{"id":323824,"date":"2025-08-28T08:03:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T08:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/323824\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T08:03:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T08:03:10","slug":"recent-eagles-trade-acquisition-super-excited-to-be-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/323824\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent Eagles trade acquisition \u2018super excited\u2019 to be back"},"content":{"rendered":"

The post Recent Eagles trade acquisition \u2018super excited\u2019 to be back<\/a> appeared first on ClutchPoints<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When the Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> decided to execute a series of trades on an otherwise unsuspecting Sunday, it helped to reshape the roster in a major way by bringing back 2024 Super Bowl Champion Fred Johnson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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One of the big breakout stars of the season, Johnson looked great in reserve duty for the Eagles last fall, which led to a chance to compete for a starting role with the Jacksonville Jaguars in free agency. But when Trevor Lawrence\u2019s squad decided to take things in another direction, keeping Walker Little and Anton Harrison in their starting roles, Howie Roseman came calling, and, for a conditional seventh-round pick, a deal was done.<\/p>\n

Asked how it felt to return to the Eagles after a summer away, Johnson noted that, if he was going to leave Jacksonville, Philadelphia was his preferred destination, to the point where he almost drove up the East Coast<\/a> to get back to the NovaCare Center.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so excited, so ready, just happy to be back in the city, happy to be back with this team, you know, and continue to keep the train rolling,\u201d Johnson told reporters.<\/p>\n

\u201cI heard about the trade and I kind of, you know, was like, hey, if I go anywhere else, like, I\u2019d rather go back to the Eagles. So, you know, I was super happy, super excited, you know, to my family, to my mom, to my son. And, you know, I was just ready to get out here, almost asked to drive up instead of fly the next morning. So, you know, I was ready to get back.\u201d<\/p>\n

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So, if Johnson wanted to come back to Philadelphia and the Eagles clearly like him as a reserve tackle more than Kendall Lamm, who has already re-signed with the Dolphins after a summer away, why didn\u2019t the two sides get a deal done back in March? Well, as Roseman noted during his Tuesday media session, the Eagles did want to keep Johnson; he just wanted a chance to compete elsewhere<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think from our perspective, to just go, \u2018Why not sign him?\u2019 There\u2019s also in his mind,\u201d Roseman said on Tuesday via NBC Sports Philadelphia. \u201cHe understands that we have two All-Pro-level offensive tackles. He\u2019s in a stage in his career where he played really well, and he was looking for an opportunity.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo just because we didn\u2019t sign him doesn\u2019t mean we weren\u2019t trying to sign him. I think for him, he was looking to see what he could do somewhere else because of the situation that we had.\u201d<\/p>\n

Will Johnson be able to show what he can do this fall once more? Hopefully not, as that would mean either Lane Johnson or Jordan Mailata suffered an injury. But if his number does get called, at least the Eagles have someone they can trust, which didn\u2019t appear to be the case a week ago.<\/p>\n

Related: Eagles\u2019 Saquon Barkley shreds regression narrative after historic 2024 season<\/a><\/p>\n

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