Howie Roseman: He’s no failure, but his team was

Quite simply – the Philadelphia Eagles collapsed this season.

And there’s more than one reason – but it’s not Howie Roseman.

Howie Roseman – make that Brooklyn-born Howie Roseman – is a two-time NFL Executive of the Year and architect of the first Super Bowl Championship in franchise history.

Yes, there are teams out there that would die for a Howie Roseman, who serves as Executive Vice-President/General Manager for the franchise.

The 2023 edition of the Philadelphia Eagles started 10-1 and that was followed by losing six of their last seven games.

How? Why did it happen?

Well, back in August, ESPN ranked Philadelphia’s roster as “The Best in the NFL.” 

Yes, the team had one of the league’s best – and youngest quarterback stars – Jalen Hurts, a top offensive line and a better-than-average receiving group.

 Pro Football Focus also ranked the Eagles’ roster as the best in the league, writing in early September: “The Eagles have the best quarterback in the NFC. They have dynamic weapons on offense. Nobody in the league is better in the trenches. There are sore spots in the middle of their defense, but they have as good a chance as anybody to get back to the Super Bowl.”

Ugh – didn’t happen. But you can’t blame the so-called experts. After romping to last year’s NFC championship and coming up three points short of winning the Super Bowl, they’d raced out to the league’s best record at Thanksgiving and appeared on course for a return trip to the sport’s biggest stage.

And from that 10-1 start, the Eagles dropped five of six entering the Monday night wildcard playoff – a 32-9 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers –a team they thrashed in October.

But back to Roseman. It’s somewhat amazing that a man who had never…