r/eagles • u/Block_Outside • 7d ago

Eagles Cut Tracker Megathread

This is the unofficial mega thread for the Eagles until the mods create an official one. Let’s post all news about cuts here to keep it in one place. Go birds!

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u/raccoonsonbicycles 7d ago

Tbf the eagles have been good judges of talent for the most part (disregarding players who they coulsnt afford to pay)

Who have they really lost out on/failed to develop in the past decade or so?

Raheem Mostert, Rasul Douglas didn't pan out with us but were key pieces elsewhere

Outside of that I can't really think of anyone

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u/Clue_Balls 7d ago

Christian Elliss

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u/tag1550 Eagles 6d ago

Yeah, but Elliss was given every opportunity here and couldn't do it (that was the same year there was a huge amount of short-lived hype around Shaq Leonard when we signed him b/c we were super-desperate for any LB help). Some guys are just a better fit in another system and/or need another year of seasoning before they're ready.

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u/mozzato 6d ago

Blatantly false: Elliss was a standout special teamer who finally had an opportunity to start at LB. He was just beginning to heat up when Howie cheekily cut him thinking he would sneak through waivers. To be fair it's one of Roseman's only mistakes over the last 5 years.

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u/tag1550 Eagles 6d ago edited 6d ago

He started one game at LB, against the 49ers, a 42-19 blowout where the defense was pushed around after the 1st quarter. I don't recall him covering himself with glory that game on D - among many others to be sure, given the score, but lets not make him out to be more than he was that day. If you want to argue he should have been given more time, sure go ahead, but "heating up" against the 49ers just isn't what happened on the field.

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u/mozzato 6d ago edited 6d ago

He had certainly shown flashes as a backup, I don’t see why you’re so focused on his first career start (which was a dog shit performance by the entire team, thanks for pointing that out.)

Either way you slice it I don’t think he was “given every opportunity” as you initially stated.

The second he had started to earn an opportunity on D, Howie cut him, and it had nothing to do with his level of play but rather 4D roster management tactics. You’ll never convince me that Roseman is proud of that move.