Eagles stay or go: Howie Roseman

Over the last three weeks, we've taken a look at the Eagles' players and staff, determining if we think they should stay or go in 2017. In our final installment, we'll take a look at the man who will actually make those decisions, Howie Roseman.

In case you missed our previous player and coaching staff previews:

Quarterbacks | Running backs | Wide receivers | Tight ends 
Offensive tackles | Guards | Centers | Defensive ends | Defensive tackles
Outside linebackers | Inside linebackers | Cornerbacks | Safeties | Specialists
Doug Pederson | Jim Schwartz

Howie Roseman

Roseman is very clearly not going anywhere in 2017, obviously, but there are a number of different ways you can look at whether or not he should. If you look at his body of work as a whole since he became general manager in 2010, it's not pretty. There is certainly a good argument to be made that Roseman should not have been re-hired to the position after the demise of Chip Kelly (or even kept around after Kelly temporarily won a power struggle between the two). 

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However, if you look what Roseman has done over the last year, there has been more good than bad. Let's recap his eventful first season back in charge:

: Numbers-wise, Ertz turned it on down the stretch, offering hope for "next season," as he did in 2014 and 2015, but he has not yet put together a good, complete season from Week 1 to Week 17 in the pros. He is the sixth-highest paid tight end in the NFL, mainly on potential. In my view, this was paying for potential. I don't like those deals.

: This was more of a pay cut than a contract extension that freed up money last offseason.

: Johnson is the highest-paid right tackle in the NFL, by a mile. He's probably also the best right tackle in the NFL. At some point, Johnson will take over for Jason Peters at left tackle, which is really what he was paid to be. However, the Eagles will likely pay Johnson "left tackle money" to play right tackle for at least two years.

: Like the Ertz deal, the Eagles paid Curry on potential, in this case, to a far worse degree. This contract is looking like a massive mistake.

: The Eagles locked up one of the cornerstones of their defense.

: This was a "bridge quarterback" deal that made sense for a team that wanted to stay reasonably competitive while it clearly had its sights set on some other (at the time unknown) long-term option at quarterback.

: McKelvin was surely one of the "band-aids" Roseman spoke about in his postseason press conference.

• : Murray was third in the NFL with 1287 rushing yards for Tennessee, which has led some to wonder what he would have been in Doug Pederson's offense. Don't bother. Murray dogged it in 2015 as he clearly did not want to be in Philadelphia, and was a locker room cancer. He had to go.

• : While Maxwell and Alonso played well for Miami this year, they were both busts in Philly. Roseman was able to dump Maxwell's bad contract and a player Jim Schwartz didn't want for the right to move up from 13 to 8 in the 2016 NFL Draft.

: Brooks will be remembered this season for missing two games due to anxiety, however, he had a very good season and significantly upgraded the RG spot.

On the whole, Roseman was hit and miss on his signings. However, his draft class appears to be good so far, and the deals to land Wentz, while recouping a first-round pick for Bradford were some combination of lucky and masterful.

#JimmyVerdict: Stay.

Your verdict:

#JimmyVerdict Stay or Go Results

Green = Stay

Orange = No need to release before training camp, but ideally the Eagles will have found an upgrade

Red = Go