Overview
- Leon Rose showed the small black case and slate in a video shared on social media on June 19, bringing a private gift into public view.
- Rose said Eagles general manager Howie Roseman gave him the piece of slate from the City of David in Jerusalem after Roseman carried the same token to the Eagles’ 2025 Super Bowl.
- The gift was presented as a good-luck charm before a Knicks playoff game and has been linked in coverage to New York’s 29-point comeback win in Game 4 on June 10 that propelled the club toward its 2026 title.
- The anecdote underscores a personal and cultural bond between the two executives: both men are Jewish, longtime acquaintances from the New Jersey/New York/Philadelphia area, and Hall of Fame inductees in the Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
- Reporters note the account rests on Rose’s on-camera remarks and a widely shared clip from NFL insider Ari Meirov, with the artifact’s provenance reported but not independently verified by news outlets.