Eagles: 3 worst moves of the 2023 offseason

Worst Eagles moves of the offseason: 2. Letting Isaac Seumalo walk

Roseman faced some tough choices in free agency about what veterans he needed to let leave to keep the team’s salary cap in good shape. Seumalo got a nice three-year, $24 million deal from the Steelers to change locales.

That’s a very reasonable price tag for an offensive guard who, at his best, is a borderline Pro Bowl player. The problem the Eagles likely saw with Seumalo is his injury history. He missed serious time in 2020 and 2021 before bouncing back to play 20 total games for the Eagles last year.

Philadelphia believes former second-round pick Cam Jurgens is ready to take over Seumalo’s starting spot at guard but that’s a sizeable gamble for a team with legitimate Super Bowl aspirations.

Most Eagles fans accepted the Seumalo had to go due to salary cap concerns, but the Eagles could have tried to free up cap space in other ways to keep him in the fold. Losing him isn’t going to torpedo their playoff hopes in 2023, but letting him go ply his trade for the Steelers on such a reasonable contract won’t look good in retrospect.