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The 2024 offseason has already brought about big changes in the Philadelphia Eagles coaching staff. Once we approach the spring, the roster is bound to undergo changes as well.
The late-season collapse that saw the Eagles lose six of their final seven games including a 32-9 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers has already had big implications for their coaching staff.
Kellen Moore was brought in as the new offensive coordinator while Vic Fangio will be the new defensive coordinator.
It won’t be surprising if general manager Howie Roseman takes a similar approach to aggressively improve the roster.
That means we could see more trades for the Eagles. Roseman has shown a tendency to trade more than most GM’s. Since last April he has swung 10 trades.
The Eagles currently have $21 million in cap space, per Spotrac, and have moves to create even more so the GM has some latitude to make moves and work to ensure that the Eagles come back stronger in 2024.
Here are three targets that should be on his trade radar to accomplish that goal.
If the Eagles want to get ultra-aggressive, they’ll circle back to a trade target from the trade deadline.
Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk reported back in November that the Eagles and the 49ers were both calling the Denver Broncos about trading for their star defensive back.
Ultimately both were rebuffed and Florio reported that Denver wasn’t trading him without a “major haul”.
Patrick Surtain II is one of the best young cornerbacks in the league.
After disappointing campaigns from both James Bradberry and Darius Slay, acquiring Surtain is a move that would instantly bring back the swagger to the Eagles secondary.
Still, it’s understandable that the Eagles might have been hesitant to put together a big trade package in the middle of the season.
The collapse hadn’t completely transpired yet and midseason blockbusters are just rare in general.
But the Eagles problems in the secondary have only become more magnified since then and the Broncos have let it be known that they plan to cut Russell Wilson in the spring.
That leads to questions about how long it might take them to find a quarterback who can win.
The fact that the Eagles just poached Broncos defensive backs coach Christian Parker to join their defensive staff certainly isn’t going to quiet those trade rumors.
The Eagles would likely have to package multiple picks, including their first rounder in this year’s draft, but Surtain is a star player in the prime of his career on a rookie contract that fills one of Philadelphia’s biggest needs.
