The Philadelphia Eagles’ blockbuster trade of Jordan Davis will help ensure they don’t make the same mistake twice
The Philadelphia Eagles’ blockbuster trade of Jordan Davis will have a major ripple effect across the roster.
The Philadelphia Eagles have cast out another pillar of their current foundation and, in the process, are officially loading up for the future. The AJ Brown trade of the summer could be argued to be necessary. The Cam Jurgens deal? That was the first big sign of what was to come.
And then there’s today’s Jordan Davis blockbuster deal. Davis was traded to Jacksonville for a 2027 first and a 2029 second round draft choice. It’s an insane haul for Philadelphia. The team is now mounting up ammunition for the NFL Draft to ensure they’ll get a young core in place for the next phase as a result. But the Jordan Davis trade does more than shed salary and load up draft picks. It helps ensure the Eagles won’t make the same mistake twice.
The Jordan Davis trade ensures the Philadelphia Eagles can keep Moro Ojomo years after losing Milton Williams in free agency in 2025
Defensive lineman Moro Ojomo is reportedly a major player in Philadelphia’s eventual trade of Davis to Jacksonville. NFL insider Jordan Schultz indicates that the Jaguars called about Ojomo first. But the Eagles told Jacksonville that Ojomo was not available. The former late-round draft pick is in a contract year and poised to test the free agency market. That is, of course, unless the Eagles lock him in to a new contract first.
That idea was easier said than done with the Eagles having Davis and Jalen Carter both on their books on long-term deals. And so here we are. Jordan Davis is now a Jacksonville Jaguar. And Ojomo can be the disruptive NFL Draft hit up front that Philly keeps. Unlike Milton Williams.
You remember Williams, right? The former third-round draft choice who was a vital piece of the Eagles’ championship run? The one who started two games across his first two seasons before logging five sacks (and another two in the postseason) for Philadelphia before hitting free agency?
Philly ended up letting Williams walk, of course. After they did, he was once again a terror on the defensive line for the New England Patriots. Williams logged three sacks and four tackles for loss in four playoff games for the Patriots last winter in the first year of a four-year, $104 million contract. He, in retrospect, could have been a more valuable piece of a defensive line puzzle long-term than Davis, whose snap share has dipped 10% in 2026 after enjoying a career-high snap rate during the fourth year of his rookie deal in 2025.
Davis now being out in Philadelphia clears the way for the Eagles to hold on to their mildly undersized, disruptive interior defender. The last one got away and instead helped push the Patriots to a Conference Championship. But moving Davis is only half of the puzzle. Now the Eagles must hammer out a new deal for Ojomo in the weeks and months ahead. But at least Davis isn’t in the way this time.
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