The Philadelphia Eagles are four weeks away from having to make some huge decisions on personnel, the coaching staff, and quarterback, Carson Wentz.
Doug Pederson could be out, Carson Wentz could be moved, and Howie Roseman could be held accountable as well, but one former Eagles president believes the team’s current general manager is beyond safe from the chopping block.
During his weekly Q&A with The Inquirer, former Eagles president Joe Banner was asked about Howie Roseman’s job security amid Philadelphia’s disastrous season.
Banner told Paul Domowitch that there’s less than a “10% percent chance” that Roseman wouldn’t be retained by owner Jeffrey Lurie.
“It’s not like I’m speaking to people in the building who are sharing that kind of information with me. So I don’t have any inside information. But I know how Jeff thinks. I know how much confidence he has in Howie. I know, in his mind, he’ll view Howie’s 8-10-year record, including winning a Super Bowl rather than the last couple of years. I think he has tremendous trust in Howie. And I’d be very surprised if there was a move there. I don’t think there’s even a 10% chance of it happening. So obviously I’ll be very wrong if it does. But I don’t think I will be.”
Roseman is a salary-cap wizard and has done well in free agency or trade acquisitions, but it’s been the drafting of players that could truly be the GM’s undoing.
He’s close with the owner and things could simply come down to Lurie choosing the coach or a quarterback while letting his GM remain.
