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The Philadelphia Eagles are officially gearing up for a rebuild.
On Monday, they traded away defensive tackle Jordan Davis, whom the organization drafted 13th overall back in 2022, to the Jacksonville Jaguars in exchange for a 2027 first-round pick and a 2029 second-round pick. Davis had a career year last season, recording 72 combined tackles (34 solo), nine tackles for loss, six quarterback hits, six pass deflections, and 4.5 sacks in 17 games. The team signed him to a three-year, $78 million extension in March.
Earlier this season, the Eagles sent Pro Bowl center Cam Jurgens to the Baltimore Ravens, and in the offseason, they famously traded away All-Pro wide receiver A.J. Brown. With Jalen Hurts on season-ending IR with blood clots in his lungs, and Philadelphia sitting at 2-7 and in last place in the NFC East, the time has come for the Eagles to start over. The team now has 10 picks in the first and second rounds of drafts 2027 through 2029 after the Davis trade.
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On Tuesday, the Eagles made another move, sending edge rusher Arnold Ebiketie, a former second-round pick in 2022, to the Cincinnati Bengals in exchange for a 2027 sixth-round pick, according to NFL insider Ian Rapoport.
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Ebiketie signed a one-year, $7.3 million deal with Philadelphia in March, hoping to provide some depth for a defense that looked ready to carry this team to another division title. But the Eagles' defense has been one of the biggest disappointments this season, and Ebiketie has done little to justify the investment. In nine games this season, he's tallied just 25 total tackles (11 solo) and two quarterback hits. He's played just 48% of the team's defensive snaps and has yet to start a game this season.
Before arriving in Philly, Ebiketie was selected 38th overall by the Atlanta Falcons in 2022 after a breakout senior year at Penn State. Across four seasons in Atlanta, he put up 129 combined tackles (80 solo), 17 tackles for loss, 41 quarterback hits, six pass breakups, four forced fumbles, and 16.5 sacks, including back-to-back 6-sack seasons in 2023 and 2024. He looked like he was about to emerge as one of the top young pass rushers in football, but things quickly fizzled out in Atlanta, and he couldn't get anything going in Philadelphia this season.
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As for Cincinnati, the move makes plenty of sense. The defense has looked better this season, but they still rank in the bottom third of the league in total yards allowed (354.9 per game). Cashius Howell, whom the Bengals selected in the second round of the 2026 draft, was placed on IR with a wrist injury last week, and the team needed more depth behind Boye Mafe and Myles Murphy. It's a low-cost move for a team that views itself firmly in the Super Bowl conversation.
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