The Jaguars didn’t stop at one defensive tackle. They went back for another.
After adding safety Jessie Bates III and defensive tackle Davon Godchaux on Monday, Jacksonville made its biggest move of the deadline by landing Jordan Davis from the Eagles. Per Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer, the Jaguars are sending a 2027 first-round pick and a 2029 second-round selection to Philadelphia in the deal. It’s the biggest blockbuster of this year’s midseason deadline outside of the Bears’ trade for Jeffery Simmons, which cost Chicago two first-round picks.
For Jacksonville, this is about more than patching a hole. The Jaguars needed help up front even before DaVon Hamilton went down with a season-ending injury, and that loss made defensive tackle an even bigger priority. With Godchaux and Davis now in the mix, they’ve addressed it in a major way.
But the Davis deal also screams intent. Jacksonville is not nibbling around the edges here.
It’s pushing chips in. General manager James Gladstone came up in the Rams’ “F--- them picks” era, and he’s brought that same appetite for bold swings to the Jaguars.
He traded multiple picks, including a first-rounder, to move up and draft Travis Hunter, and now he’s sent both of Jacksonville’s first- and second-round picks in the 2027 draft on Monday to bring in Bates and Davis.
That kind of move always comes with risk, and this one is no different. The Jaguars have already gotten one payoff from Gladstone’s wheeling and dealing in the Jakobi Meyers trade, but Davis is now the priciest of those bets.
He hasn’t been consistent this season, even after the Eagles signed him to a three-year, $78 million extension this summer. Still, there’s real upside here.
Last season, Davis was sixth among all defensive tackles in run stop win rate, and while he isn’t Jeffery Simmons, he’s a strong player who could make an already stout Jacksonville defense even better.
On Philadelphia’s side, the move fits the direction of a team that started 2-7 and had been viewed as a possible seller. Howie Roseman is once again making a deadline splash, this time by shipping out one of the Eagles’ stars.
The team just extended Davis, but the bigger picture matters here. Breer reported earlier Monday that Philadelphia has been reluctant to move on from Moro Ojomo, who is due for an extension this offseason, and the Eagles also have significant money tied up in Jalen Carter, whom they plan to keep.
So while Davis is out, the Eagles are gaining something they clearly value: draft capital and flexibility. The deal gives them more ammunition for the future and opens up cap space to help extend Ojomo.
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