Now comes the hard part.
The Eagles have already reduced their roster from 80 to 63 with a series of moves over the last two days, and they have until 4 p.m. Saturday to reduce it by 10 more to get to the regular-season limit of 53.
Two easy moves would be to move Alshon Jeffery and Brandon Brooks from preseason PUP to regular-season PUP. Because their injuries pre-date the start of camp and they’re on PUP and not Injured Reserve, they won’t count toward the 53. Brooks is a lock for PUP, Jeffery a possibility.
Stay in the game with the latest updates on your beloved Philadelphia sports teams! Sign up here for our All Access Daily newsletter.
Those moves would leave Howie Roseman with eight more spots he has to clear either by waiving players or trading them or possibly placing them on pre-deadline Injured Reserve.
Here’s what the roster looks like now by position. I came up with 43 flat-out roster locks, who I bold-faced below. A couple others — Nate Herbig, Shaun Bradley — aren't locks but are close.
Taking out Jeffery and Brooks, that leaves 18 guys battling for 10 remaining roster spots.
Quarterback [3, 3 locks]
NFL
Carson Wentz
Jalen Hurts
Nate Sudfeld
Running Back [3, 3 locks]
Miles Sanders
Boston Scott
Corey Clement
Wide Receiver [7, 5 locks]
Jalen Reagor
DeSean Jackson
J.J. Arcega-Whiteside
Greg Ward
John Hightower
Quez Watkins
Alshon Jeffery [PUP]
Tight End [3, 2 locks]
Zach Ertz
Dallas Goedert
Noah Togiai
Offensive Line [11, 6 locks]
Isaac Seumalo
Matt Pryor
Jason Kelce
Jason Peters
Jack Driscoll
Lane Johnson
Nate Herbig
Prince Tega
Jordan Mailata
Sua Opeta
Brandon Brooks [PUP]
Defensive Tackle [6, 4 locks]
Fletcher Cox
Javon Hargrave
Malik Jackson
Hassan Ridgeway
Raequan Williams
Anthony Rush
Defensive End [8, 4 locks]
Brandon Graham
Derek Barnett
Vinny Curry
Josh Sweat
Joe Ostman
Shareef Miller
Casey Toohill
Genard Avery
Linebacker [6, 4 locks]
T.J. Edwards
Duke Riley
Nate Gerry
Davion Taylor
Shaun Bradley
Alex Singleton
Cornerback [7, 5 locks]
Darius Slay
Avonte Maddox
N. Robey-Coleman
Cre’Von LeBlanc
Craig James
Sidney Jones
Rasul Douglas
Safety [6, 4 locks]
Rodney McLeod
Will Parks
Jalen Mills
K’Von Wallace
Rudy Ford
Marcus Epps
Specialists [3, 3 locks]
Jake Elliott
Cam. Johnston
Rick Lovato