clint Hurt. And then Carl Scott is somebody who’s been around Nick Saban at Alabama. He was just with the Seahawks. You see the performances that they have gotten out of their young defensive backs. I think those are two really good hires from Vic Fangio.

And to your point, of these guys having some insight into a potential trade, I would say Carl Scott more than Clint Hurt because Clint Hurt was the DC, but Carl Scott as a position coach, you’re in those rooms. You really know the identity of these guys. You’re around them more on a

Personal level than a DC who’s in the room with, let’s say 26 guys, as opposed to a position coach who’s there with five or six guys. I think all of them, would vouch for Tariq Wollin, but at the same time, they did bench that guy towards the end of the year last year,

Lou. Yeah, no, it’s a fair point. It does come down to what Howie Roseman has to say, though, but would they have good things to say about a former high pick? Or no, he wasn’t a high pick at all. No, he was a fifth-rounder. Yeah, he was a fifth-round pick,

Somebody that we thought highly of, rather. He has the length. He has the athleticism. In Vic Fangio’s defense, you’re going to want more length on the outside. You could assume that James Bradbury is probably going to be gone, whether it’s sooner rather than later. I’m sure whenever they release him,

It’ll be a post-June 1st designation to get that cap hit down. But they’re going to need more youth at that corner position to come in and compete, whether it’s in the first round of the draft, whether it’s with pick 50, pick 53, trading those picks to go and get some of those guys.

I think if you’re going to play the let’s poke around and see where the breadcrumbs trail to, Kyle Scott was in – the room with Pat Sertain, somebody we have talked about entertaining a trade for highly on this show and somebody that seemed like a cold war was going back and forth,

According to the report between the Niners and the Eagles. Neither of those teams wanted to let either of them get Pat Sertain. Now with potentially a brand new landscape in Denver where, Would that team be willing to move on from Pat Sertain, and why would he not want

To come play for Carl Scott, where he played his best football of his career at Alabama under Carl Scott as the corner coach? No, I agree. And I think, look, I don’t know why Denver would trade away one of the best young corners in the game, but as you mentioned,

We do know the Eagles and the 49ers call Denver at the deadline, and there’s no way you call Denver if you think there’s no interest at all. I mean, of course, Howie Roseman probably calls on everybody. It’s why he was able to get a guy like A.J. Brown,

But he probably had to have some idea that he was available if you make that call at the deadline rather than in the offseason. And so Denver is a rebuilding football team right now that look they’re strapped for cash with that Russell Wilson contract too so it’s an idea and like you said

Carl Scott did coach for Alabama with Sertain they both were in that room with Reek Wolin in Seattle sure they did bench him down the stretch but you look at 2022 both of these coaches had a hand in developing him into a rookie of the year finalist and so are

You going to give up on that player just one year later Maybe Seattle might because they have Devin Witherspoon. It’s going to be new coaches that did not draft this guy. He was benched last year. Howie Roseman, this is a very Howie Roseman-like move where he gets a guy that he used to

Like in the draft that he wasn’t able to select. Remember, Seattle took him one pick ahead of Philly in the fifth round of that draft, and then Howie moved down immediately after. So you might think he wanted him with that spot. And it could be a trade that

Doesn’t cost you a first or second rounder. It’s a buy low, high reward type of move. And I think it’s between these names we’re throwing out there, it’s something Howie could consider. And it’s not like these coaches are going to be the reason, again, a trade like this happens.

But it just makes you think because corners they had a big hand in developing could potentially be available. And I don’t think it’s something that we have done on this show that hasn’t come to fruition time and time again. Because if you’ve seen… I mean, heck, since we’ve done this show, Lou,

The beginning of Jim Schwartz’s tenure as defensive coordinator, all those guys that he brought in from Buffalo. If you look at Leotis McKelvin and… guy who was maybe the best linebacker for you in the Super Bowl. And you look at Nick Sirianni, he goes out and gets his

Best friend in Mr. Zach Paschal. Coaches have that ability to, now that they’re in the building, talk to the people in personnel. Now that they understand what the coaches want, personnel has a due diligence to go out and see if those players are available. Players had that kind of poll last year.

