The 53 Report

Drafting players is one job.
Keeping them is another.

We track NFL roster construction across twelve years and 1.3 million data points. Draft retention. GM ROI. Regime change. The boring numbers that decide who actually wins.

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April 30, 2026 Eagles

Howie Roseman Drafts Like the Best in the League and Keeps Players Like the 14th

The Eagles rank #1 in drafting since 2012 and #14 in retaining those picks. We extend AP's 2025 retention study with snap-weighting and 12-year coverage. Here's what that gap actually means.

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What we cover

The work, in three lanes.

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Draft retention

Drafting a player and keeping them are different skills. We measure both, snap-weighted, across all 32 teams since 2012.

GM ROI

Tenure. Capital spent. Hits and misses. The receipts on every general manager's draft record.

Roster construction

Comp picks, trade-downs, second-contract decisions, late-round value. The full picture of how 53-man rosters get built.

Coming next

The Raiders retention catastrophe. Then the league-wide scatterplot. New analysis on Tuesdays.

Drafting players is one job.Keeping them is another.