"When we sat down and discussed the offer, we really started thinking about, as we sat at that time, the likelihood that we would sign him to an extension," said Howie Roseman, the Eagles' executive vice president of football operations. "We want to build this team with some continuity. We felt at that time that we weren't going to sign him to an extension. To get that value for him and possibly add someone who would be here for a longer period of time made sense for where we were."