Howie Roseman announced an edge rusher signing to kick off NFL league meetings. He’s probably not done at that position.

PHOENIX — Howie Roseman arrived to the NFL owners meetings bearing news for Philadelphia-area reporters. The Eagles signed outside linebacker Joe Tryon-Shoyinka to a one-year deal.

That may not move the needle at a position of need after Jaelan Phillips departed in free agency three weeks ago. But Roseman’s assessment of the Eagles’ offseason so far reiterated that his roster is far from complete, and the general manager will eventually address the edge rusher spot.

“Incomplete,” Roseman said on Sunday at the Biltmore Hotel. “I think it’s hard to really judge how the offseason’s going until you have a draft, until you see what other opportunities are out there.”

Despite his inconclusive grade, Roseman has made a significant number of moves — or non-moves — since the league year opened on March 11. He signed nine free agents, brought back five of his own, traded for one player, dealt one away, extended the contract of another and restructured deals for three returnees.

He also allowed 11 players to leave in free agency, three of them starters on defense. A year ago, the Eagles lost four starters. While safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson was traded away, free agents defensive tackle Milton Williams, outside linebacker Josh Sweat and cornerback Darius Slay signed with other teams.

The Eagles made little effort to bring the latter three back, but they did engage in negotiations to re-sign Phillips this time around. Ultimately, they decided the four-year, $120 million contract the 26-year old signed with the Panthers was too rich for their blood.

“At some point you got to have kind of parameters of what you would do,” Roseman said, “what you wouldn’t do.”

The Eagles will likely get around a third-round pick in compensation in next year’s draft for losing Phillips — essentially what they paid to rent him for nine games — but there is still a hole near the top of the depth chart.

Nolan Smith and Jalyx Hunt return for their fourth and third seasons, respectively, and could enter the season as the starters — just as they did a year ago. But Roseman would prefer to not wait until midseason to add a top-line outside linebacker.

“It’s always been a position that we like to have a lot of bodies, a lot of players,” Roseman said. “We like waves of edge rushers, really, across our D-line. And so, I think when you look at it from that perspective, there’s still opportunity to add.”

The Eagles have been linked to a possible trade for the Vikings’ Jonathan Greenard, but he would cost a fair amount in picks and salary and has expressed interest in having a pay raise despite having two years left on his contract.

Roseman has the salary cap space to make a blockbuster move, although he could also be preparing for the eventuality of trading wide receiver A.J. Brown and eating around $43 million if he’s moved before June 1.

Depending upon the source, the Eagles have approximately $33-35 million in space. That may seem a lot for a team that didn’t do much in free agency. But Roseman has already inked defensive tackle Jordan Davis to a three-year, $78 million extension, and defensive tackles Jalen Carter and Moro Ojomo and Smith are also available for extensions.

“I think the cap space for us is utilized in a way to always make sure that we’re able to be flexible to make moves,” Roseman said. “So when the opportunities come up, whether it’s re-signing our own guys, which is a big priority for us, whether that’s now, next year, the next couple of years, to get unless these guys are under contract.”

Roseman could expend a high pick in April’s draft on the position, but the Eagles seem more inclined to address the offense in the early rounds after spending so much of their capital on the defense in the last four drafts. If anything, a rookie edge would be a project.

Until then, or a possible trade occurs, free agents Arnold Ebiketie and Tryon-Shoyinka will have to suffice. Both have had prior success in the NFL — Ebiketie with the Falcons and Tryon-Shoyinka with the Buccaneers — but last year saw both regress for various reasons.

Roseman wasn’t guaranteeing anything.

“We’re going to swing the bat with guys who have traits in their body who show that they get production who can translate to the system,” Roseman said when asked about Ebiketie. “And [Ebiketie] is at the right position too. So it was a signing that we were excited about, but again, [he’s] got to earn the role.”

Roseman wasn’t asked specifically about another starter on defense who left in free agency — inside linebacker Nakobe Dean. Most expected the former third-round pick, who signed with the Raiders, to leave with former first rounder Jihaad Campbell waiting in the wings.

But safety Reed Blankenship’s exit didn’t seem a foregone conclusion with no obvious in-house replacement. And when the deal he signed with the Texans became public — a relatively tame three-year, $24.75 million contract — it seemed plausible that the Eagles could have afforded his return.

“We have this determination of certain guys that we don’t want to leave over this year, over next year, over, really, the next two or three years,” Roseman said when asked about not re-signing Blankenship. “And so, making sure that we’re able to keep those guys and at the same time, certain positions that are really [what] we want to prioritize and making sure that if there’s an opportunity to add at those positions, we have the resources to do it.”

Roseman praised Blankenship, a former undrafted rookie, who won a starting spot by his second season and became a captain. But the Eagles have long undervalued the position, and with the aforementioned defensive linemen due new contracts, and cornerbacks Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean likely to be extended next offseason, there has been collateral damage.

The Eagles did draft Drew Mukuba in the second round a year ago. Of course, they also selected Sydney Brown in the third round just two years prior and dealt him to the Falcons this offseason. Mukuba showed promise after a rough start as a rookie, but he’s coming off a season-ending fractured fibula.

Roseman re-signed veteran Marcus Epps and nickel cornerback Michael Carter II is projected to be in the safety conversation. Free agent J.T. Gray was also signed this offseason, but more to help on special teams. Roseman conceded safety, too, was incomplete.

“In some shape or form,” Roseman said, “we will add at that position.”

The Eagles can likely go weaker at safety considering the strength they have at corner. Mitchell and Cooper are coming off All-Pro sophomore seasons. That may have made the third corner spot expendable, but Roseman locked up Riq Woolen to a one-year, $15 million deal when Phillips fell through.

“It’s always good to go in with a plan,” Roseman said. “But I think that whether it’s free agency or the draft, you have to be able to pivot. You have to be able to say, ‘Hey, this is where the market’s going, or this where the draft’s going.’ And we’ve done all this work. We have all the evaluations.

“Where else is there value?”

Woolen was coming off a Super Bowl win in Seattle, but the Seahawks re-signed cornerback Josh Jobe instead. The 26-year-old Woolen has length (6-foot-4), speed and enviable traits, although it’s unclear how he’ll adjust to defensive coordinator Vic Fangio’s scheme.

Woolen’s coordinator in his first two seasons with the Seahawks was Eagles defensive line coach Clint Hurtt. He was named to the Pro Bowl as a rookie. But he’s been inconsistent and undisciplined at times over his last two seasons.

“Supremely talented player,” Roseman said. “Now does he have to do to be more consistent, to hit that at times? For sure. There’s a reason that an extremely talented player was available, he knows that. I think we have some insight to who the person is.”