Andrew Mukuba spent more time this summer watching football than playing. Hindered with a shoulder injury from a collision with a teammate early in training camp,

For someone who’s never had a pick-six before, Drew Mukuba sounded confident he would experience it again. “That’s a feeling that I want to have all the time,” Mukuba said of the interception he returned 75 yards for a touchdown.

The safety provided both the swagger and volatility the Eagles’ defense wanted to reclaim. That Roseman spent a second-round pick on Drew Mukuba to backfill the trade signaled how much the team valued the role Gardner-Johnson fulfilled.