The Eagles recently traded for quarterback Sam Howell, making Philly his fourth team in three full NFL seasons.

Meeting with reporters on Tuesday, Eagles G.M. Howie Roseman explained the decision to make the deal with Minnesota for the 2022 fifth-round pick of the Commanders.

“We know the player really well,” Roseman told reporters. “Spent a lot of time on him coming out. Ironically, I think the only college Thursday night game I’ve gone to in the last 10 years was Pitt-North Carolina, and we ended up getting both those quarterbacks, which is ironic, like I said.”

Not ironically, ironic isn’t the proper explanation for what happened. (Even a conspiracy theorist knows that.)

“We had done a lot of work on him coming out,” Roseman added. “Saw him firsthand as a starter with Washington. Ob

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