The Eagles once picked Chip Kelly over Howie Roseman. At their third Super Bowl in eight years, they now call Roseman the NFL’s best general manager.

Howie Roseman’s journey to becoming one of the top executives in professional sports began as a unpaid summer intern with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2000.

Howie Roseman returned from his son’s basketball game one day last week, disappeared into his home office and popped in tape of the Senior Bowl a

That spring, Roseman drafted defensive tackle Jordan Davis in the first round, center Cam Jurgens in the second and linebacker Nakobe Dean in the third. That same weekend, Roseman traded for wide receiver A.J. Brown, to be followed in August with a trade for safety Chauncey Gardner-Johnson.

There were concerns about the Philadelphia Eagles early in the season. During the offseason, they had made coordinator changes on each side of the ball and it took time for the defense to come together.

Philadelphia Eagles general manager Howie Roseman joked about the Chiefs having his attention before the Super Bowl.

There was a time before everything was automated, when general managers still mapped out their models and moves using physical materials, when Howie Roseman arranged the personnel of the NFL’s top-four teams inside his office in an obsessive collage.