Howie Roseman's Eagles Draft History Indicates More Trades Will Happen

The Philadelphia Eagles general manager has made trades in three of the last four drafts and this year doesn't figure to be any different; here's a look at what he's done previously

It’s been said there are very few certainties in life aside from death and taxes.

Add Howie Roseman to that list when it comes to making trades around the NFL Draft.

The Philadelphia Eagles general manager has traded up in three of the last four drafts, and in one of those years, he traded twice.

That was in 2021 when he traded back from No. 6 to No. 12 with the Miami Dolphins then, on draft night, moved up to No. 10 with the Dallas Cowboys to take receiver DeVonta Smith.

In 2019, he moved up to take offensive tackle Andre Dillard at No. 22 when Dillard began to slide.

Last year, they went up to 13 to take defensive tackle Jordan Davis.

They stayed put in 2020 and ended up with receiver Jalen Reagor at No. 21. That didn’t work out well at all.

Dillard didn’t, either, but at least he gave the Eagles some productive snaps, productive enough to earn a three-year, $29 million contract from the Tennessee Titans in free agency.

In 2018, Roseman traded out of the first round, where the Eagles owned the final pick after winning the Super Bowl the year before, and drafted Dallas Goedert.

The school of thought is that the Eagles are a likely candidate to trade back from No. 10 when the draft begins on April 27. If not, maybe they trade back from No. 30, as they search for more draft picks on Day 3, where they only have two picks on that final day and they don’t come until the seventh round.

Back in 2016, when the Eagles gave up so much draft collateral to move up the draft board in two separate trades to get to No. 2 and select quarterback Carson Wentz, Roseman had to sit on his hands as 77 players came off the board before he could make another selection.

He talked then about difficult that was to watch that he had to leave the draft room and find something to occupy himself until the time came when they could finally pick again. When he did, he took offensive lineman Isaac Seumalo with the 79th pick.

It’s hard to imagine Roseman taking it well when the Eagles make a pick at No. 94 overall and then have to wait until picking again at pick No. 219.

Exactly what he has up his sleeve remains to be seen, but recent history indicates there will be something there. Perhaps even something big, like last year's deal to acquire star receiver A.J. Brown once the first round began to unfold.

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Ed Kracz covers the Philadelphia Eagles for SI Fan Nation Eagles Today and co-host of the Eagles Unfiltered Podcast. please follow him on Twitter: @kracze.

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