After the parade and other Super Bowl championship celebrations subsided, general manager Howie Roseman and the Philadelphia Eagles quickly got back to business.
Philly’s clear offseason direction left a large portion of last year’s championship roster playing elsewhere at the start of the new league year. Big-name players like Darius Slay Jr., C.J. Gardner-Johnson, Milton Williams, and Josh Sweat were either cut, traded, or allowed to walk in free agency as the Eagles prioritized opening opportunities for younger players over committing copious amounts of cash to established veterans.
The majority of the Eagles’ roster turnover came on defense, as aside from right guard Mekhi Becton and No.