Howie Roseman has a stack of contract decisions coming fast, and the first five weeks have already started to separate the keepers from the players who could be on the move. Philadelphia enters the season with 24 players on the 2026 roster set to hit free agency in 2027, and if the slide continues, some of those names may not even last through this year.
After five games, a few of the most important pending free agents are already making their cases one way or the other. In some spots, the Eagles may be looking at trade value as much as roster value.
Moro Ojomo is one of the clearest examples. The defensive tackle hasn’t piled up sacks, but he has still been active, logging 13 pressures and 11 hurries over the first five games.
His run defense has taken a bigger step forward than his pass rushing, and that matters for a player who appears to be trending toward a major payday. Ojomo could end up as one of the strongest trade candidates on the roster, especially with a price tag that could climb north of $20 million per year - a number the Eagles are unlikely to match.
If that becomes the reality, moving him for value and giving Ty Robinson and Byron Young more runway would make sense for Philly.
Riq Woolen is also putting together a solid season, even with a 102.8 passer rating allowed. The roughest flash came in the Week 5 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars, when he gave up a Parker Washington touchdown, but that hasn’t wiped out the bigger picture.
He has played well enough to keep himself in the conversation as another potential trade chip. Like Ojomo, Woolen is in position to ask for more than the Eagles may be willing to pay, and if the season keeps heading in the wrong direction, draft picks could become the more attractive option.
Dallas Goedert is a different case. He missed time because of the Week 2 injury, but he still delivered when it mattered most, hauling in a clutch catch against the Jaguars that helped put the Eagles in field goal range.
His chemistry with Jalen Hurts makes him tough to view as a likely trade piece, even though he is also in the final year of his contract. A move isn’t impossible, but it feels far less likely than it does with some of the other names on this list.
Michael Carter II has quietly helped himself. He has been outperforming Marcus Epps, and with the Eagles already thin at safety, the idea of dealing either player doesn’t seem especially likely.
Epps, more than Carter, looks like the one who has played his way out of Philadelphia. Carter, on the other hand, may have earned another season in green.
Tyler Steen keeps making his own case, too. He came back into the Jaguars game after hurting his shoulder and missed only one drive, which says plenty about how tough he was that day.
He did all that while dealing with an offensive line that has been juggled since Week 1, with three different starters in the mix. Through the season, Steen has allowed five pressures and one quarterback hit, and his 70.9 Pro Football Focus grade ranks 18th out of 75 interior offensive linemen.
The Eagles have a decision looming here as well, because Steen has done enough to make the extension conversation very real.
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