Howie Roseman will address NFL Combine 2022 reporters later today around 1:15 p.m.
But we don’t really have to wait until we hear the Philadelphia Eagles’ general manager. Roseman recently sat down with Dave Spadaro for one interview for the official website of the team.
By the nature of his employment, we know that Spuds will not put pressure on Roseman in the way that Phil’s media contingent is expected. Still, Roseman offered consistent answers that stood out.
DAVE SPADARO: I guess what I wanted to find was talking to the young talent on the list. Do you feel good with the young talent on the list?
HOWIE ROSEMAN: Yes, I do. I have the feeling that we have some good, young players. But I don’t want you to feel like we’re happy with what we have. There are areas where we have been able to do better in the last few years. And we spent time looking at how we could do these things better.
I think the most important thing for all of us is not to be happy. It continues to evolve. Continuing to look at areas where we may be able to improve. Let’s keep talking and communicating with each other and find out what’s going on in the league. What are the trends, how can we stay ahead of the trends.
Because … it’s really hard to win a Super Bowl. right? You see all these great players who might have one Super Bowl win and you look at these guys and you say to yourself, “Man, how come these guys only have one Super Bowl win? These are great, great players. ‘
Well, it’s hard. It’s hard to be the last team on the line. You need so many things to go right. So if you just do things that are in the middle, the way the league somehow sets that up, yes, you can win 10 games, you can get to the playoffs. But it’s hard to be a world champion. It’s hard for confetti to fall on your head when you do things like that.
So, you have to be ready to at least go out of the box, to expose yourself there. And if you do, yes, there is some risk involved, but there is a huge benefit.
I wondered how Roseman deviated from the original question here. I also couldn’t help but think of his answer, as it has to do with the Eagles quarterback situation.
There is a common belief that the Eagles should NOT make a big move as a quarterback this offseason. That they have to be patient, stick to Jalen Hurts and try to build a list around him. That the Eagles are “too far away” to take the risk of spending significant assets to acquire a proven veteran such as Russell Wilson, Deshon Watson or Aaron Rodgers.
But the idea that there is no risk in inaction is wrong. Satisfied with less of the most important position in all sports, the Eagles may miss their window to upgrade such a critical place. Playing “safe” is not a guaranteed path to high-level success.
Perhaps Roseman did not mean the quarterback’s position as much as he agreed. Let’s look at his next answer.
DAVE SPADARO: Howie, a trick that fans always have. $ 208.2 million now. How would you describe where the eagles sit in this hat?
HOWIE ROSEMAN: I think when you ask me where we are, we have the flexibility to make moves. But this flexibility is not infinite. So, for us, we just want to make sure that every move we make is in line with our plan not only in 2022, but also in 2023. And, as you said, I’m not looking at 2025. That’s it. hard. And I’m not saying that, as if I don’t care about the Philadelphia Eagles in 2025, because I’m doing it, and it’s our job to make sure it’s in the right place in the future. But I think it’s too hard, there are too many moving parts to think that far.
So, we don’t want to be in a situation where we’re doing something so short-term right now that it’s really making it difficult for us to move forward. Especially, as you said, when some of these young players show up. Some of these young players we don’t want to leave here, we want them to have a chance to end their careers here. We need to make sure that we balance these two things.
Many would argue that Eagles’ exchange for a quarterback veteran qualifies as “something so short-lived” that it really “embarrasses” the team to move forward. Such a maneuver would make a dent in Eagles’ hat space and hamper the ability to add more talented youngsters to the list.
So, Roseman needs to be made to provide ammunition to those on both sides of the Eagles quarterback debate. It is “My wife and mother-in-law”A situation in which you will see what you want to see.
Transparency is not the name of the game when it comes to a general manager speaking in a public environment. Roseman you should not to “distribute the answers to the test”, as he often likes to express it. This is very worth remembering, as we hear from him again later on Wednesday.