{"id":94849,"date":"2025-08-25T02:47:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T02:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/94849\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T02:47:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T02:47:08","slug":"eagles-make-third-trade-of-day-send-darian-kinnard-to-packers-after-reacquiring-fred-johnson-from-jaguars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/94849\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagles make third trade of day, send Darian Kinnard to Packers after reacquiring Fred Johnson from Jaguars"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> are staying busy on the trade market, this time bringing back a familiar face on the offensive line and sending out another. Sunday night, the reigning Super Bowl<\/a> champions acquired offensive lineman Fred Johnson<\/a> from the Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a>\u00a0per ESPN’s Adam Schefter<\/a>, sending a 2026 seventh-round pick to Jacksonville in the process. Roughly an hour later, they sent offensive lineman Darian Kinnard<\/a> to the Green Bay Packers<\/a> for a sixth-round pick, per Schefter<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Johnson, 28, signed a one-year deal with Jacksonville earlier this year after spending part of the 2022 season and then all of 2023 and 2024 with the Eagles, including starting six games last year. Prior to that, he played part of the 2022 season wth the Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a> and 2019-21 with the Cincinnati Bengals<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Originally an undrafted rookie free agent who latched on with the Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> (but never played a game for them), Johnson provides versatility and depth for the Eagles. Though he played most of his snaps last season at left tackle, he has also spent significant time at right tackle and right guard and has played on special teams units as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Previously, Johnson’s main role in Philadelphia was as the swing tackle behind veterans\u00a0Lane Johnson<\/a> and Jordan Mailata<\/a>. And rather than move forward with the options the team had in training camp, Philadelphia opted to bring back Johnson for the cost of a late-round pick. Additionally, Pro Bowl left guard\u00a0Landon Dickerson<\/a>\u00a0is dealing with a meniscus injury, one that could sideline him early in the regular season, and the Eagles are working in a new right guard in Tyler Steen<\/a>. The return of Johnson provides more stability and depth to the unit.<\/p>\n

Kinnard, 25, was a fifth-round pick by the Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> in 2022. He appeared in one game for Kansas City that season but was waived ahead of the 2023 season. He spent the season on Kansas City’s practice squad and signed a reserve\/futures contract with the Eagles in early 2024. He played in two games — including a start in a meaningless Week 18 win over the New York Giants<\/a> — for Philadelphia last year. He has primarily played right tackle in his brief career. Notably, he has three Super Bowl<\/a> rings — two with the Chiefs and then another with the Eagles. The Packers have shown a propensity for developing young offensive line talent, and they’ll try their hand with Kinnard next.<\/p>\n

Adding Johnson and moving on from Kinnard are the latest tinkerings around the edges from general manager Howie Roseman. In fact, they’re the third and fourth trades by the Eagles on Sunday alone and the fourth and fifth of the past three weeks. They acquired<\/a> quarterback Sam Howell<\/a> from the Minnesota Vikings<\/a> earlier Sunday,\u00a0acquired<\/a> wide receiver John Metchie III<\/a> from the Houston Texans<\/a> on Aug. 17 and acquired<\/a> cornerback Jakorian Bennett<\/a> on Aug. 4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Philadelphia Eagles are staying busy on the trade market, this time bringing back a familiar face on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94850,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,43032,55407,55406,55408,1771,32330,47052,13595,39626,16545,514,1747,33511,82,32328,36192],"class_list":{"0":"post-94849","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-carson-wentz","11":"tag-darian-kinnard","12":"tag-fred-johnson","13":"tag-harrison-bryant","14":"tag-j-j-mccarthy","15":"tag-jakorian-bennett","16":"tag-john-metchie-iii","17":"tag-jordan-mailata","18":"tag-landon-dickerson","19":"tag-lane-johnson","20":"tag-nfl","21":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","22":"tag-sam-howell","23":"tag-sports","24":"tag-thomas-booker","25":"tag-tyler-steen"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}