When you look at Jordan Davis and the Kobe Dean were able to vouch for a Jalen Carter. Like I do think it goes a long way when you have these players and coaches that worked hands-on with a unknown or a question mark, like a week. I think that can go a long

Way in pursuing a Howie Roseman into making a trade. And if you look at free agency, for example, a lot of the guys that I would say the Eagles would target would be from those trees of the coaches that they have assembled with on this staff. And you’re going to see more

Hirings coming up here over the next couple weeks or so. You could start to put the pieces together and then come back. Free agency time. Come the draft, you’re going to see what these coaches like in terms of a body type, in terms of how they think they’re going to fit the scheme.

I mean, heck, Clint Hurt as the defensive line coach, he might completely hate the idea of somebody like Hassan Riddick as a stand-up rusher. But no, he’ll fit that Daryl Taylor role really well. But you get my point of guys can come in and change things immediately. in the blink of an eye,

And that happens all the time. But to a positive of that, it can also give you inside information to a conglomerate now of Vic Fangio was with Miami. He was also with Denver. He was also with Chicago. You get Clint Hurt, and now Carl Scott, who we’re with. Seattle you have all of

These avenues to where they have been around players that are going to be available and just the more guys that can provide insight on evaluation come this time of year the better in my opinion Lou because the more information it can’t be a bad thing in this day and age. I totally agree.

And Gino, even if, again, these coaching hires are good in a vacuum too, regardless of any trade possibilities, because they developed a lot of young talent in Seattle, like Arik Wolin, who was a fifth rounder. Kobe Bryant, dude. Yeah, Kobe Bryant at safety, led the league in the

Secondary in forced fumbles, I believe, in 2022. And you look at Daryl Taylor, year two in Seattle, had nine and a half sacks. Boya Mafe, last year in year two, he went from three sacks his rookie year to nine this past year. Jenna and Wosu got a bag

Because they developed out the rear end. Even a veteran like Jaron Reed in Green Bay and Kansas City the previous two years had, I think, five total sacks. And then last year in Seattle, he had seven. So these guys have had a good track record of developing talent and

Having guys have their best years in that defense. And the Eagles have a lot of young talent they’re banking on. On defense, Jordan Davis, Jalen Carter, Nolan Smith. You look at the secondary, can Carl Scott do to Keely Ringo what he did with Reek Wolin or, you know,

An Eli Ricks and you got N’Kobi Dean still. Sydney Brown, like you’ve invested a lot of top picks in this defense the last few years and you need them this year more than ever to be a legitimate part of the score. Denard Wilson’s departure is quite unfortunate looking back at it, especially now.

It was glaring this year, yeah. You look at how good the defensive backs were in 2022 and 2021 in the first two years of Nick Ceriani, and then look what happens last year. You have a disaster in the secondary when things do change. You had to make a change.

Why not go to a building that I think you and I, if you go back on these airwaves, have talked about how good Seattle has been at developing young talent that might not be as highly touted. You always look, and I don’t think this is a tongue-in-cheek statement, when Seattle makes a pick

On defense and you’re like, why is this guy being selected? Jordan Brooks is another guy who fits that mold that we didn’t bring up. and he’s been pretty good since they took him. And those guys have to fit the scheme. They have to be able to be developed,

And you want to see those coaches have that track record. Carl Scott did it at Alabama, comes to Seattle, does it well. Clint Hurt did it with a very young defense the past two years in Seattle. We’ll see. Seattle was very bad on the back end last year. So were the Philadelphia Eagles.

