That being said, this trade is a bit of a surprise … for multiple reasons.
I’d wager that most 53-man roster predictions had Kinnard making the team. Philly’s backup offensive linemen generally didn’t perform well this summer but Kinnard seemed to be one of the better performers from that group. Following Landon Dickerson’s injury, there was a day in practice where the Eagles actually gave Kinnard some first-team left guard reps, though the bulk of those went to Brett Toth.
How could the Eagles possibly trade their good luck charm?! Kinnard has been in the NFL for three seasons. He’s won a Super Bowl in all three of them (two with the Kansas City Chiefs, one with the Eagles). Does correlation equal causation? No, of course not. But why tempt fate here? Now the Packers are totally winning Super Bowl LX.