The Washington Commanders did not receive offers good enough to move players before their 2026 trade deadline. General manager Adam Peters also hinted at buying, but the players he wanted were either unavailable or too expensive.
That was not the case for the Philadelphia Eagles, proving once again that Peters and Howie Roseman live in two different worlds.
The Commanders are 2-5-1, but they are still trying to salvage something from the season. The Eagles have the same number of wins, but Roseman saw his situation for what it was and took the necessary steps to improve Philadelphia’s future.
Howie Roseman prepared the Eagles for the future as the Commanders cling to the present
First, it was offensive lineman Cam Jurgens, who sent the offensive lineman and a seventh-round pick to the Baltimore Ravens for a 2028 second-round pick and a 2027 fifth-round pick.
But he was just getting started.
In a stunning move, the Eagles traded defensive lineman Jordan Davis to the Jacksonville Jaguars for a 2027 first-round pick and a 2029 second-round pick. He is one of the highest-scoring players and this deal sent shockwaves through the league. But for compensation, it was a difficult offer to refuse.
Add in the offseason trade involving wide receiver AJ Brown, who was sent to the New England Patriots for a 2028 first-round pick and a 2027 fifth-round pick, and the Eagles are absolutely loaded with significant high-end draft assets over the next few years.
This is not the case for Washington.
Now Peters admitted Sports addicts on 106.7 The fan that he took and made calls. But ultimately, no offer was acceptable enough to approve a deal without discussion.
“We looked for guys who could help us in the short and long term. We tried hard, but ultimately those guys didn’t move. … In the end, nothing really made sense that was of great value to us, and other teams decided to keep their guys.”
That’s fair, even if it was frustrating for the fans.
Howie Roseman runs rings around Adam Peters, even in a losing season
But it is clear that the advantage in the art of negotiation is in Roseman’s favor.
Anyone who agrees to a trade with the Eagles usually ends up on the wrong side. Peters is one of the few exceptions, getting a nice haul for wide receiver Jahan Dotson. But moving down in the 2024 draft so Philadelphia could select defensive back Cooper DeJean was a mistake in hindsight.
When Roseman decides, he does so with real conviction.
Meanwhile, Peters and the Commanders are stuck in NFL purgatory with no real plan anyway.
The Eagles have more talent than the Commanders. Roseman used this to his advantage, but there is also a scenario where Peters overvalues his players relative to the market and Washington’s situation.
If defensive lineman Daron Payne and receiver Terry McLaurin were healthy at the deadline, it would likely be a different story. One or both could have been moved. But even then, the commanders’ blind confidence in their chances of rebounding could have caused them to remain in the reckoning.
Whether it’s pride, hesitation, or just pure ego is debatable. Maybe it’s a combination of all three, but no matter the name or talent, Roseman has no problem getting rid of his stars if everything lines up.
Roseman is a master operator. The Eagles have enjoyed tremendous success throughout his tenure and his judgment is fully trusted.
Peters has yet to earn that trust. Some fans are growing restless, given that we’ve been in this project for over three years and Commanders is still languishing in mediocrity or worse.
The Eagles basically wrote off the year. The commanders did not do this. That’s important, but if Peters had found the right players or recruited the right talent since taking over, he might have been able to consolidate more effectively.
Alas, this was not the case. And even in a losing season, Roseman continues to make rounds in the competition.
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