A change was ready to happen, and I’m glad they made these two signings. I think the veteran aspect of Hurt is going to come back and pay dividends down the road for them. Thinking about trades, it’s got me thinking more about some other scenarios. So Gino and I, we have some other trade

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Today on YouTube and subscribe to the first ever National Sports 24-7 streaming channel. So we’re talking about potentially trading for a Reek Wolin or a Patrick Sertain. Like, there are some top young corners that potentially could be available. It’s not like these teams are actively shopping these guys, but, you know,

A lot of guys that Howie Roseman traded for, I don’t think those teams were actively shopping them. Howie makes the calls, and then that’s how things get momentum. It’s why… GMs in the NFL get so pissed it’s like why do they pick up the phone for this guy but it’s because how he

Makes these calls more than anybody across the league and yes again he’s got picks this year he has three of them in the first two rounds yet again for the second straight year he’s still got more cap space than I think people actually think at least for this year but again trades

Are never off the table with this guy. And I think there are some other names like, yes, Sertain, Wolin, those are players that we’ve already talked about. But when you look at other positions in the secondary at safety and potentially linebacker, I think there are some other names out there that

You could have. It really comes down to at the end of the day, though, and before we get into exact names. Yeah. How much is Howie Roseman going to adjust his philosophy on acquiring players at that position based on Vic Fangio? Yeah, it’s all based on hope, I guess, for me.

Well, it’s based on what Vic Fangio needs. What do these position coaches need? Do they need high-end talent at the safety position and linebacker position to run cover six defense? Yeah, you would say so. So how is Howie Roseman going to go about this? Well, in the past, he’s gone… Bargain bin.

You know he’s going to Walmart. He’s going to that big DVD bin. He’s checking out what’s on top. There’s a big thing of candy next to it for a buck. That’s how he’s shopping for linebackers and safeties. And if you look at how integral… Integral? What is that word? What is the word?

Integral? Integral. Dude, vocabulary is ridiculous. I hate the English. But how instrumental, let’s say, safeties were… down the stretch for these big playoff teams. And I see you tweet about, I don’t even bother tweeting about it because people know that I have this. I can’t help myself. I watched Kyle Hamilton.

I mean, dude, how great would having that guy be? He’s wrecking drives. He’s unbelievable. And yeah, it’s, it’s very angering to watch. One thing I will say, Gino, like how he normally goes bargain bin hunting with these spots, but why I have some hope with these trade ideas or

Him finally taking one of the first or second round or signing a big name free agent like an Antoine Winfield Jr. He has tried sometimes. I mean, in 2022, he did offer a big contract to Marcus Williams and he just chose Baltimore. So I mean, it’s, there’s not a lot of examples,

But I do have some hope that he, I mean, it’s not like he is completely closed off to the idea of investing in at least more so safety and corner linebackers where the skepticism is a lot higher. The word I was looking for was integral. There we go. There we go.

It sounds like integer. So I got a little tripped up, but no, they are necessary to make a whole complete essential or fundamental is exactly what I was looking for. But that’s the thing, Lou. is Howie going to break the bank for these positions if it came down to it?

Why was the reason the Eagles didn’t get Marcus Williams? Well, it came down to a bidding war, and they didn’t end up getting him. Why didn’t he retain Chauncey Garner-Johnson? CGJ might have been a little irrational of wanting to reset the market after 2022, but Gino, I’m sure Howie had a disciplined floor,

And he was not, or ceiling, and he was not going to go over that. He offered him a contract, but Again, Howie sometimes, he wants the value deal and that’s how he’s been at these spots. He always wants to, everybody’s going on vacation and you’re walking down and you see like

Something that you want to buy and the guy starts bartering with you and you always think you get the best of that situation and then the barterer walks away and he’s like oh no I got that person that’s how how he wants to feel he wants to make you feel like

You got the best of the situation but deep down he wants to feel no it’s a good point about the williams contract yeah I didn’t even really think of that he did make an offer but he probably was not in the same ballpark as baltimore and That’s why, like when we mentioned

Potential trade candidates, would he be willing to deal? Let’s say the Los Angeles Chargers made Derwin James available. Would he be? And I know you’d love that idea. Would the Eagles trade a second round selection and take on a right now? It’s a $19 million cap hit in 2024 for a safety, right?

