{"id":871004,"date":"2026-04-21T04:47:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T04:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/871004\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T04:47:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T04:47:24","slug":"eagles-trade-idea-lands-above-average-edge-from-steelers-in-ideal-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/871004\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagles Trade Idea Lands Above-Average Edge from Steelers in Ideal Move"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s not often that we say a team like the Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> needs to do a lot during the remainder of the offseason to get better. Ultimately, the Eagles are still a very good football team, and as currently constructed, they certainly have a chance to win a Super Bowl.<\/p>\n

However, that doesn\u2019t mean the Eagles are the favorites to win it all, and we\u2019ve said that over the past two years. Going into each of the last two seasons, it felt like Philadelphia was the best team in the NFL.<\/p>\n

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There are ways for the Eagles to still improve on either side of the football, depending on the route they want to take, as the draft will give them a chance to do just that, and the trade market is far from done.<\/p>\n

Looking at potential trade candidates, a recent proposal suggested Alex Highsmith<\/a> of the Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> as an option for the Eagles. Highsmith would be a very good addition to this roster and would fit in with what Philadelphia is trying to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cTake one look at the Eagles\u2019 depth chart at edge rusher and it\u2019s not hard to see why Philly needs Highsmith. The Eagles lost Jaelan Phillips<\/a> to the Carolina Panthers<\/a> in free agency and it remains unclear if Brandon Graham<\/a> will be back. Even if Graham comes back, he\u2019s hardly an adequate solution at his age. Philly would still need at least one more edge rusher. Highsmith would qualify as such. His injury history over the past two years is troubling, but Highsmith has posted 15.5 sacks over his last 24 games.<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite missing four games last season, Highsmith posted 9.5 sacks, which would have been tops on the Eagles. Prior to missing 11 games the last two campaigns, Highsmith only missed two combined in the previous four,\u201d Michael Moraitis of The Big Lead wrote.<\/p>\n

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The injury history is a bit concerning for Philadelphia, as these have happened recently, but Highsmith is probably somebody worth taking a chance on. The only question that would have to be answered in a scenario like this is what the Steelers would want for him in return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s not often that we say a team like the Philadelphia Eagles needs to do a lot during…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":871005,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2068],"tags":[6310,5830,260,25,7,16251,6,242,109,2476,57,425],"class_list":{"0":"post-871004","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia-eagles","8":"tag-alex-highsmith","9":"tag-brandon-graham","10":"tag-carolina-panthers","11":"tag-eagles","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-jaelan-phillips","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-philadelphia","16":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","17":"tag-philadelphiaeagles","18":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","19":"tag-the-eagles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116440891664736254","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871004","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=871004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/871005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=871004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=871004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=871004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}