The Jordan Davis trade sent the Jacksonville Jaguars all in on a Super Bowl run on Monday, when they gave the Philadelphia Eagles a 2027 first round pick and a 2029 second round pick for the defensive tackle. It was the Jaguars’ third trade for a defensive player in a single day, one day before the NFL trade deadline. ESPN’s Adam Schefter first reported the deal, and the Eagles confirmed it on Monday evening. The Jaguars are 6-2 and sit near the top of the AFC, while the Eagles have lost seven straight games and sit at 2-7.
The Jordan Davis trade came hours after Jacksonville landed safety Jessie Bates III from the Atlanta Falcons and defensive tackle Davon Godchaux from the New Orleans Saints. The Jaguars sent the Falcons a 2027 second round pick and a 2028 fifth round pick for Bates, and sent the Saints a 2028 sixth round pick that could become a 2027 sixth round pick for Godchaux. The Jordan Davis trade shows how far James Gladstone will go, and the message to the rest of the league is plain: Jacksonville thinks it can win now.
Jordan Davis trade gives Jaguars a run stuffer
The Jordan Davis trade brings Jacksonville a 26 year old nose tackle who was the 13th overall pick in the 2022 draft and a team captain in Philadelphia. Davis helped the Eagles win the Super Bowl in the 2024 season, and he is regarded as one of the best run defenders in the league even though he has never made a Pro Bowl or an All Pro team. He signed a three year, 78 million dollar extension with Philadelphia in March and is under contract through 2029. The Eagles paid an 18.79 million dollar signing bonus and half of his 1.215 million dollar base salary, and the move will trigger a 15.428 million dollar cap charge for Philadelphia in 2027.
Davis has 31 tackles and 1.5 sacks through nine games this season. He is coming off the best season of his career, when he recorded 72 tackles, 4.5 sacks and six passes defended. He also holds a rare place in Eagles history as the first player to earn both NFC Defensive Player of the Week and Special Teams Player of the Week awards in the same year. Jacksonville needs him because defensive tackle DaVon Hamilton is expected to miss the rest of the season with injury, and the middle of the line had become thin.
Jordan Davis trade leaves Eagles with draft picks
The Jordan Davis trade leaves Philadelphia with 10 picks in the first two rounds of the next three drafts, and the Eagles now hold two first round picks in the 2027 draft, two first round and two second round picks in 2028, and multiple second round picks in 2029. Executive vice president and general manager Howie Roseman said parting with a draft success story was difficult, and the team framed the deal as a move that keeps one eye on the present and another on the future. The Eagles have checked out of the 2026 race, and the picks give them the means to rebuild the roster in the years ahead.
Davis did not sound like a man about to be traded when he left the locker room on Sunday after the Eagles’ seventh straight loss, and the news came as a surprise to him. He told reporters he was a little disappointed but understood the decision, saying he knew the Eagles were in a rebuilding process. He spent four and a half years in Philadelphia after arriving from Georgia, where he played his college football, and he leaves as a Super Bowl champion and a captain.
Jordan Davis trade and the deadline ahead
The Jordan Davis trade was the biggest move of a busy Monday before the trade deadline at 4 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday, 10 November. The Jaguars play in Tennessee against the Titans on Sunday, and Davis will be expected to anchor a defence that has already added two new starters in a day. Jacksonville has now traded away its first, second and sixth round picks from the 2027 draft, which shows how far the front office is willing to go for a deep playoff run.
The Jordan Davis trade caps a day that changed both teams. Jacksonville has a stronger defence and a shorter window to win, while Philadelphia has a pile of picks and a long road back. The Jaguars have not reached a Super Bowl in franchise history, and the front office has now bet a first round pick that this is the year to change that. Davis will wear a new uniform on Sunday in Tennessee, and the Eagles will watch the draft board instead.