Who is barreling toward a $500 million cliff?
The entire article is behind a Wall Street Journal paywall, but this is enough to make me cause pause about my understanding that Howie Roseman was smarter than anyone else in the NFL. Hmmmm.....
The NFL Team Barreling Toward a $500 Million Financial Cliff
The Philadelphia Eagles built one of the NFL’s best rosters in recent years by exploiting an accounting trick. Now the team is struggling—and the bill is coming due.
Oct. 27, 2026 12:00 pm ET
Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley kneels on the sidelines during a loss to the Dallas Cowboys. Chris Szagola/Associated Press
The Philadelphia Eagles established themselves as one of the NFL’s pre-eminent franchises in recent years by assembling a collection of talent that most other teams simply couldn’t compete with.
And the key to it all wasn’t only general manager Howie Roseman’s prescient dealmaking or his knack for finding stars in the draft. It was all made possible through financial accounting wizardry.
Please God, just one Lombardi before I die.
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