Alec Halaby, a fixture in the Philadelphia Eagles' front office for 17 years, is stepping away from the franchise to pursue another job, NFL insiders Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo reported.
Halaby had been a massive contributor to the Eagles over the last 17 years and worked his way up the rankings to become general manager Howie Roseman's right-hand man. He is the latest senior executive to leave a team that has lost multiple front-office figures in recent weeks.
The departures are concrete: earlier in the month vice president of football operations Jeff Scott left the Eagles to join the Atlanta Falcons as assistant general manager, and Eagles executive Bryce Johnston also departed to join the Falcons. Those moves, followed by reports that Halaby is stepping away, have left a clear trail of exits from the Philadelphia organization.
The timing of Halaby's decision matters now because the draft is over and the league's next stretch of roster and staff decisions is beginning. Halaby's long tenure and his close working relationship with Roseman — nearly two decades in total — made him one of the architects of the Eagles' personnel and operational continuity. Losing that continuity at a moment when teams typically retool raises immediate questions inside the building.
Complicating the picture is what the reports do not say. It does not sound like Halaby has a job lined up, and it is not clear whether he will remain in football or move into another business. The lack of a named next destination turns what could have been a standard executive departure into something less straightforward: a senior aide stepping away without a clear destination, even as former colleagues head to a rival NFC franchise.
For Roseman, who relied on Halaby as a close lieutenant, the exit removes a longtime partner in decision-making. Halaby worked closely with Roseman for nearly two decades and was widely viewed inside the organization as someone who understood the club's institutional memory and daily operations. Replacing that depth of experience is not a near-term, simple administrative task.
The pattern of exits also creates an immediate managerial tension. The Eagles have seen multiple senior staffers depart to the same destination, the Atlanta Falcons, in a short span. That concentration of departures suggests more than routine turnover and points to a shifting marketplace for experienced NFL executives this offseason. At the same time, Halaby's currently unclear plans mean the Eagles cannot yet read his move as part of a coordinated migration; it is both linked and distinct from the earlier hires by Atlanta.
Internally, the club will now need to redistribute responsibilities that Halaby carried or decide whether to hire a successor from outside. Each choice carries trade-offs: promoting from within preserves institutional knowledge but may leave gaps in experience; recruiting from the outside risks a longer adjustment period. The Eagles' track record of promoting staff and of Roseman's central role in personnel decisions will shape which path the franchise takes.
What happens next is straightforward and consequential: the Eagles must replace the practical expertise Halaby provided and do so while other senior staff are already moving on. That work will define how the franchise transitions from the draft into the next phase of roster building. For Halaby, stepping away after 17 years closes a chapter in a career built inside a single organization; whether he returns to football or pivots to another field remains the single most important unknown.
Halaby's exit leaves a clear result: the Eagles have lost a senior, experienced aide to Roseman at a moment when several trusted executives have already left. The club's short-term stability will now be tested by how quickly and effectively it replaces the leadership and institutional knowledge he provided.
