The Philadelphia Eagles made just one direct move before the 2026 NFL trade deadline, sending Jordan Davis out and keeping the rest of their pending free agents in place. That decision leaves the door open for a few familiar names to stick around in Philadelphia beyond this season.
Dallas Goedert is the clearest case. For more than a year, people have been talking like his time with the Eagles was nearing the end.
Plenty of observers expected him to be gone after the 2025 season, but Philadelphia brought him back on a new deal over the offseason. Even with fresh speculation that he could be dealt before the deadline, he stayed put.
And now that the deadline has passed, it’s not hard to picture the Eagles keeping him again for the 2027 season. The team doesn’t have another starting-caliber tight end ready to take over.
Rookie Eli Stowers could eventually become that guy, but he has barely seen the field in his first year and still needs time to grow into a dependable starter. Philadelphia also has bigger offseason priorities and probably won’t want to spend heavily at tight end in free agency.
Goedert would likely come at a manageable price, and he’s still producing. He led the team in touchdown catches last season and has 308 receiving yards and two touchdowns this year, even while dealing with injuries and shaky quarterback play.
Moro Ojomo is another name to watch. There was real buzz that the Eagles might move him before the deadline because he’s in the final year of his contract and is expected to get much pricier next offseason.
Instead, Philadelphia went a different route and traded Davis to the Jaguars. That looks like a clear sign the front office believes in Ojomo, and it now feels very likely the Eagles will keep him and work out a new deal in the offseason.
Then there’s Tariq Woolen. By holding onto him instead of dealing him, the Eagles gave themselves more time to evaluate what he can be moving forward.
They still don’t have a long-term answer at CB2 next to Quinyon Mitchell, so the position remains open. Woolen has been uneven this season, but he hasn’t been a disaster, and it’s tough to isolate him when the defense as a whole has struggled.
He does need to clean up the penalties, though.
A return for Woolen isn’t guaranteed, but if he finishes the back half of the season strong, bringing him back would not be out of the question.
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