I don’t think so. I don’t believe it could happen. Like, no way. What about maybe a Justin Simmons? Because they can take on some cap this year. And Justin Simmons, he’s a 30-year-old safety, but take on that cap this year. I mean, the guy had this past year three

Interceptions, but with Vic Fangio, he had six, five, five, and four. I mean, that’s ridiculous. I think we’re at the point now. We’re past the trade deadline. Season’s about to be over in less than two weeks. The guys that you are looking to acquire for high-end draft picks, they’re your Pat Sertains.

They’re your 26, 27-year-old guys. I can’t see a Justin Simmons trade happening for a high-end draft pick. I could see it later in the season, maybe like a post-draft trade. Oh, yeah, we’re talking. That’s way down the road for sure. That’s like you miss out on. That should be your last plan.

Because that was Fangio’s guy, though. I mean, Simmons had his career years with Fangio. Well, let’s look at it right now, Lou. I mean, you talk about these Kyle Hammonsons, the Jeremy Chin, some of these guys that we’re talking about that you could potentially acquire. Look at where they are

Acquired in the draft. I mean, Jeremy Chin was the selection that we all knew where the Eagles were going to take him. If it wasn’t Hurts, yeah. He unfortunately got selected where Jalen Hurts got selected. And then you look at the Darnell Savages of the world. And these guys are, I mean, they’re…

From 14 where kyle hamilton was selected anywhere to to 60 to get a top end safety or even heck a linebacker at this state look at where guys were like logan wilson were drafted I mean they’re they’re going way higher than you would suspect and if you can get that type of

Value with a trade you go and do it Because it’s not a crapshoot, but at the same time, you don’t just part with those guys and make this team. And the average of age has to get younger. It has to get more athletic. You have to take on cheaper contracts.

All of these things are very good ideas in a vacuum. Like you were saying, I love the idea of it. But at the end of the day, it’s a different world. It’s a different environment. Howie Roseman is still your GM. How is he going to value these assets? We’ll see.

Is it via a trade? I would like for them to invest some high-end draft picks in these positions like we’re talking about. Does it match up with the draft? I would say corner, definitely. Safety, definitely so. Linebacker, a little less. But at the same time, Howie Roseman, he can acquire talent from

Anywhere at any given time on any given day to where the discussion about moving draft picks for a player could happen on draft day like the A.J. Brown trade. I agree. We change our whole discussion. I do think it’s more realistic at corner. In segment one, we were talking about Patrick Sertain,

Reek Wolin. If they were going to make a trade before the draft, that would make, or on draft day, that would make more sense to me. Safety, because again, you look at, as you’re mentioning with the safety class, like Justin Simmons, that would be more of a post-draft kind of trade.

The safety class I think is pretty solid and there’s a lot of free agents available. You mentioned Savage is a free agent. Xavier McKinney is a free agent. Antoine Winfield. Jeremy Chin is on the open market. That whole class that we love. Yeah, Gino Stone from the Baltimore Ravens

Had seven interceptions this year. He’s on the open market and I can’t imagine they’re going to be able to retain him with all their other free agents. that are on the open market. So yeah, I would think with safety, it’s probably less likely. If Howie was going to make a big splash trade,

I would bet it’s for a corner. The other thing I could totally see him do though is, you know, last year he traded for DeAndre Swift, right? And I could totally see him on the other side of the field if he does not retain Swift in free agency. Another kind of,

Let’s find a young running back that a team doesn’t want to pay or fell out of favor for one reason or another. Let’s deal a day three pick. Like that’s a trade I would almost guarantee happens at some point. Oh yeah. And that’s, there’s a sequence to all of this, which is funny.

