When you are the finest football team in the galaxy , everyone wants your players.
Position by position — the competition slowly chips away at your talent pool with offers of grandeur encased in lots of green dollar bills and contracts so deep that they break the printer at FedEx/Kinko’s.
Gone is Milton Williams and his Super-Bowl-Slam-Dunking-NFL-Fining. Gone is the unyielding coverage of Darius Slay, the aggressive style of CJ Gardner-Johnson, and the mammoth size and power of Mekhi Becton. Gone is the speed of Kenneth Gainwell, as well as the Super Bowl power of Josh Sweat. Gone are the reliable backups like Isaiah Rodgers, Oren Burks, and Kenny Pickett. Gone is the man who plotted the Eagles’ ascension to offensive greatness when Kellen Moore made the electric running of Saquon Barkley — not an over $450 million Eagles passing game — the focal point of Philadelphia’s devastating offensive onslaught.
After the Eagles get Super Bowl rings this week — next week — it’s back to the grind. The faces in the opening team meeting won’t be the same as they were last August. Harrison Bryant, Patrick Johnson, A.J. Dillon, Adoree’ Jackson, Azeez Ojulari, Kylen Granson, Charley Hughlett, Avery Williams, and Joshua Uche all join a draft class that has the potential to make a significant impact in much the same way that the previous 2024 group contributed to a championship year.
The Eagles were the only team in NFL history to start two rookie defensive backs in the Conference Championship Game and subsequently , the Super Bowl. It’s also the first time in franchise history that the Eagles have two rookie defensive backs nominated for the prestigious Rookie of the Year Award , presented by the Associated Press.
And should I be less confident that these are the best team in the universe after such roster turnover, the discovery of life 729 trillion miles away on ExoPlanet K2–18b recently?
Absolutely not — I’m plenty confident.
So are the Eagles.
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