The bell has rung, the trade deadline has passed, and well... the Philadelphia Eagles were not as active as many thought they would be.
Among the in-season trades, the Eagles made two of the 18 that occurred in the NFL. They first traded center Cam Jurgens and a 2027 seventh-round pick to the Baltimore Ravens in exchange for a 2027 fifth-round pick and a 2028 second-round pick. The Eagles also traded defensive tackle Jordan Davis to the Jacksonville Jaguars in exchange for a 2027 first-round pick and a 2029 second-round pick.
There was a third trade in which edge rusher Arnold Ebiketie was sent to the Cincinnati Bengals for a 2027 sixth-round pick. The Bengals backed out of the trade because they could have lost a compensatory pick if Trey Hendrickson signed elsewhere in the offseason.
It was an odd trade deadline for Eagles fans, as they are used to the team being buyers, but this time, they were sellers. Plus, there weren't as many trades as usual. Is it a successful trade deadline for the team, or did Howie Roseman miss the mark?
Howie Roseman got the high draft picks he wanted for Eagles after the trade deadline
If the goal was to collect on high draft picks, Roseman certainly did the job. He ended up nabbing a first-round pick, two second-round picks, and a fifth-round pick.
The Eagles were looking to have draft picks to use for the 2027 and 2028 NFL Drafts, and they accomplished that. They will have two first-round picks in each of the next two drafts and two second-round picks in 2028 and 2029 each.
This gives Roseman the ammunition he needs to get this franchise back on track this offseason without a massive rebuild. Given how he operates, Roseman will likely use some of these picks to either move up in the draft or trade for a player.
Both of Roseman's trades during the season were smart, calculated, and not forced. He got great value from Jurgens and Davis, but both guys were players that the other team called about and made too good an offer to pass up. Roseman let the trade offers come to him, and he executed on that front.
That said, some interesting questions come up now that this trade deadline has passed. Sure, Roseman got some good deals, but did he do enough?
Howie Roseman still left a bit of meat on the table for the Eagles
This might be a bit nitpicky, but it feels like the Eagles could have done more. There were so many good candidates for Roseman to trade and he ended up not doing it.
The biggest question is whether the Eagles can actually get a contract extension done with defensive tackle Moro Ojomo before the season ends. With Davis out of the picture, Ojomo must get paid big bucks now, and if the Eagles can't get a deal done with him and he signs elsewhere in free agency, that Davis trade looks a lot worse.
How about all the one-year or last-year contracts that didn't get traded? Guys like Riq Woolen, Hollywood Brown, Dallas Goedert, and others. Roseman couldn't find homes for them? Goedert might be more understandable, but Woolen and Brown would have netted the Eagles Day 3 draft picks that they could use.
Yes, the Eagles still had a really good trade deadline and made some great deals with Davis and Jurgens, but they could have had more. They are 2-7, so there's no reason to keep all the players they did. At least two or three more could have done the trick. Too bad the Ebiketie trade didn't go through because that seemed to really put a wrench in the day.
Now the Eagles will enter the 2027 offseason with multiple players not under contract and free to sign elsewhere. Not getting value from those guys feels like a bit of a miss.
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Regardless, the focus can be on getting through the rest of this nightmare season and moving on to the offseason. Roseman did what he had to do, but he could have done a bit more. Hopefully, he can add more draft assets in the offseason to really push the franchise's youth movement.
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