In return, the Eagles receive a first-round pick in the 2027 draft and a second-round pick in 2029.

The deal comes just eight months after the Eagles signed Davis, 26, to a three-year contract extension worth $78 million, making him the 10th-highest-paid interior defensive lineman in the league at the time. He is now under contract with Jacksonville through 2029.

Davis was a key piece of the Eagles' top-ranked defense during their 2024 Super Bowl championship season. After a Pro Bowl-caliber 2025 campaign in which he recorded 4½ sacks, six pass deflections, nine tackles for loss and six quarterback hits, he had a disappointing start to this season, managing just half a sack, no tackles for loss and two quarterback hits through the first eight weeks. He showed flashes in his final game with Philadelphia, recording a sack, two tackles for loss, a quarterback hit and three tackles in a loss to the Giants.

In 73 games with the Eagles, Davis totaled 9½ sacks, 11 pass breakups, 17 tackles for loss, 15 quarterback hits, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and 193 tackles. He also had two sacks, two tackles for loss and two quarterback hits in the 2024 postseason. He was the only Eagle to start all 60 regular-season games since opening day 2022, a testament to his durability.

The trade clears the way for the Eagles to retain defensive tackle Moro Ojomo, who likely would have been unaffordable had Davis remained on the roster. Ojomo was expected to be traded before the deadline or lost in free agency next spring. Now the Eagles can keep him alongside Jalen Carter, Davis's college teammate and close friend, who signed a four-year, $152 million extension in July.

Philadelphia's interior defensive line now consists of Carter, Ojomo, Byron Young and Ty Robinson. Through nine games, Carter has played 84 percent of defensive snaps, Ojomo 60 percent and Davis 52 percent.

The move is not a surprise given the Eagles' 2-7 record and seven-game losing streak, which has left them in last place in the NFC East. General manager Howie Roseman has begun stockpiling draft picks, and the team now holds seven first- or second-round selections in the next two drafts. Philadelphia has two first-round picks in 2027 — its own and Jacksonville's — and two in 2028 — its own and New England's from the A.J. Brown trade. It also has its own second-round pick in 2027 and two in 2028 — its own and Baltimore's from the Cam Jurgens deal.

Davis is the first first-round pick Roseman has traded since sending Carson Wentz to the Commanders after the 2020 season.

For a franchise that has long prided itself on building through the draft and retaining homegrown talent, the decision to move a 26-year-old captain and recent high-priced signing signals a clear pivot toward the future as the Eagles look to reload rather than retool.