It's early, but on paper, this Eagles squad seems solid, but the variables are always the things that are impossible to control.
They are the three big unknowns in sports.
The big story on cut-down day is that there was no big story. So much so that the Eagles did not even send out their official 53-man roster until after Roseman and Sirianni took their places at the podium to field questions about the roster. While this was mostly due to a technological snafu, it was indicative of the absence of anything substantive to announce.
Think back to the last two times the Eagles entered a season as NFC champs. Back in 2005, Terrell Owens was doing sit-ups in his driveway and waging a prolonged campaign of mutually assured destruction. Thirteen years later, Carson Wentz was rehabbing a torn-up knee and battered-down ego as Nick Foles entered the season as a lame-duck starter.At the same time, the Okwuegbunam trade and Rodgers claim are both more relevant than they seem.
The lack of any such narrative has been one of the defining characteristics of this Super Bowl aftermath. Credit Roseman’s growth as a leader. Credit Sirianni’s lack of ego.
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