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Eagles 53-man roster summary: Jordan Mailata makes it, Howie Roseman adds Deiondre’ Hall, but cuts contain few surprises

Many of the questions for Howie Roseman Saturday evening concerned a seventh-round rookie offensive tackle who probably won't play much this season.

This reflected two things: Jordan Mailata, the Australian rugby player who played his first-ever football game in the preseason opener, is a gripping, amazing story, and – just maybe a little more important, in the long run — the defending Super Bowl champions have a strong roster that didn't need a lot of last-minute tweaking. There weren't a lot of surprise cuts in the journey from 90 players down to 53. This is pretty much the team we envisioned when training camp began.