Philadelphia Eagles injury should encourage Titans trade
By Will Lomas
Ideal trade for Titans
I really think any of those options for the Titans could work out, but if I had to pick a favorite it would be to get Desean Jackson to Tennessee.
The Eagles spent an entire draft trying to replace him, I mean look at that depth chart now. Philadelphia is going to have to find out where they want to rank him in a group with Alshon Jeffery, Jalen Reagor, John Hightower, J.J. Arcega-Whiteside, Marquise Goodwin, and then there are six other WRs behind that who have special teams potential.
Another reason why the Eagles might trade him is because he is expensive and I can’t talk enough about how much $50 million over the cap really is.
The Eagles basically swapped a 6th round pick for Jackson and a 7th a year ago, so I have to think that they will understand that the player alone won’t do it for them.
Philly doesn’t have a 4th round pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, so maybe a deal works out like this:
Tennessee Titans receive: Desean Jackson, 3rd round pick (and sign Larry Warford)
Philadelphia Eagles receive: Nate Davis, 4th round pick, ($10 million in cap space for 2021)
The Titans theoretically upgrade at right guard and add a unique receiver who would be perfect in this offense. Additionally, the Titans would now have three third round picks in the 2021 NFL Draft.
Philadelphia gets to quickly replace their right guard short and potentially long term, and they get to do it for cheap. They also get more cap space for 2021 which they desperately need and they get a pick at the top of Day 3 instead of needing to wait for the 100 or so picks it takes to get from the end of Day 2 all the way down to a playoff team’s fifth round pick.