{"id":296863,"date":"2025-08-18T02:11:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T02:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/296863\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T02:11:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T02:11:11","slug":"eagles-reportedly-acquire-wide-receiver-john-metchie-iii-from-texans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/296863\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagles reportedly acquire wide receiver John Metchie III from Texans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/philadelphia-eagles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> have acquired wide receiver <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/john-metchie-iii\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">John Metchie III<\/a> from the <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/houston-texans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Houston Texans<\/a>, multiple media outlets reported Sunday. In return, Houston received tight end <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/harrison-bryant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Harrison Bryant<\/a> and a 2026 fifth-round pick, while also sending a sixth-rounder in next year\u2019s draft to Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>According to ESPN, the move for Bryant follows the Texans\u2019 loss of Brevin Jordan to a season-ending knee injury last week, leaving Dalton Schultz and rookie <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/cade-stover\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cade Stover<\/a> as the team\u2019s only dependable tight ends.<\/p>\n<p>Metchie, 25, was a second-round pick in 2022 but missed his rookie season while battling leukemia. Over the past two years with Houston, he logged 40 receptions for 412 yards and one touchdown in 29 games. <\/p>\n<p>A standout at Alabama, Metchie was a key target alongside <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/devonta-smith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DeVonta Smith<\/a> during the Crimson Tide\u2019s 2020 national championship season, when Smith captured the Heisman Trophy.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ET logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/118783427.cms.png\" width=\"90%\"\/>Live Events<br \/>Metchie appeared in 13 regular-season games last year, making his first three <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/national-fertilizers-ltd\/stocks\/companyid-11632.cms\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NFL<\/a> starts and recording 24 catches for 254 yards and a touchdown. He added six receptions for 63 yards across two playoff outings.Bryant, 27, has played five NFL seasons with Cleveland and Las Vegas, compiling 98 catches for 877 yards and 10 touchdowns in 78 games (33 starts). His best year came in 2022 with 31 receptions. Drafted by the Browns in the fourth round in 2020, Bryant is expected to provide Houston with veteran depth at tight end.The move reunites Metchie with former college teammate Smith and adds another option to Philadelphia\u2019s receiving corps. For Houston, it brings in a proven tight end and additional draft capital as the franchise continues reshaping its roster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Philadelphia Eagles have acquired wide receiver John Metchie III from the Houston Texans, multiple media outlets reported&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296864,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2056],"tags":[56583,23384,5640,7,26044,221,253,2368,12751,6,835,25773,109,222],"class_list":{"0":"post-296863","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston-texans","8":"tag-brevin-jordan-injury","9":"tag-cade-stover","10":"tag-devonta-smith","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-harrison-bryant","13":"tag-houston","14":"tag-houston-texans","15":"tag-houstontexans","16":"tag-john-metchie-iii","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-nfl-news","19":"tag-nfl-trade-news","20":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","21":"tag-texans"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115047346067646693","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}