The Philadelphia Eagles have to be sellers at the NFL trade deadline. Not quiet sellers who move a backup for a seventh-round pick. A full-on fire sale.

That doesn’t mean blowing up every single piece of this roster. But based on what we’ve seen from this team, I would put almost anybody up for grabs. The goal is draft capital, and the target is the 2028 draft. Every move Philadelphia makes over the next stretch should point toward that.

Nobody is untouchable at the deadline

Look, if a team calls and offers two first-round picks and more for defensive tackle Jalen Carter, you have to entertain it. You don’t have to take it. But you pick up the phone, you listen, and you let that team make its best offer. That’s how far this has gone.

Now, realistically, a Carter deal is the outlier. The list of guys the Eagles actually need to move looks like this.

Cornerback Riq Woolen has to go. Defensive tackle Moro Ojomo has to go. Offensive lineman Landon Dickerson has to go. Tight end Dallas Goedert might have to go too, even though he took that hometown discount to stay in Philly. I know that one stings. Goedert did right by this franchise, and nobody should forget that. But sentiment doesn’t build a roster for 2028.

And honestly? I’d think about trading Nolan Smith. Is he part of the long-term plan? Maybe. But if a contender wants to overpay for a young pass rusher, that’s the kind of premium value Philadelphia should be chasing right now.

Here’s the thing. A lot of these guys are players you know you won’t be able to re-sign in the offseason, or players who just don’t have much left in the tank. Either way, their value to the Eagles will never be higher than it is right now, with contenders desperate to patch holes. Waiting until March to let them walk for nothing would be malpractice. Get something for them while you can.

Howie Roseman won’t sit on his hands

If there’s one person you trust to run a fire sale, it’s Howie Roseman. He already fleeced the Ravens in the Cam Jurgens trade. You think he’s going to get cold feet now?

Roseman will be wheeling and dealing at this deadline. He’s not going to sit on his hands, and there’s no way he’s bringing in veterans to try and salvage this season. He knows what’s at stake. He knows this roster isn’t one or two pieces away, and he knows the smartest play is to load up on picks and reset for the next couple of years.

My prediction? At least three or four players get moved before the deadline passes, and it could be more than that. I’d put it at something like 70-30 that Philly ends up on the higher end of that range, because once Roseman gets rolling on the phone, he doesn’t usually stop at one deal.

And yes, I hear the counterargument already. Even if you bring in different players, the coaching is still bad. You’re right. Swapping out bodies doesn’t fix what’s happening on the sideline. But that’s exactly why you sell. Adding talent to a broken setup just burns more assets. Stockpiling picks at least gives the next version of this team a real foundation to build on, whoever ends up coaching it.

So what would you do if you were sitting in Roseman’s chair? Keep the band together and hope it clicks? Or cash in on every piece that carries real value?

I know where I stand. Sell off what you can, collect every pick you can get your hands on, and point the whole operation at 2028. It won’t be fun to watch in the short term, and some of these goodbyes will hurt. We’ll see what happens, but if Roseman does this right, the Eagles will look back at this deadline as the moment they stopped chasing a lost season and started building the next contender.