{"id":801512,"date":"2026-03-09T03:26:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T03:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/801512\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T03:26:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T03:26:20","slug":"report-growing-optimism-jaelan-phillips-re-signs-with-philadelphia-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/801512\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Growing &#8216;optimism&#8217; Jaelan Phillips re-signs with Philadelphia Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With EDGE rusher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/jaelan-phillips-52814\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jaelan Phillips<\/a> set to hit free agency, there is \u201cgrowing optimism\u201d that he will re-sign with the Philadelphia Eagles, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapSheet\/status\/2030787366047166770\" rel=\"nofollow\">per NFL Network\u2019s Ian Rapoport.<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/pro\/news\/report-dolphins-trade-edge-jaelan-phillips-to-eagles\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Phillips was traded from the Miami Dolphins to the Eagles midseason this past year.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Miami traded Phillips to the Eagles in exchange for a 2026 third-round pick. While Phillips was a key piece in Philly\u2019s attempt to repeat as Super Bowl champs, the Eagles fell at home in the Wild Card round to the San Francisco 49ers.<\/p>\n<p>Still, bringing back and young and dynamic piece could certainly help the Eagles in 2026. They\u2019ll look for their third Super Bowl appearance in five years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the most intriguing trades during the trade deadline period, Jaelan Phillips went from the Miami Dolphins, where he is right here, to the Philadelphia Eagles,\u201d Rapoport said on NFL Network. \u201cTwo sacks with the Eagles, but a ton of pressures really, really ignited that defense, a priority free agent for the Philadelphia Eagles. And our understanding is there has been made significant progress made between the Eagles and Jaelan Phillips toward him returning to Philly. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s been no decision, to my knowledge, and there is nothing final, but certainly there is some optimism that there\u2019s going to be a deal, that he will remain a member of Vic Fangio\u2019s defense. In fact, that\u2019s one of the reasons why he\u2019s in Philly, because Vic Fangio is a huge, huge fan. Phillips who\u2019ve been through a lot, a couple of significant injuries, he is fully healthy. He had an excellent second half of last year, and certainly seems poised to cash in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 17 games last season, the fifth-year pass rusher had 53 tackles, seven tackles for loss, five sacks and two fumble recoveries. Phillips has 28 sacks in five years in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>Phillips was drafted out of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/miami-hurricanes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miami<\/a>\u00a0in 2021 with the No. 18 overall pick by the Dolphins. The former Hurricane and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/sites\/bruin-blitz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UCLA Bruin<\/a>\u00a0was a First-Team All-American in 2020 and was named to the PFWA All-Rookie Team in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>As a member of the Class of 2017, Phillips was a five-star-plus recruit out of Redlands (Calif.) East Valley, according to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/rankings\/industry-player\/football\/2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rivals Industry Ranking<\/a>. He was the No. 1 overall prospect in the state, the No. 1 EDGE in the class and the No. 1 overall prospect in the class.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With EDGE rusher Jaelan Phillips set to hit free agency, there is \u201cgrowing optimism\u201d that he will re-sign&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":801513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2068],"tags":[25,7,47820,6,242,109,2476],"class_list":{"0":"post-801512","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia-eagles","8":"tag-eagles","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-jaelan-phillips-17-redlands-east-valley","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-philadelphia","13":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","14":"tag-philadelphiaeagles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116197091125873723","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801512","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=801512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/801513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=801512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=801512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=801512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}