Evaluating roster quality is different than evaluating roster longevity (the ability to maintain the status quo, especially with key players). Understanding where the roster is headed requires diving into Eagles contracts, which can be reviewed on the web site Spotrac . Looking at the Eagles Salary Cap status exemplifies a quote from Geoff Mosher ( Inside the Birds Podcast done with Adam Caplan ), that “No team borrows against tomorrow like the Philadelphia Eagles.” The Eagles do this advantageously, stealing from tomorrow’s greater salary cap years (where the cap will be higher, so those $ are more plentiful and therefore cheaper to use) to help pay players today. Concepts like “voidable years,” “ cap hits, ” “ roster bonuses,” “prorations,” “option bonuses,” “dead money” and others get leveraged to manipulate future vs. present dollars so the Eagles can seem to endlessly “find money” to sign players. It’s a team effort spearheaded not onl...