Jets-eagles Trade Grades: Philadelphia Upgrades Its Secondary

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On Wednesday, nan Eagles added to their defense while nan Jets sewage nan amended of a prime switch and a young receiver.

The teams agreed to a woody that sent slot area Michael Carter II to Philadelphia while receiver John Metchie III was dealt to New York. The waste and acquisition besides included nan Jets receiving a 2027 sixth-round pick, pinch nan Eagles getting a ’27 seventh-rounder.

Carter, 26, spent his first 5 seasons pinch nan Jets, playing arsenic overmuch arsenic 74% of nan protect snaps. However, that number had decreased each of nan past 2 years earlier somewhat rising successful 2025 to 45%.

As for Metchie, he’s been a spare portion connected nan Eagles since coming complete from nan Texans earlier nan season, catching 4 passes for 18 yards while playing only 31 snaps.

This is each astir first-year wide head Darren Mougey trying to clear headdress abstraction successful early seasons. Carter is signed done nan 2027 play astatine a headdress deed of $12.2 cardinal each of nan adjacent 2 years. By trading Carter to nan Eagles, Mougey gets retired of that hindrance while eating only $3.6 cardinal successful dormant money.

As for Metchie, nan 25-year-old hit leukemia coming retired of Alabama arsenic a third-round prime successful 2022, but has unluckily ne'er recovered his stride astatine nan adjacent level. In 36 profession games betwixt nan Texans and Eagles, Metchie has 430 receiving yards and 1 touchdown.

However, Metchie is only signed for nan remainder of this season, allowing New York to regain immoderate roster elasticity and headdress abstraction for upcoming years.

Grade: B

Former Eagles wide receiver John Metchie III has 430 receiving yards successful 36 profession games betwixt nan Texans and Eagles. / Bill Streicher-Imagn Images

Eagles

Philadelphia protect coordinator Vic Fangio has been talking about perchance moving prima second-year area Cooper DeJean retired of nan slot and into a bound role, and nan acquisition of Carter sets up precisely that.

General head Howie Roseman is ever aggressive, arsenic seen pinch his erstwhile trades, including A.J. Brown, Darius Slay and others complete nan years. This is simply a acold much insignificant swing, but it’s besides a move that perchance could upgrade nan Eagles’ secondary successful aggregate ways.

This season, Carter has struggled, moreover successful his constricted playing time, ranking 111th of 113 cornerbacks pinch a 43.0 people connected Pro Football Focus. However, he now enters a overmuch different scheme, 1 successful which he’ll beryllium asked to play much man-matchup concepts successful Fangio’s layered zones.

While Carter’s sum has been lacking this year, he does rank 19th among each corners erstwhile sent astatine nan quarterback, racking up a brace of pressures.

The large mobility is whether a different defense and a amended supporting formed will let Carter to regain his past form, arsenic evidenced by his 73.5 and 80.4 grades successful 2022 and ’23. Over those years, Carter had 2 interceptions, 18 passes defensed and 113 tackles.

It’s a somewhat risky move by Roseman, arsenic Carter has inherited headdress hits of $9.6 cardinal each of nan adjacent 2 years. Still, Philadelphia doesn’t person to salary retired immoderate guaranteed money, truthful why not make nan move?