It’s like, you could go down the checklist of when these events could happen. Like when could the DeAndre Swift trade have happened? I don’t think any other time than when it did, like right at the draft, right when the assets that were available were prime for being moved and

There’s one quote that is very interesting that came out today from the Senior Bowl. Director Jim Nagy said that the NIL has basically wiped out rounds five through seven. And if I was a general manager, I would be wanting to move those picks. So talk about moving picks, Lou. Now is the time.

Who would be that? I don’t know who that running back would be this year, though. You know, like the new DeAndre Swift, because the name I thought of is not at the same level. It’s like a Damian Pierce from the Houston Texans who had a great rookie year, and then he completely fell

Out of favor behind Devin Singletary this year. But I mean, that’s a kind of how we like move. But that’s not somebody I want to be the lead running back, even in a committee next year. I just don’t know if there is a Swift on the trade market this year. Well,

That’s what makes this puzzle so interesting, Lou, that everything changes every single year. I was going to say, because I wasn’t thinking about Swift last year until Gibbs went. He thought we were going with the draft to get a guy, and all of a sudden it changes,

And you have to be on your toes. I think that’s when you get a better idea of who could be available. Oh, yeah. We’re still so early in the process right now. But the idea of going for these guys that we have been talking about at those positions,

It kind of lines up, Lou, that it’s a pretty good year for the Eagles to kind of bulk up in those two areas to sure up the middle of the defense. Safeties are prime for the picket and for agency. It’s a loaded secondary group in the draft. There’s some linebackers

That will at least get you by until you can develop some young talent. Still early, but fingers crossed that this thing can be turned around because Vic Fangio has got a lot of preparing to do to get ready for 2024. For sure, and he may have to prepare potentially, Gino,

To be without one of the greatest Eagles defensive linemen of all time, Fletcher Cox. Will he be joining Jason Kelsey potentially in retirement in 2024? We’re coming up with that right here on the Lockdown Eagles podcast. Today’s episode of the Lockdown Eagles podcast is brought to you by eBay Motors.

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So we know it’s probably going to happen that Jason Kelsey is going to retire in 2024, although he did make some comments after the Chiefs went to the Super Bowl on Sunday about the Eagles getting redemption next year and with everything being talked about with Nick Sirianni. He mentioned still wanting

To be a part of the organization at some level. Again, I still think it’s – I would bet on him retiring. And when you talk about the big four, right – kelsey lane johnson brandon graham fletcher cox if I had to bet one guy would not be retiring this year

It might be fletcher cox but then we saw and again take this with a grain of salt because this guy doesn’t have the best relationship with fletcher but philadelphia inquire eagles insider jeff mclean did tell the fanatic that it’s likely right now that kelsey and cox are leaning towards retirement and

I’m kind of not so super surprised Cox isn’t like a 27 year old player in his prime just turned 33 in December but that’s not super old for a lineman and he’s coming off I think his most consistent season he’s had in a while in 2023 so the news that he could be

Potentially retiring is surprising and kind of sucks because for me I want Cox back next year obviously you need Carter Davis and Milton Williams to be the future and you need them to develop this year in a big way but I don’t feel great about two-thirds of that unit

Taking on more snaps right now with Davis. And Milton was great against the run, but didn’t do much as a pass rusher. I kind of want Fletch back next year. At what cost is going to be the thing? Yeah, it’s a fair point. How much dead cap are you

Going to have next year trying to clean this roster up? There are going to be so many intriguing questions. Can I sign him to another one-year deal? Can we just keep doing that? It’s got to be like six or seven million at this point. It can’t be double digits, that’s for sure.

