The many moves the Eagles have made to reshape and reload their roster for the 2025 season have been done strategically – making sure that the impact players the Eagles wanted to keep were in good shape – and then to reach out and bolster the roster in free agency.
Philadelphia has, to date, added more than a dozen new players to the roster via trade and free agency, and the signings of the free agents have a signature likeness: The players are all here on one-year contracts.
What is the meaning of that?
"If you look at our Drafts from 2022 to 2024, we had 8 starters in the Super Bowl from those Drafts and zero of them have long-term contracts," said Howie Roseman, the team's Executive Vice President/General Manager. "As we stand right now, we have 20 picks in the 2025 and 2026 Drafts. So, we are going to need some of those roster spots for younger players. We're trying to balance having the best possible team we can have this year and also acknowledging that there is a transition with the middle to back of our roster and that we are going to have some younger players here."