However, before filing for unemployment and scouring newspaper want-ads, Hoage signed with the Eagles just four days before their opener in Washington.
“It seemed like a year. The days go by very, very slowly,” Hoage said with a laugh. “I had been drafted in New Orleans by Bum Phillips and Wade Phillips was the defensive coordinator. When Bum retired and they replaced him with Jim Mora, Wade had gotten a job as defensive coordinator for Buddy Ryan in Philadelphia. And so I got waived and picked up by Buddy, I’m sure because of Wade.
“Getting waived on the last cut of Training Camp is really about the worst time you could possibly get waived because teams have made moves and they kind of have set rosters.