Which would be tough for him coming off back-to-back pretty solid years. And you look at the money that you’ve invested in those guys, like as much as it sucks to lose Jason Kelsey and dude, I hope he does retire. He will be back in Philadelphia at some point to,

As soon as Jeff Stoutland retires, he’s going to almost like the movie, the Santa Claus when Santa Claus falls off the roof. And then all of a sudden Tim Allen becomes Santa Claus, like Jeff Stoutland is going to retire. And then all of a sudden Jason Kelsey is going to

Become Jeff Stoutland and he’s going to be the offensive line coach. But in what capacity is he going to be back next year? I don’t know. Could he still not retire? Potentially. I think him and his brother both retire at the same time. If they can win a Super Bowl,

He kind of walks off into the sunset. Put the pieces together. On the other end of it, though, I’m going to take it with a grain of salt on the Fletcher Cox report. He’s a guy that… I don’t know how badly he truly is beat up deep down. He plays through so many

Injuries that we truly don’t see. That is fair because he doesn’t make it known. That’s a good point because he doesn’t miss games a lot. So that was my thought is he’s not really ever injured and he’s only 33, but that is a good point. I think he… just warriors his way

Through every season. And then in the offseason, it takes him months to recover. That’s just my theory on him. I could see it happening. I mean, dude, he’s played longer than a lot of people in the National Football League have. He did completely clear out his locker, too.

And, you know, that’s another thing. A lot of reporters say that Cox has never completely cleared out his locker like he did this year. So, yeah, I mean, it definitely could happen. It’s interesting, though, because you mentioned, like, can we get him back on a six or seven million dollar one year contract?

If he was it was the Eagles versus testing the market, I would say no, because I think the last two years would command that he gets a better deal than that. But if it’s the Eagles versus retirement, then you might still be able to get a team friendly

One year deal to bring him back. Does he believe that the Eagles are going to compete next year? You should have to believe that with all intents and purposes that they are going to. And would a team on the market that you could potentially go and get a ring with pay you more?

Yeah, like you said, I think it warrants from his play that he could get that. 33 years old? his play is still good enough, man. You just, there has to be a boundary if you are going to bring him back. He can’t just take on more than his responsibility

That you put in place. Like the script that you put in place, whether it’s 35, 40% of the snaps, when he signs his contract, like if that’s what it is, let him play that. Because if he takes on more and he’s taking away reps from those younger guys,

We’re going to be caught in this vicious cycle like we are now. Those guys got to earn those reps, though, too, Gino. They do. I don’t trust Jordan Davis right now to take on those reps. It’s his third year. It’s a big step forward for him. And I guess you got to find

Out at some point, right? That’s the one thing is I, sometimes I don’t like bringing back older players. If they, if it stops you from drafting a player at that position, or like you’re saying, it stops another young player already on the roster from getting those reps. But again,

With how much the Eagles rotate their defensive linemen and with the unknowns of Milton Williams, with his contract situation and, just his overall production and with Jordan Davis is unknowns. Like that stuff does make me want Fletcher back because they have invested a lot in this position with youth, with top picks.

And so it would just be nice though, to have that known veteran leader. We’ll see though. I was very surprised between him and Brandon Graham. If there was one guy that I thought would now consider hanging it up, I thought it’d be BG, but BG is helping on getting into year 15.

Number 91 now is potentially trying to put it in the rafters. If so, it was a heck of a career, but let’s not write him off just yet because this guy truly is a cat with nine lives when it comes to Philadelphia. Every time we did that one 2020, right? Yeah.

In 2020, he like gets released. We did this eulogy. It felt for him. And then all of a sudden he gets signed back like 15 minutes later. And all of a sudden we’re saying, why did we even do that locked on now at that point? But it’s going to be a busy

Off season for Howie Roseman. And the funny thing is Lou, He’s already evaluating some talent down in Mobile, Alabama, where you will be tomorrow, my friend. That’s right. I’m going down to Mobile tomorrow for the Senior Bowl, so I’ll have coverage for you on YouTube and on Twitter.

Gino and I will be back Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday as well right here on the Locked On Eagles podcast. Thanks so much for making us your first listen each and every day. For Gino Camilleri, I’m Lou DiBiase signing off. As always, thank you for downloading. Thank you for watching and listening.

We’ll see you tomorrow. Let’s go, birds. Fly, Eagles, fly.