The Philadelphia Eagles are coming off their second Super Bowl victory since 2017. Their dominant 40-22 win over the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 59 cemented their place in history. General Manger Howie Roseman put together an incredible roster, many of the additions coming during the 2024 off-season.
While the Eagles will look to replicate that success in 2025, there’s one type of criminal the team will stay away from.
“We Don’t Draft Them” Eagles GM Denounces 1 Type Of Criminal (Report)
Howie Roseman stated on “The McShay Show” that the Eagles refuse to scout or speak with players who have committed domestic violence against women. In Roseman’s words, “It just doesn’t work.”
Here is the full video:
Powerful: Eagles GM Howie Roseman says the Eagles won’t even scout players who’ve been convicted of domestic violence:
“I won’t even watch them; I don’t even want to talk… I can’t go. He did a 10 years ago and he learned from it… it just doesn’t work for us.”
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According to Alex Hoegler of Total Pro Sports:
Nobody can fault the Eagles for implementing a team rule like that. However, fans responded to the clip by questioning why Howie Roseman drafted defensive tackle Jalen Carter, who was involved in a fatal car accident that claimed the lives of teammate Devin Willock and Georgia staffer Chandler LeCroy in Jan. 2023.
“Explain this,” one fan said with a photo of Carter’s mug shot.
“If you kill people in a car accident it’s all forgiven though right? The story changes when the players drop,” said another.
“Hold up,” a fan wrote.
“ah but if they are involved with damage done with a car they’re fine…,” wrote a user.
Jalen Carter accepted a plea deal to avoid prison time. He was sentenced to 80 hours of community service, 12 months probation and had to pay a fine of $1,000 and ordered to take a driving course.
Per ESPN’s Tim McManus, Howie Roseman addressed Philadelphia’s controversial decision to draft Carter with the No. 9 pick in 2023. Here’s what the two-time Super Bowl-winning executive said in September of that year:
“All of us when we were 21 and 22, hopefully have grown a lot from that time, and you just really want to get to know the person and what’s in their heart. I think when we got to know Jalen, we just felt like here’s a kid that he does love football. Obviously, he’s a winner. He won in high school, he won in college.”
It will be interesting to see who Philadelphia adds to their roster this off-season in an attempt to win back-to-back Super Bowls.
