“Hold Up”: Social Media Is Destroying Eagles GM Howie Roseman Over Comments About Not Drafting Certain Criminals
Roseman has cemented himself as one of the greatest GMs in NFL history, helping the Eagles to their second Super Bowl championship in eight years. Led by the marquee addition of running back Saquon Barkley, the revamped Eagles humiliated the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 in Super Bowl 59, denying Patrick Mahomes and company of a three-peat.
But right now, Roseman is going viral over comments he made during an interview with The Ringer’s Todd McShay.
During his appearance on “The McShay Show”, Howie Roseman said that the Eagles refuse to scout or talk to players who’ve committed domestic violence against women. Roseman said, “It just doesn’t work for us.”
Powerful: Eagles GM Howie Roseman says the Eagles won't even scout players who’ve been convicted of domestic violence:
“I won’t even watch them; I don’t even want to talk… I can’t go. He did a 10 years ago and he learned from it… it just doesn’t work for us.”
Nobody can fault the Eagles for implementing a team rule like that. However, fans responded to the clip by questioning why Howie Roseman drafted defensive tackle Jalen Carter, who was involved in a fatal car accident that claimed the lives of teammate Devin Willock and Georgia staffer Chandler LeCroy in Jan. 2023.
“If you kill people in a car accident it’s all forgiven though right? The story changes when the players drop,” said another.
“Hold up,” a fan wrote.
“ah but if they are involved with damage done with a car they’re fine…,” wrote a user.
“But he’ll sure as hell draft a DT who got his teammate killed in a street race,” said a fan.
“Vehicular homicide is another story!!!” said another.
Jalen Carter accepted a plea deal to avoid prison time. He was sentenced to 80 hours of community service, 12 months probation and had to pay a fine of $1,000 and ordered to take a driving course.
Howie Roseman Addressed Decision To Draft Jalen Carter
Howie Roseman (Getty Images)
Per ESPN’s Tim McManus, Howie Roseman addressed Philadelphia’s controversial decision to draft Carter with the No. 9 pick in 2023. Here’s what the two-time Super Bowl-winning executive said in September of that year:
“All of us when we were 21 and 22, hopefully have grown a lot from that time, and you just really want to get to know the person and what’s in their heart. I think when we got to know Jalen, we just felt like here’s a kid that he does love football. Obviously, he’s a winner. He won in high school, he won in college.”
