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Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle Jordan Davis.
Through a combination of luck and the talented football mind of Philadelphia Eagles general manager Howie Roseman, there is a wealth of talent on the defensive side of the ball which never seems to come close to running out.
Every year, the Eagles draft stars. Players who eventually get the biggest and best contracts from the Eagles or whoever wants to pay them.
Following a Super Bowl win in 2024, 2 of the best players on the defensive front, edge rusher Josh Sweat and defensive lineman Milton Williams, scored 2 of the biggest free agent contracts in the 2025 cycle. Sweat got a 4-year, $76.4 million contract from the Arizona Cardinals. Williams got a 4-year, $104 million contract from the New England Patriots.
The next wave of departures is likely coming soon — although maybe not in free agency but in a trade. ESPN’s Dan Graziano and Ben Solak put defensive tackle and 2022 1st round pick Jordan Davis on a list of the NFL’s top trade candidates this offseason.
Eagles Praised for Picking Up 5th Year Option
Davis, 6-foot-6 and 336 pounds, was a 1st round pick (No. 13 overall) in the 2022 NFL draft and is the type of player most NFL teams would build their defensive front around. With the Eagles, he’s mostly played a supporting role to fellow defensive tackle and 2023 1st round pick (No. 9 overall) Jalen Carter.
That hasn’t stopped Davis from continuing to improve every year. The Eagles exercised the $12.98 million 5th year option on Davis’ contract last April and it looks like a genius move now. Davis had career highs almost across the board in 2025 with 72 tackles, 4.5 sacks, 9 TFL, 6 QB hits and 6 pass deflections.
He’s also proven to be durable. He’s started every regular-season game and playoff game for the Eagles the last 3 seasons — 56 consecutive starts.
Davis capped the Eagles‘ 33-26 win over the Los Angeles Rams in Week 3 by blocking what would have been the game winning field goal and running the ball back 66 yards for a touchdown as time expired.
“It wasn’t a given that the defensive tackle’s fifth-year option would be exercised this offseason, but that is now looking like a genius move considering the huge impact Davis has made thus far in a breakout campaign,” Bleacher Report wrote on September 24.
Davis About To Get Paid No Matter What
Spotrac projects Davis will receive a 4-year, $81.8 million contract if he hits the open market or lands a long-term extension. He just finished playing out his 4-year, $17 million rookie contract.
“I don’t think people realize the Eagles have $100+ million in cap space in 2027 and $120+ million in cap space in 2028,” Philly Nation wrote on its official X account on Thursday. “If an extension is agreed to with Jalen Carter, Nolan Smith,Jordan Davis, and/or Moro Ojomo they will all have sub of $10M cap hits the first two years of those deals most likely with the way they do contracts. Also in Jordan Davis’ case, he will actually save them cap space in 2026 if they agreed to one this offseason. Extensions if they make them with Quinyon Mitchell, Cooper DeJean, and Jalyx Hunt next offseason will be the same. They are have a ton of space to do stuff.”