Howie Roseman Talks About Bradford, Foles and Cox

Eagles defacto GM Howie Roseman sat down and talked to Dave Spadaro of PhiladelphiaEagles.com about the off season and some key personnel on the Eagles roster. He thinks they have a very good coaching staff and they’re leaning on their expertise in the evaluation of their current players and draft prospects.

Roseman took the time to emphasize how much the experience and expertise of the coaches will have a major influence on what they do at the quarterback position.

“We like Sam, and we’d like to have him back”, Roseman said regarding Sam Bradford . ” It goes then between all of us and whether we can figure something out that makes sense on both sides,” said Roseman. “Sometimes we get into a situation where we sit here and it will make sense from the team’s perspective but when you’re talking about a negotiation, it’s also got to work for the other side and the player, and we understand that. But hopefully this will all work out and we’ll look at that depth chart when we line up here in July and be really excited about the position.”

Roseman told us whyNick Foles’ name has been heard at the Nova Care Complex.

“Well it’s our job as we run this team as we help kind of put it together to look at every option at that position,” he said. “You sit in the office right now and there’s not a lot of names on the quarterback depth chart that are under contract right now. And so we’ve gotta look at every option. We’ve gotta look at every possibility, and they go from starting possibilities to backup possibilities to who’s going to be our third. We take four to camp, we’ve got one right now on our roster, and so we’ve gotta bring quarterbacks in here. So every discussion that we’re having isn’t necessarily only on the basis of who’s going to be our starter, it’s also: who’s going to be here to compete and add depth and value to that position?”

You could tell by what Roseman said about Fletcher Cox that the Birds have been working very hard to sign him. Y0u could hear a bit of frustration in Roseman’s voice as he thinks about negotiating a possible $70 to $80 million dollar deal.

“Fletcher is a great player, theres no doubt about that.  He can play in any scheme. He’s a great person.  He’s a huge asset to the Philadelphia Eagles.  We want him here long-term.  There’s no question. He knows that.  We have every intention of him being here.  We don’t want to get into contract negotiations, other than to say he’s someone who is extremely important to this franchise.  There’s no question what type of player he is and what type of person he is.