Preparation for the 2018 season is fully underway as the personnel department puts the final grades on potential free agents, the coaches close the books on 2017 and the entire football operations staff readies for the NFL Scouting Combine which begins on February 27 in Indianpolis and ends on Monday, March 5.
This is what we know about the current situation with the Eagles …
1) They won’t have a lot of wiggle room within the 2018 salary, which could reportedly rise from $167 million to $174-$178 million. Howie Roseman last year around this time labeled the Eagles’ situation as “tighter than usual,” and then the Eagles went out and were as creative as anyone could imagine with personnel acquisition.