1 week Ago By Jimmy Kempski
As any casual follower of the Philadelphia Eagles knows, Howie Roseman tends to make a lot of first round trades in the draft. In 2025, the Birds hold the 32nd overall pick, because, you know, they won the Super Bowl. Will they trade up, trade back, or stick-and-pick? First, we'll recap the Eagles trade up / trade back / stay put history since 2010 (omitting 2015, the Chip Kelly year), showing the Eagles' picks in the first round of the draft, and then we'll determine their best course of action in the 2025 NFL Draft: Green = Traded up | Blue = Stayed put | Red = Traded back The tale of the tape: • Traded up (6 times): Brandon Graham, Fletcher Cox, Carson Wentz, Andre Dillard, Jordan Davis, and Jalen Carter.
• Traded back (1 time): Marcus Smith • Stayed put (6 times): Danny Watkins, Lane Johnson, Nelson Agholor, Derrick Barnett, Jalen Reagor, Nolan Smith, and Quinyon Mitchell. • Traded back, and then traded up (2 times) : Dallas Goedert and DeVonta Smith. Should the Eagles trade up? They certainly have the ammo.
2025 picks: And in 2026, they are currently projected to have 11 picks . They also don't have many needs relative to other teams around the league, so they are well-positioned to make an aggressive move up for a player at a premium position. Teams that could make sense as trade partners: That's a pretty significant number of teams picking in the 20's who are logical trade partners.
As for who could be trade-up targets? As always, think trenches. Missouri OL Armond Membou, Georgia EDGE Mykel Williams, Oregon iDL Derrick Harmon, and North Dakota State OL Grey Zabel are all examples of players unlikely to make it to pick 32 who the Eagles very likely would have interest in. Should they trade back? In 2018, picking 32nd after their Super Bowl win, the Eagles traded first- and fourth-round selections (32nd and 132nd) to the Ravens in exchange for second- and fourth-round selections (52nd and 125th) and a second-round selection in 2019.
That trade worked out for both teams (the Ravens especially), as Baltimore selected QB Lamar Jackson, while the Eagles turned that pick into a trio of contributors in TE Dallas Goedert, CB Avonte Maddox, and RB Miles Sanders. That 32nd spot is interesting, because it's the last pick of the draft that includes a fifth-year option on the player's rookie contract. That has value for teams interested in drafting a highly paid position like quarterback at that spot.
To my surprise, since the fifth-year option was added in the 2011 CBA, only one other team has traded up from the second round into the first round to select a quarterback. That was in 2014, when the Seahawks traded the 32nd pick to the Vikings in exchange for Minnesota's second- and fourth-round selections (40th and 108th). The Vikings selected Teddy Bridgewater.
In the 2025 draft, there are a handful of quarterbacks who could reasonably be selected at the end of the first round. As noted above, the Eagles are already flush with picks, so adding more shouldn't be a priority, but if some QB-needy team that passes on a quarterback early in Round 1 — think Browns, Giants, Saints, etc. — makes a crazy offer to move up into the back end of Round 1 from Round 2, the Eagles would at least have to consider it.
Should they just stay put? Sure! Again, as a team with so few needs, the Eagles can stay put and take the best available player, or perhaps more accurately, the best available lineman (offense or defense). Should they trade the pick for a stud veteran player? With the Eagles in cap conservation mode, it is extremely unlikely that they will be able to trade for a star player, since those deals typically would also require a new contract for the acquired player. Conclusion I'd rank them like so: Follow Jimmy & PhillyVoice on Twitter: @JimmyKempski | thePhillyVoice Like us on Facebook: PhillyVoice Sports Add Jimmy's RSS feed to your feed reader.
