Jordan Davis Trade Proves Eagles are Sellers: ‘For the Right Price, Everybody’s Available’

If it wasn’t obvious before, the day before the trade deadline made it glaringly apparent that the Eagles will be sellers leading up to the 4:00 p.m. trade deadline on Tuesday, trading defensive tackle Jordan Davis to the Jacksonville Jaguars for their first-round pick in 2027 and a second-round pick in 2029.

If general manager Howie Roseman’s history proves anything, it’s that he is not done with one move.

Davis was one of six players who looked off limits when the Eagles fell to 2-4. Jalen Carter, Cooper DeJean, DeVonta Smith, Jordan Mailata, and Saquon Barkley made up the rest of that group, and the Davis deal makes the whole list look completely obsolete.

The Eagles are now 2-7, and Roseman has shown he will sell when the return is right, as he did when he sent center Cam Jurgens to the Baltimore Ravens for a 2028 second-round pick and a 2027 fifth-rounder.

Asked on Monday whether a 2-7 team considers itself a seller, and if players will be moved before the deadline, Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni never said yes or no. He never ruled anything out, though he did say he has made no changes to his coaching staff.

“What I’m worried about and what I’m considering is how we get better and how we get out of this funk that we’re in,” Sirianni said.

Sirianni framed his job as fixing the funk, but the Davis trade shows Roseman is willing to fix it by subtraction. If a team will pay a first-round pick and a second-round pick for a defensive tackle the Eagles treated as off limits, every veteran has a price. Tight end Dallas Goedert, who is on an expiring contract, seemed to understand that after the loss.

“For the right price, everybody’s available,” Goedert said after the Eagles’ 19-11 loss to the New York Giants on Sunday, “so we’ll see what happens.”

Sirianni said the bye-week self-scout will give the coaching staff a chance to look critically at the team without the pressure of game planning, including negative runs and backed-up opportunities, and that the list keeps growing as the staff looks at the tape of the last seven losses, which appear to get further away from Eagles football every week.

On defense, the Eagles’ trade chips will be the players that are the easiest to move for draft capital.

Zack Baun, an All-Pro who turns 30 on Dec. 30, has been playing at his peak with Jihaad Campbell and Jeremiah Trotter Jr. waiting behind him, and Davis just proved a first-round pick is realistic for a core defender.

Riq Woolen is on a one-year deal worth up to $15 million, with Quinyon Mitchell and DeJean due extensions that leave no room for him past this season.

Moro Ojomo hits free agency in March, but with Davis on the move, it is likely the Eagles retain and extend him this offseason.

Wide receiver Hollywood Brown and edge rusher A.J. Epenesa are on one-year deals too, the kind of expiring contracts contenders will pay Day 3 picks to rent.

Roseman has the capital to start rebuilding this roster. The Eagles already held 16 picks over the next two drafts before compensatory selections, including two firsts and two seconds in 2028, and Davis’ first adds to the stockpile. That kind of draft capital is how the Eagles can extend Mitchell, DeJean and Jalyx Hunt before their prices climb.

With the Eagles on a bye this week, Sirianni framed the second half about development, and he said the expectation is the same for everyone.

“You’re looking for constant growth from everybody regardless of the circumstances, regardless of the situation,” Sirianni said.

Preaching growth is the language of a coach planning to have a roster that looks different next season. Whether the veterans are still around to see it is Roseman’s call. Sirianni’s answer on the deadline ended with a line that now sounds like a forecast.

“We’ll see what happens with everything,” Sirianni said.

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