2026 NFL trade deadline: Three more players Eagles could shop after dealing Cam Jurgens

A franchise icon could be a popular target. Twenty months ago, the Philadelphia Eagles were on top of the football world, having annihilated the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 in a Super Bowl LIX beatdown that wasn't even as close as that one-sided score suggests. Jalen Hurts was Super Bowl MVP. A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith caught touchdown passes in the win. Saquon Barkley had run for over 2,000 yards on the season. The offensive line was the best of the best. The defense was loaded with young talent all over the place. It didn't. The greatest cost of winning — losing coaches and players to other teams — loomed large.

The 2025 Eagles were still talented enough to make the playoffs, but something was off. New offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo was fired after one season. Brown was unhappy in his role and got traded to the Patriots. Hurts was up-and-down. Barkley fell off considerably, as did the offensive line. They say the end comes slowly and then all at once, and that looks to be holding true for Philadelphia. Over the past two weeks, the Eagles got blown out by a Bears team starting 38-year-old third-string quarterback Case Keenum and then choked away a 10-point lead with under five minutes left against the Rams. Two days after that defeat, future