The Eagles took a hit after final cuts, and it came from the exact place they knew was risky: the players they hoped could slip through waivers and return on the practice squad.
Four of them didn’t make it back. Offensive linemen Cameron Williams and Myles Hinton, both 2025 sixth-round picks, were claimed by the Atlanta Falcons and Cincinnati Bengals.
Tight end Cameron Latu was picked up by the New England Patriots after they got an up-close look at him during joint practices earlier this summer. Undrafted defensive back Kapena Gushiken was claimed by the Indianapolis Colts.
That made Philadelphia the most-claimed team in the NFL during the waiver process, and general manager Howie Roseman didn’t hide how the front office felt about it.
“From our perspective over the weekend, probably anticipated we would lose a couple of guys,” the GM said. “To be fair, we always anticipate that.
The rate of claims in the league is about 4%. Certainly, those percentages didn't apply to our roster over this weekend, unfortunately, but that's the risk of doing business and don't feel good about that.
Don't feel good about losing those guys.
“We lost two draft picks. We lost a special teamer, a tight end who had 10 special-teams tackles for us last year and a blocked kick.
Don't feel good about that. We lost a young defensive back that we liked.
That goes along with this.”
Roseman also said the team had expected some attrition, but not this much. The organization had hoped to bring back at least three of the four players on its own practice squad.
Philadelphia, meanwhile, didn’t claim anyone. No other NFL team lost more than two players in the process.
There were still some holdovers. Twenty other Eagles cleared waivers, including International Player Pathway prospects Uar Bernard and Joshua Weru, both of whom later signed to the practice squad.
The Eagles are still working to finish building that unit before the season opener, and they already have agreed to terms with offensive lineman Kiran Amegadjie, a 2024 third-round pick in Chicago, on a practice-squad deal.
“You can't sit here and feel tremendously good when you're losing players,” said Roseman. “We'll do our best to try to replenish that.”
Latu had been the special-teams contributor Roseman mentioned, but he lost out to E.J. Jenkins, who offers a better in-line fit at tight end.
Gushiken was the defensive back the front office wanted more time with and had pushed for a roster spot on the initial 53 because of his special-teams ability. Williams and Hinton were the draft investments left exposed when the Eagles kept four quarterbacks on the initial 53-man roster and trimmed elsewhere.
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