The Dallas Cowboys really don't have any business laughing at other NFL franchises right now. They are just 4-5 this season and very much on the outside looking in when it comes to the playoff picture. Plus, Brian Schottenheimer [continues to prove](https://thelandryhat.com/cowboys-unsightly-win-was-proof-they-learned-nothing-from-cardinals-loss) that he isn't the man for the job in Dallas.
But on the bright side, things just keep going from bad to worse for their NFC East rival Philadelphia Eagles.
Currently on a seven-game losing streak and having dropped three straight contests against division foes, Howie Roseman is throwing in the towel on the 2026 season. On Monday afternoon, less than a day before the trade deadline, the [Eagles traded star nose tackle](https://x.com/Eagles/status/2119916704855904578?a=Vln6pDVitl3e13RGNOM&s=20) Jordan Davis to the Jaguars.
Eight months after they signed him to a three-year, $78 million deal.
And while Roseman is now sitting on a pile of draft picks in Philadelphia, that doesn't really move the needle a whole lot anymore. This is a good day for Cowboys fans to victory lap their bitter rivals and feel good that they at least have hope for the rest of the season.
Eagles trading away Jordan Davis is a sign of the times in Philadelphia
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As Dallas clings to the playoff hunt with several winnable games on the schedule, the Eagles' attrition continues. Obviously, the Jalen Hurts situation is very serious and scary, but Philly tried to stay afloat without him for several weeks. Now, they are starting Joe Milton at quarterback and trading stars.
Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
It began this offseason with the inevitable A.J. Brown divorce and continued with the dealing of Cam Jurgens, and now Davis. In this span, the Eagles have also lost Landon Dickerson and Saquon Barkley, among others, to injury, and Lane Johnson has retired. Things are in tatters in Philadelphia.
Not only does this give the Cowboys an even more winnable game on Thanksgiving Day, but it sets the stage for a rebuild across the division and raises questions about the futures of players like Hurts, DeVonta Smith, Jalen Carter and others. If Roseman sold Davis, where is the line? Who stays?
Philadelphia has the most dead cap space in the NFL in 2027, too, and their financial equation is not solved yet by dealing Davis. They have to decide what to do about Dallas Goedert, Moro Ojomo, Tyler Steen, Riq Woolen and more. Things could quickly go from worse to even worse for them.
Now, the dollars and cents are not quite adding up in Dallas, either, but at least the Cowboys have a chance to do something in 2026 before they have to face the music. And at this point, they have more high-end talent than the Eagles, so they aren't starting as much from close to square one.
For a team and fanbase that came into the year with Super Bowl aspirations and plenty to say about the Cowboys, it is gratifying to see them fall from grace. The hope, however, is that they don't build something great from the ashes of the fire that they started and continue to stoke.
Cowboys shouldn't be scared by Eagles' mountain of picks
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Not long ago, doing business with Roseman seemed like the most terrifying thing in the world. Fans were nervous when their team made a deal with the Eagles, and Dallas fans had to turn away as the Philly GM took advantage of team after team, screwing over the Cowboys in the process.
But Roseman has shown in recent years that he bleeds like we do; that he is human.
Over the next three drafts, the Eagles do have a scary number of picks in the first few rounds after trading Brown, Jurgens and Davis:
**2027:**1st1st (Jaguars)
2nd