After Eagles coach Chip Kelly put together a second straight 10-win season, Kelly made a run at G.M. Howie Roseman. It was bizarre and it was ugly and it ultimately was painted as a win-win by Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie.
Now that Kelly could be closing in on losing his job (voluntarily or otherwise) in Philly, Roseman could be winning, again.
While Lurie opted in January to find a way to keep Kelly and Roseman around in a way that would allow them to coexist (a process that included physically moving the new executive V.P. of football operations out of the football operations location), it was clear that Kelly was now fully in charge of the team. Which means that Kelly is fully responsible for what has happened this season. Which means that Roseman necessarily has no responsibility for what has happened this season.
Which means that Roseman could be poised to seize a level of control over the team that he has never previously enjoyed.
So as Kelly’s future continues to be the focus in Philly, the second rise of Roseman can’t be overlooked. Unless Lurie decides to hit the reset button or pursue a head coach who will want to keep Roseman away from the football operation the same way Kelly has, Roseman will be back in the mix.
Given how the franchise has performed with Roseman exiled from the football operations, perhaps the only easy answer in Philly is that Roseman should be involved once again in football operations. Regardless, there’s a chance that, in roughly a month, Roseman won’t just have a hand in the search for the next coach.
Lurie could decide to let Roseman run the show.