By Brandon Apter, Sports Talk Philly editor 
The Philadelphia Eagles have reloaded at a lot of positions this offseason. They traded away Torrey Smith, lost Patrick Robinson to the Saints, but acquired young corner Daryl Worley and signed veteran receiver Mike Wallace. Vinny Curry and Beau Allen departed and now the Eagles have veteran defensive lineman Haloti Ngata and Michael Bennett, who's status is still up in the air after turning himself into Houston PD on Monday.
Needless to say, it's nice to see that one of the key defensive guys will be back in green next season.
One of the biggest defensive cogs and locker room leaders from the Eagles Super Bowl run was defensive end Chris Long. After much speculation that he could retire, Howie Roseman confirmed that Long would be coming back to play another season in Philadelphia.
"Confirmed," said Roseman. "Chris is a hugely important part of our team, and I think sometimes there's this perception that Chris is hugely important part of the team because of what he does off the field, which is a big part of Chris Long. He's an unbelievable teammate.
"But Chris Long is really productive, and when you go back and you watch our games against some of the best teams in football and in the NFC — you look at the Rams game, and the Falcons game, you look at the Vikings game, you look at the Super Bowl — the guy is getting consistent pressure on the quarterback. So, confirmed."
Long had 5 sacks and 4 forced fumbles during the regular season and he forced the errant Case Keenum pass in the NFC Championship game that ended up being intercepted by Patrick Robinson, putting momentum in the Eagles favor.
