Howie Roseman spent a rough stretch of roster-building reminding Eagles fans what the other side of his job can look like. Then he turned around and made two in-season trades that felt like the old Roseman again.
The biggest one sent Jordan Davis to the Jacksonville Jaguars, and it brought back a 2027 first-round pick and a 2029 second-round pick. Jacksonville had originally called Philadelphia to ask about Moro Ojomo, but the Eagles said he wasn’t available. Davis then became part of the conversation, and Roseman got a deal done that looked like a classic strike while the iron was hot move.
A day earlier, Roseman had already pulled off another major swap, sending center Cam Jurgens to the Baltimore Ravens. That trade netted the Eagles a 2027 fifth-round pick and a 2028 second-round pick, with Philly sending Jurgens and a 2027 seventh-round pick to Baltimore.
Both deals followed the same pattern: moving on from players whose value had started to slip. Jurgens was a Pro Bowler in 2024 and 2025, but his back injury in the 2024 playoffs clearly changed the way his time in Philadelphia played out. When he was dealt, he had the second-worst Pro Football Focus grade among NFL guards.
Davis was in a similar spot. He put together a career year in 2025 and signed an offseason extension, but this season he hadn’t quite lived up to the contract. He was solid, just not at the level the Eagles were paying for.
Roseman’s summer trade of A.J. Brown to the New England Patriots fits the same mold. Philadelphia got a 2028 first-round pick and a 2027 fifth-round pick, and Brown had regressed over the last two seasons to the point that he finished with 1,003 yards last year, his lowest total in four years with the Eagles.
Taken together, those moves have given Philadelphia two first-round picks and two second-round picks over the next three seasons. That’s the kind of return that has fans talking about Roseman’s touch again.
And he needed it. The recent stretch before these deals had not been kind to him.
The trade for Andy Dalton from the Carolina Panthers hurt the quarterback situation after the Eagles chose to carry four quarterbacks for the first quarter of the season. It also undercut their momentum in a Week 3 loss to the Chicago Bears, when Dalton threw an interception inside the Bears’ five-yard line.
The Jonathan Greenard trade from the Minnesota Vikings in the 2026 NFL Draft hasn’t paid off yet either, with injuries slowing him down. He did record a sack in the Week 9 loss to the New York Giants, so that story isn’t finished.
There have been other misses, too. Jaire Alexander never played a down for the Eagles after being acquired, and Jakorian Bennett, brought in during the preseason last season, was later released and didn’t contribute much. Jaelan Phillips helped save the defense in 2025, but the Eagles let him leave for the Carolina Panthers in free agency this past offseason, and he arguably had a better season than Greenard.
The draft hasn’t exactly bailed Roseman out either. From the 2025 class, Jihaad Campbell and Andrew Mukuba have been fine, but not game-changing. Makai Lemon has started to show something from this year’s rookie class, while Eli Stowers and Markel Bell have struggled in their roles.
Still, the post-draft work has been strong enough to change the tone. The Brown, Jurgens, and Davis trades all brought back serious value, and they should matter over the next three seasons.
This isn’t a teardown. It’s a reset. Roseman is reshaping the roster, not blowing it up, and the idea is that the Eagles can be back in the mix as a really good team in 2027 and beyond.
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