The Facts: The Eagles beat the Lions in Week One of the 2022 season. Along the way, Philly also found a player to eventually pursue. Addressing Saturday’s trade for Swift, GM Howie Roseman explained that Swift caught their attention when gaining 144 yards on 15 carries. “It really started Week One when we played them,” Roseman told reporters on Saturday. “You saw the explosiveness when we played them. He had a heck of a game. Every time he touched the ball you knew there was a chance he could take it the distance.”
Roseman mentioned that Senior Advisor to the General Manager/Chief Security
Diehards Line:Officer Dom DiSandro “has known [Swift] and his family for a long time,” and that the Eagles “knew him really throughout high school. ...” HC Nick Sirianni agreed with the assessment of Swift’s skills. “You can definitely see his ability to make people miss in space, and you saw that against our defense last year,” Sirianni told reporters. “Hhe has a great ability to read defenses out of the backfield, to make guys — to separate from tight coverage out of the backfield, and has really good hands. .... Obviously, again, can’t say enough about the running back room that we have. We’re really excited about the pieces that we had going into the draft, and we’re even more excited about it with the addition of D’Andre.” And so the richest of NFC teams gets a little richer, as it tries to get back to the Super Bowl in 2023 — and to win it this time.