Eagles Stay or Go 2024: How will Haason Reddick situation play out?

In the latest Stay or Go, Reuben Frank and Dave Zangaro break down the Haason Reddick situation in a look at edge rusher.

Reuben Frank and Dave Zangaro bring back Stay or Go in 2024, trying to figure out the futures of every Eagles player on the roster.

We already looked at quarterback, running back, receiver, tight end, interior offensive line, offensive tackle, specialists and defensive tackle.

Brandon Graham
Roob: Nobody has ever spent 15 years with the Eagles. Nobody has ever played 200 regular-season games for the Eagles. Brandon Graham needs to be the first. Not because we all love B.G. Not because he deserves to set every franchise longevity record. But because he can still play. Graham didn’t play a ton last year – about 23 snaps per game – but he was very good in a role that perfectly suited a 35-year-old edge rusher. Picked up four sacks, including one in the playoff game, and increased his career total to 73, 4th-most in franchise history behind Reggie White, Trent Cole and Clyde Simmons. All I know is if everybody played as hard last year as B.G. the Eagles wouldn’t have fallen apart.

Dave: This is obviously a tricky one. Graham will be 36 for this upcoming season but he has always said he wants to play 15 years in the NFL and with the Eagles. Even though he’s not an every down player anymore, this really should happen. Graham was a solid contributor in a limited role in 2023. The bigger problem was that he ended up being the third man in the rotation instead of Nolan Smith. But Graham played well in Year 14 and was one of the few guys who showed up in the playoff game. He’s a pending free agent but we know he wants to be here and will probably take a hometown discount to finish his career the way he wants.

Dave: The former sixth-round pick from Coastal Carolina didn’t play in a single game for the Eagles in 2023 after playing in 21 over the previous two seasons. That’s sometimes the way things go for late-round picks. They get a chance early in their careers but then the roster turns over and they don’t get those opportunities anymore. Jackson will be in camp and will have a shot to make the roster but I don’t see it happening for him.

Dave: I think it’s really unfair to clump Jackson and Johnson together. Jackson didn’t play in a single game in 2023 and Johnson played in 15 and has played in 48 games over his three-year NFL career. The big difference here is that Johnson has been a really good special teams player. In fact, Johnson played 299 special teams snaps in 2023, which ranked him behind just Josh Jobe (323) and Kelee Ringo (305). Over the past three seasons, Johnson has played 868 special teams snaps, the most on the team. While that doesn’t guarantee Johnson a roster, it certainly gives him a much better chance. After all, special teams is the only unit that lived up to expectations last year.

Roob: This is a 26-year-old edge rusher drafted in the 3rd-round a few years ago who was good enough to pick up 5.0 sacks in 2021 despite playing fewer than 400 snaps. So there’s something there, and this is a typical Howie Roseman move, picking up a formerly productive player who’s still in his prime and has a chance to help with zero cap risk. I like that Roseman is looking everywhere for pass-rush help, but the bottom line is Okwara has just four sacks the last two years as a rotational player, and the odds of him finding his way onto the 53 aren’t great. Bringing him in makes sense, but he’s a longshot.