Overview
- The Eagles announced their initial 53-man roster on Sunday and kept Jalen Hurts, Andy Dalton, Tanner McKee and rookie Cole Payton on the active roster.
- General manager Howie Roseman told reporters he shopped the backup quarterbacks during cutdowns but found no trades that met the team’s valuation.
- Miami’s trade for Kyle McCord reduced one obvious buyer for Philadelphia’s surplus quarterbacks, making a Dalton or McKee trade before Week 1 possible but less likely.
- Philadelphia kept Payton in part to avoid exposing a developmental fifth-round rookie to waivers and to preserve long-term depth behind Hurts.
- Carrying four quarterbacks costs a roster spot that could have gone to other needs such as a complementary running back, and the Eagles may still move a backup in the days before the season.