{"id":87845,"date":"2025-07-24T05:36:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T05:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/87845\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T05:36:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T05:36:08","slug":"howie-roseman-nick-sirianni-talk-roster-building-as-eagles-training-camp-gets-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/87845\/","title":{"rendered":"Howie Roseman, Nick Sirianni talk roster building as Eagles training camp gets underway"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Eagles had their first training camp practice of the 2025 NFL season on Wednesday, and GM Howie Roseman and head coach Nick Sirianni spoke to reporters before the team took the field. They talked about having a young defense, roster building after a Super Bowl<\/a>, and made some comments about the front office personnel changes this offseason.<\/p>\n

Sirianni said the guys came back in really good shape, and players have put themselves in position to be ready for the start of training camp. They came to camp weighing what they should and in shape for the conditioning test, but there are things they\u2019ll do at camp to continue to emphasize that conditioning.<\/p>\n

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SIRIANNI: <\/strong>\u201cI think it\u2019s very clear that the way we want to play football, with great physicality, with great detail, with great effort, there\u2019s no substitute there, you have to be in great shape. So, we\u2019ll continue to push these guys to be in great shape, and I think we\u2019re off to a good start based on the conditioning test.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Here\u2019s what else the pair had to say:<\/p>\n

On having a young defense<\/p>\n

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ROSEMAN: <\/strong>\u201cWe look at our resources \u2014 whether it\u2019s draft picks or money, all kind of in the same boat. So, if you\u2019re taking guys in the first round, to us, that\u2019s the same as paying guys big money on their contracts. So, we still have a lot of resources on the defensive side of the ball \u2014 a lot of young players, a lot of players who have played together, which is exciting, and obviously a great opportunity for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Sirianni was asked about the linebacker position with Nakobe Dean starting the year on the PUP list. and he explained that it\u2019s a good opportunity for the rest of the room to compete throughout camp, and continue to compete throughout the season to be the best.<\/p>\n

First-round rookie Jihaad Campbell started his first practice as a limited participant, but won\u2019t miss any of camp as he rehabs his injury from last year. Sirianni said Campbell looked like he had a great summer, and the head coach is excited to have him out on the field \u2014 he also admitted that it\u2019s huge anytime a player can get work on the field, so it\u2019s good Campbell is at a place to do that.<\/p>\n

Sirianni later talked about how young guys will play and compete, just like the rookies did last year, and they are going to put the players on the field who give the team the best chance to win. He noted that every draft pick was with the team for a reason, and he\u2019s excited and confident in the group. Roseman added that a lot of these young guys have history playing with other guys already with the Eagles, so there\u2019s some continuity there that will help them adjust quickly.<\/p>\n

On football operations promotions and hires<\/p>\n

Roseman said that all the promotions were earned and based on the work they did. He explained that they evaluate the front office, just as they do the players, and they made those decisions accordingly. <\/p>\n

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ROSEMAN: <\/strong>\u201cIn terms of Joe Douglas, obviously, personally, very excited for him to be back. Unbelievable knowledge about this league. He\u2019ll be a great resource for all our scouts, all our front office people \u2014 having another GM in the building, who can help develop our staff, because our staff development\u2019s a big thing, he\u2019ll be involved like a lot of the other people.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Eagles\u2019 GM also made sure to note that he was going to miss some of the people who ended up leaving for other opportunities this offseason, but appreciated that their staff was completely decimated following the Super Bowl win.<\/p>\n

On starting over after a Super Bowl win<\/p>\n

Sirianni said that starting training camp this year doesn\u2019t feel any different than years prior, even though the team just reached the top of the mountain last season. <\/p>\n

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SIRIANNI: <\/strong>\u201cEvery year at training camp feels the same. You\u2019re not looking back, you\u2019re not looking forward, you\u2019re solely focused on today and how we can get better today. And so, when you have that mindset, when you have that focus that we want to have as a football team, that\u2019s how everyone should be feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Roseman talked about what they learned after last time they won a Super Bowl, and he noted that a big takeaway is that no matter how much they love the players, and they love the staff, it\u2019s their job to keep improving and moving forward. They have to make whatever difficult decisions to ensure they\u2019re doing what\u2019s best for the team. He reflected about how in 2018 they had a chance in the second round of the playoffs, but then seeing what happened in 2019 and 2020, was a big lesson in planning for the future.<\/p>\n

On signing players early<\/p>\n

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ROSEMAN: <\/strong>\u201cWhen people understand that when they start here, they have an opportunity to continue here and get rewarded here, it\u2019s incredibly important, so that when you draft guys you can show them examples \u2014 if you do the right thing on and off the field, we\u2019re going to make sure we that we keep you here, and maybe even have a chance to finish your career here. And, I think that, just from our perspective, and everyone\u2019s got to do things their own way. I\u2019m not saying it\u2019s perfect, we make a lot of mistakes, but from our way, that\u2019s a core tenant of what we\u2019re trying to do here.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re trying to draft, develop, sign, and when you do that with players, your opportunity to set up continuity, your ability to really set up leaders for your football team going forward who can show young players the way, and how we do things, I think that gives you a chance to be special.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Other notables<\/p>\n

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  • When asked about where the team is financially, Roseman talked about their flexibility to make mid-season moves and also noted that they have 13 draft picks in 2026 that they consider a resource.<\/li>\n
  • Sirianni didn\u2019t want to talk a lot about any specific position battles that they\u2019re watching in camp, explaining that they expect players to compete now and during the season, so they\u2019re looking at all positions.<\/li>\n
  • Roseman gave Sirianni a lot of credit for his forward-focus and how he shifts his mindset to the next season as soon as the season ends. He noted the head coach is always thinking of ways to improve and evolve, and how he reaches out to people in and out of the building to find ways to grow.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Eagles had their first training camp practice of the 2025 NFL season on Wednesday, and GM Howie…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":87846,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1911,20545,9102,11067,9150,204,2197,7007,58936,1245,50,10604,58940,58937,1242,58938,62,5399,10576,58939,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-87845","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-as","9":"tag-bleeding","10":"tag-building","11":"tag-camp","12":"tag-eagles","13":"tag-front-page","14":"tag-gets","15":"tag-green","16":"tag-howie","17":"tag-nation","18":"tag-news","19":"tag-nick","20":"tag-philadelphia-eagles-interviews-exclusive","21":"tag-roseman","22":"tag-roster","23":"tag-sirianni","24":"tag-sports","25":"tag-talk","26":"tag-training","27":"tag-underway","28":"tag-united-states","29":"tag-unitedstates","30":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114906594258689281","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}