EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - It was the most serendipitous move of Howie Roseman's tenure in his former role as Eagles general manager.
With the Eagles staging a placekicker battle that neither man seemed qualified to win last summer, Roseman said he spent about five minutes on the phone in mid-August with his former colleague and current Indianapolis Colts general manager, Ryan Grigson. Before they hung up, the two men had consummated a trade for a couple of players who were going to be waived by their respective teams.
The Colts got running back David Fluellen, who has not played a game in the NFL and was just cut by the Tennessee Titans.