FEBRUARY 15: Okwara will earn up to $2.68MM on his one-year Eagles pact, ESPN’s Adam Schefter notes. While Philadelphia has a number of key decisions to make amongst the edge group in the near future, Okwara can be expected to remain with the team through at least training camp and the preseason.
FEBRUARY 14: The Eagles have made a depth addition to their edge rush group. The team announced on Wednesday that Julian Okwara has been signed to a reserve/futures contract. 
Okwara had previously spent his four-year career with the Lions, starting a total of four games across the past three seasons. His time in Detroit allowed him to pair with his brother Romeo Okwara, but he saw a limited role in 2023. Julian was waived last month to make room for James Houston‘s IR activation. He found himself on Detroit’s practice squad when the team’s postseason run came to an end, but he did not receive a futures deal.
As a result, Okwara was free to sign with any team, and he has joined the Eagles. Philadelphia’s edge rush situation is in a state of flux at the moment, in large part due to team’s decision to allow Haason Reddick to seek out a trade. The two-time Pro Bowler has made it clear he wants to extend his through-2024 Eagles contract, but it will be interesting to see if team and player can reach an agreement on that front.
Defensive end Brandon Graham, meanwhile, is set to reach free agency. The franchise’s games played leader – and a member of Philadelphia’s ‘Core Four’ – intends to play at least one more season. While he would likely only sign a deal with the Eagles if one can be worked out this spring, the team currently faces a number of question marks along the edge. Okwara will aim to carve out a depth role amongst the likes of Josh Sweat and 2023 first-rounder Nolan Smith.
Okwara posted a career-high five sacks in 2021 while logging a 40% snap share. That pointed to notable potential as a situational edge rusher, but the 26-year-old has totaled only four sacks over the past two seasons. His playing time has dropped considerably in both years, and he made just nine appearances during the 2023 campaign. Over the course of the offseason, Okwara will attempt to land a 53-man roster spot on an Eagles team seeking clarity in the pass-rush department.
It’s crazy how badly the Eagles want to be the Lions
Like never winning a Super Bowl. Being irrelevant for decades. Wasting a career of one of the greatest rb’s to ever play. Going a season not winning a game. Nope we good thanks.
Calm down, easily triggered guy. I’m sure he’s referring to the fact the Eagles signed Swift last year, signed Okwara this year and made our long-time scout of 26 years, Lance Newmark, your new assistant GM.
Calm down ignorant guy. Eagles didn’t sign swift. They traded for him. And Lance Newmark went to Washington. So you are 0 for 2. Thanks for playing noob. Idiot.
I’m not the one throwing a temper tantrum anonymously online over sports. My bad, it was Washington. Traded, signed, semantics are fun. No need to get so worked up and insulting over something so petty and trivial. Grow up.
I merely responded and you told me to calm down and said I was triggered. Take your overused buzzwords elsewhere. If you are gonna have a comeback at least get your facts rights boy.
You went on a rant bashing the Lions over one sentence. You insulted me for getting one team wrong. Now you’re playing the innocent victim with a backhanded reply? Pathetic. Take your prepubescent, suburban, white kid act elsewhere.
If the Eagles are so good, why was there strife in the locker room and talk of firing their head coach after an 11-6 season? That’s rhetorical. I don’t care.
0-16.
How about promoting our former dumpster fire Head Coach as your DC. Seems he worked out as well for the Eagles as he did for the Lions.
0-16.
He got a super bowl ring while the DC of the eagles so yeah, it worked out! LOL! You idiot! Stop arguing sports. Go color. You have no clue. LOL!
lol wut
Im a Lions fan too…please stop.
Well the lions signed Mac McCain and C.J. Gardner-Johnson last off season so I guess you guys want to be the eagles? Hmmm roll eyes.
Holy s%&t! It’s like freaking preschool up in here!
Tissue?
I was looking for some possible insight here in the comments. Oops , shame on me.
Bring in 100 linebackers. 1 or 2 have to stick and be better than what we ran out there last year. Low risk signing.
Here’s an idea, how about stop handling the linebacker position through cheap lottery tickets hoping you’ll hit big and instead draft linebacker 1 and 2 in April.