The Eagles GM, Howie Roseman, just finalized the 53-man roster on Sunday, and his decision to keep four quarterbacks on the active roster has raised some eyebrows. He didn’t waste any time explaining why, talking to reporters right after the waiver wire results dropped.
Protecting the Most Valuable Piece on the Board
Roseman isn’t messing around when it comes to the quarterback position. He laid it out plain and simple: it’s the most important position in sports, full stop. The Eagles brass believes each guy on that roster has serious value, both for the short-term grind and the long-term future of the organization. He even noted, “It’s just such a valuable position. From our perspective, last year, obviously we took someone in the fifth round, let him go. He left our practice squad to go somewhere else, traded for a sixth-round pick. These guys are valuable. They take time to develop at the same time. That position is so valuable to this organization over a long period of time.”
He’s got a vivid memory of what happened last year with Kyle McCord. They picked him up in the fifth round, let him go, and then he split from their practice squad to another team. Fast forward, and the Packers actually traded McCord to the Dolphins for a sixth-round pick just ahead of this year’s roster deadline. Roseman isn’t about to lose talent for nothing again. This isn’t just about Week 1 against the Commanders, where he’s keeping the No. 2 QB under wraps, it’s about protecting assets.
Rolling the Dice on Developmental Talent
It wasn’t just the QB room that got attention. Roseman also risked Uar Bernard and Joshua Weru on the waiver wire, and he admitted he’s never comfortable with that kind of gamble. You do all your homework, you watch every closed practice, but you just never know what other teams are seeing or what they’re going to do. He admitted, “Certainly didn’t want to get four guys claimed. That doesn’t feel great.”
But he took the chance because development is *real*. Bernard and Weru? These guys have tremendous ability, they want to develop, they’ve got the tools and great character, even if it’s all new to them. And hey, don’t even try to compare them to Jordan Mailata. Roseman was careful to remind everyone that a success story like Mailata, with his unique blend of size, strength, athleticism, and pro experience, only comes around every 30 or 40 years. Bernard, for example, never played organized sports before. That’s a whole different bar. You can’t judge everyone through the Mailata lens if you want to give these guys a fair shot. But the good news? Both Bernard and Weru got through waivers, and Roseman is “really glad” they’re back. He gave Bernard a ton of credit for the effort and work he’s put in, even with everything being so new. That’s a relief for the developmental pipeline.
So, as the Eagles gear up for their season opener against the Commanders, these early roster moves show a GM thinking long-term. Protecting talent, developing new guys, and keeping the most important position locked down. It’s going to be interesting to see how these decisions play out through the season.
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Originally reported by Bleeding Green Nation.
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