The Philadelphia Eagles are losing one of their longest-tenured front-office executives. Assistant General Manager Alec Halaby is departing after 17 years with the organization, the team announced this offseason.
A Quiet Exit
Halaby, 38, announced he is leaving "to start a new professional chapter" despite being highly regarded internally. His departure comes just days after Bryce Johnston left to join the Atlanta Falcons. Losing two key front-office members in the same week is significant.
Halaby's reputation was built quietly. He was not a public-facing executive. He did not give many interviews. He showed up in the building, did his job, and made the Eagles better at every cap-management negotiation, every contract structure, and every player-evaluation cycle for nearly two decades.
What Halaby Actually Did
Halaby's portfolio spanned the most technically demanding parts of NFL roster construction:
- Salary cap management. The Eagles have been one of the most aggressive teams in the NFL at restructuring contracts to maximize roster flexibility. Halaby was at the center of that approach.
- Contract negotiation. He helped structure the multi-year extensions for Jalen Hurts, A.J. Brown, DeVonta Smith, Jordan Mailata, Lane Johnson, Landon Dickerson, and many others. Each deal was designed to allow continued roster flexibility while keeping the player happy.
- Player evaluation. Halaby worked closely with Howie Roseman on draft-board construction and free-agency targeting. Different evaluators have different lenses; Halaby's lens was technical, analytical, and detail-oriented.
Howie's Right Hand
Halaby joined the Eagles in 2009, working his way up through the ranks to become one of Howie Roseman's most trusted lieutenants. The two-decade-plus partnership between Roseman and Halaby was one of the longest-running executive pairings in the NFL, and the results speak for themselves: a Super Bowl LII championship under Doug Pederson, back-to-back Super Bowl appearances under Nick Sirianni capped by the Super Bowl LIX championship in February 2025, and three NFC East titles in the past four years.
His fingerprints are on many of the deals that helped Philadelphia win Super Bowl LII in 2018 and reach Super Bowls LVII and LIX in the years since. Few front-office executives can claim that kind of resume.
The Adam Berry Promotion
The Eagles moved quickly to fill the void. Adam Berry was promoted to assistant general manager. Berry, the twin brother of Browns GM Andrew Berry, joined the Eagles three years ago from Goldman Sachs, where he spent 14 years before transitioning to football operations. His background in financial structuring and analytical rigor fits the role Halaby played.
That promotion stabilized the front office quickly. The Eagles also announced a contract extension for Jon Ferrari, who continues as another key lieutenant in Roseman's structure.
What It Means for the Eagles
Losing 17 years of institutional knowledge is real. There is no replacing the granular understanding Halaby had of every contract structure, every cap implication, every relationship he had built around the league. Adam Berry will grow into the role, but the transition has a learning curve.
That said, the Eagles' front office is not a one-person operation. Howie Roseman remains in charge. The systems, philosophies, and processes that produced the past decade of competitive runs are still in place. The team will adjust.
The Bigger Picture
Halaby's departure is part of a broader pattern across the NFL: assistants on successful teams get hired away or pursued for promotions elsewhere. Bryce Johnston went to Atlanta. Other Eagles assistants have been linked to GM and assistant-GM openings around the league. Success creates churn, and the Eagles' sustained competitive window has made their front office a prime target for raids.
The Bottom Line
Alec Halaby was one of the most underrated executives in the NFL. The Eagles will miss him. The team has moved on by promoting Adam Berry, and the cap and contract operations are in capable hands. But 17 years of institutional knowledge does not get replaced overnight.
End of an era in the Eagles' front office. The next one starts now.
