Day 1 of NFL free agency was tough to watch as an Eagles fan.

Jaelen Phillips left for a four-year, $120M deal with the Carolina Panthers.

Nakobe Dean walked to the Las Vegas Raiders.

Reed Blakenship headed to the Houston Texans.

Three starters on one of the best defenses in the NFL departed. In a vacuum, no departure is shocking. It wasn’t hard to imagine all three leaving this offseason. But seeing all three walk at the same time does highlight something we have to accept here right now, a reality not true in every NFL city.