Jordan Davis went yesterday. By 4pm, Howie decides how much further this goes.
CORRECTION, 1:01 p.m. ET Tuesday: An earlier update to this story said the Eagles had traded Arnold Ebiketie to the Cincinnati Bengals. The Bengals called off the trade before it became official, according to Jordan Schultz, with NFL Network's Ian Rapoport and ESPN's Adam Schefter reporting that the deal would have cost Cincinnati the third-round compensatory pick it is set to receive for Trey Hendrickson.
It is 4pm or it is nothing. The NFL trade deadline is today, Tuesday, at 4pm Eastern, and the Philadelphia Eagles are 2-7, on their bye week, riding a seven-game losing streak, and selling. They have been selling since June. Yesterday they sold Jordan Davis, who signed a three-year, $78 million extension in March, to the Jacksonville Jaguars for a 2027 first-round pick and a 2029 second-round pick. Eight months after they paid him, they traded him for picks. That is where this team is. Today, by 4pm, we find out how much further it goes.
Start with what Howie Roseman has already turned this roster into, because the numbers are the story. A.J. Brown went to New England in June for a 2028 first-round pick. Cam Jurgens went to Baltimore in October for a 2028 second-round pick and a 2027 fifth-rounder. Jordan Davis went to Jacksonville yesterday for a 2027 first-rounder and a 2029 second-rounder. The two 2027 firsts are their own, currently projected fifth overall, and Jacksonville's, currently around 25th. This is not a fire sale. A fire sale is panic. This is a stockpile. Roseman is not rebuilding the way teams usually rebuild. He is accumulating draft capital the way Sam Presti accumulated it in Oklahoma City, and daring you to call it tanking.
Dallas Goedert is the most likely Eagle to be traded today, and the one whose departure would hurt the most in the room. He is 31, on an expiring contract, playing on his second straight one-year deal for less money than the year before. He has 31 catches for 308 yards this season and caught 11 touchdowns last year. He is third in franchise history in receptions with 466, tenth in yards with 5,242. He has said he dreamed of retiring an Eagle, and he has acknowledged that his future is not entirely in his control. It is not. The Eagles already drafted his successor, Eli Stowers, in the second round last spring. The salary cap makes a trade complicated, but a contender that needs a middle-of-the-field threat (Tampa Bay, which is tied for the fewest receiving touchdowns in the league and runs the 27th-ranked red zone offense) could get him for a Day 3 pick. He wants to stay. The business says otherwise.
Nolan Smith is the best return left on the roster. He is 25, tied for the team lead with five sacks, and the Eagles picked up his fifth-year option for 2027 at $14 million, which is cheap for a pass rusher. That is exactly why a contender would want him. Buffalo ranks 22nd in sack percentage and 24th in pressure rate, and needs a rotational edge rusher for the stretch run. The price is probably a second-round pick or a package of picks. Trading your best young pass rusher when you already need pass rushers is the kind of move that only makes sense if you have decided the season is over and the future is the draft. The season is over. The future is the draft.
Riq Woolen is a cornerback on an expiring contract who has said he wants to stay. The Lions are the fit. They have real Super Bowl potential and a cornerback room held together by duct tape, playing guys like Rock Ya-Sin and Roger McCreary against the best receivers in the NFC North. Woolen has been good, not great, for the Eagles, but he would be a major upgrade for Detroit, and he could probably be had for a third-round pick.
Moro Ojomo is the complicated one. The interest is real. ESPN reported on November 4th that the Jaguars and other teams have real interest in the defensive tackle, who is on an expiring contract after being drafted in the seventh round in 2023. But Adam Schefter reported that the Eagles have told teams they are not trading him, and Davis leaving makes it more likely the Eagles try to re-sign him rather than move him. So the phones are ringing and the answer, so far, is no. He is the name to watch if Howie gets an offer he cannot refuse, and the name to forget if he does not.
Landon Dickerson is the guard. Three straight Pro Bowls, and the play has fallen off so much that multiple personnel executives believe the Eagles will seriously consider trading him. He called the rumors propaganda. He struggled badly again on Sunday against the Giants. The Chiefs, who have benched their left guard twice this season, are the fit: a late Day 3 pick for a veteran who might be better on a better line, behind a three-time Super Bowl champion quarterback.
Tyler Steen is the right guard, on an expiring contract, who has not played well this season but was better than average in 2025. Green Bay is the fit. The Packers have been decimated on the offensive line all season, and Steen knows Sean Mannion's offense from Mannion's time as a Packers assistant. He would be a rental, and he would not cost much, probably a Day 3 pick.
Jordan Mailata is the blockbuster that probably is not happening. The Chiefs are the team to watch, per Jason La Canfora, and an anonymous general manager called it a blockbuster trade. Mailata is signed through 2028 on a team-friendly deal, and he is one of the best left tackles in football. But the dead-cap cost would be enormous, one estimate put it above $45 million across two seasons, and the Eagles would need to be blown away. He is the name that makes the poll interesting. He is almost certainly staying.
Saquon Barkley is not being traded. The front office told him so, and ESPN reported it. He is banged up, his production has fallen off a cliff from the 2,005 yards he ran for in 2024, and the Eagles have never been sentimental about player moves. But they gave him their word, and he stays.
Zack Baun is not being traded either. He is 30, having a Pro Bowl-caliber season, and he had two sacks against the Giants on Sunday. He is the kind of player a rebuilding team keeps because he sets the standard for everyone else. He stays.
The question is not whether the Eagles are sellers. They are, and they have been since June. The question is how far Howie goes. Does he stop at the expiring contracts, the rentals who were leaving anyway, and call it housekeeping? Or does he move a core piece, like Smith, Dickerson, or Mailata, and turn this from a retool into a full rebuild? The difference matters. A rental for a Day 3 pick is housekeeping. A core player for a second-rounder is a statement. By 4pm, we will know which one Howie is making. And by 4pm, the players will know, too. Nobody is safe. Barkley got a promise. Everyone else is waiting for a phone call.
As of 10:30 a.m. ET, Jordan Mailata is still an Eagle, and no major insider has reported talks. You're refreshing Schefter anyway, because yesterday Howie Roseman traded Jordan Davis, eight months after a $78 million extension. The number still holding Mailata is not a promise. It is about $45.3 million in dead cap, per Spotrac.
First 2-7 start since 1999. Longest losing streak since 2012's eight-game freefall. The league moved Pittsburgh to 1 p.m. on CBS. The Athletic has the playoff odds under 1 percent, via the Inquirer. Labeled Negadelphia take: this looks more like an end-of-era collapse than a Year One rebuild, and nobody has written the ending yet.
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We might be wrong. But the Eagles are 2-6, the season is gone, and the kid can throw a football 73.5 yards in the air. If he plays well today, there is a real quarterback conversation going into next season.
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