Six things we learned about the Eagles after Saturday's drawdown – The Athletic



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The Eagles reduced their roster to 53 players on Saturday. This is what these decisions told us about the team, overall and in the short term.

The Eagles have been needlessly reckless with mediocre choices

The Eagles enter the first week with the most talented lineup of the league. They are part of a handful of Super Bowl favorites. But the team is also one of the oldest in the league, and the difficulty of reinforcing long-term alignment is heightened when a quarterback earns as much money as Carson Wentz. That's why some of the Eagles' recent decisions seem needlessly myopic.

The verdict has already been made on mid-season Golden Tate's choice of last year. There never seemed to be a consistent plan to incorporate Tate into the offensive, and he was disappointed during his half-season with the team. But one of the Eagles' selling points in Tate's trading was the promise of a 2020 compensation …

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