Proposed Trade Sends Eagles' $51M Edge Rusher to NFC South Contender

ne of the grimier aspects of NFL deal making is that smart teams and smart executives routinely take advantage of dumb teams and dumb executives.

In the NFL, there’s not a smarter executive than Philadelphia Eagles general manager Howie Roseman. And there’s not a dumber team than the Carolina Panthers.

That might be the opening for Roseman to offload one of his rare personnel mistakes in recent years in a proposed trade that sends edge rusher Bryce Huff to the Panthers in a fairly simple move. In exchange for Huff, the Eagles should ask for one of Carolina’s 3 fifth round picks in the 2025 NFL draft — doesn’t really matter which one.

The Eagles signed Huff to a 3-year, $51.1 million free agent contract with $34 million guaranteed in March 2024 and watched him become a non-factor on their Super Bowl-winning team. Carolina is in desperate need of another edge rusher to play opposite 32-year-old Jadeveon Clowney.

Pro Football Focus listed edge rusher as the Panthers’ biggest need following the 2025 free agency cycle.

“The Panthers still haven’t figured out how to replace edge defender Brian Burns,” PFF’s Max Chadwick wrote on March 17. “While Jadeveon Clowney is a solid starting option, the team desperately needs to address the spot opposite him. Pat Jones II, D.J. Wonnum and DJ Johnson weren’t even among the 90 highest-graded edge rushers a season ago.”