Aside from last year, when the Eagles traded Sam Bradford, cut-down day — when teams must trim their rosters to a maximum of 53 players — is often anticlimactic.
Surprises are few, and even if there was an unexpected name, too much can be made of the 52nd, 53rd or 54th player on or off the roster. What is of more importance, and certainly from the Eagles’ perspective, is whether the final cuts were painstaking ones.
“This was a more difficult process, which is good,” Howie Roseman said on Saturday. “It means we’re getting better.