The Eagles Won the Super Bowl. Now What?

Your Philadelphia Eagles are champions. The Super Bowl has been won, the Lombardi has been lifted, and the trip to the White House is still up in the air. What a great season, and what a fantastic team.

So what are our odds next year?

We as fans are never happy for long, and it was hardly a few hours after the end of Super Bowl LIX that I was already thinking about the title defense. Josh Sweat looks like he could be gone. Zach Baun earned himself a big chunk of change. Brandon Graham might retire. Mekhi Becton, Kenneth Gainwell, and Oren Burks (amongst others) will hopefully be getting some new deals. So how is all this talent going to get paid under the NFL’s strict salary cap?

I’m not going to lie, I don’t really understand it either. But luckily, we have a man in the front office who does, perhaps better than anyone else in the league: Howie Roseman. Ever since 2016, when he re-assumed the General Manager position after many years with the team, he has been a large part of the Eagles’ continued relevance.

Besides once in a generation dynasties, most teams will ebb and flow between years of success and tanking seasons. The Eagles, however, are poised for sustained success. Howie understands that NFL teams must constantly balance high-paid veterans with younger, low-paid players. In part, the team has succeeded by acquiring young, dynamic (and cheap) players while letting older, established (and expensive) players leave to sign for big money elsewhere.

Considering difficult cap situations ahead, the Eagles will not be able to re-sign many of the aforementioned veterans. Howie and the Eagles front office understand this perhaps better than any other team in the NFL.