Questions abounded the entire offseason and then through training camp and the preseason about the Eagles’ depth at edge rusher .
Gone from the Super Bowl unit of a year ago was Josh Sweat , who led the team in sacks and was a defensive star in their Super Bowl rout of the Kansas City Chiefs. He had registered 43 sacks in his seven seasons with the Eagles and left as a free agent for Arizona, where he was reunited with former Eagles defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon, the head coach of the Cardinals.
Also gone was Brandon Graham , the Eagles’ legend who retired after the season sitting at No. 3 on the team’s all-time sacks list.
The Eagles added veterans Josh Uche , Azeez Ojulari and Ogbo Okoronkwo during the offseason, but their actions seemed to admit during the seaso