{"id":259455,"date":"2025-10-29T21:16:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T21:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/259455\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T21:16:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T21:16:12","slug":"john-metchie-iii-reportedly-traded-to-jets-from-eagles-for-michael-carter-ii-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/259455\/","title":{"rendered":"John Metchie III Reportedly Traded to Jets from Eagles for Michael Carter II, More"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Jets are acquiring wide receiver John Metchie III from the Philadelphia Eagles, according to The Athletic’s Dianna Russini<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Eagles are also sending a 2027 sixth-round pick to New York for cornerback Michael Carter II and a 2027 seventh-rounder.<\/p>\n

Carter bid adieu to the Jets on social media:<\/p>\n

Metchie, who landed with Philly in an August trade, caught four passes for 18 yards in seven games for the Eagles. <\/p>\n

A second-round pick in the 2022 draft, the former Alabama star spent his first two years with the Houston Texans. He had 412 receiving yards and one touchdown across 29 appearances.<\/p>\n

The Jets are sitting at 1-7 with little hope of reaching the playoffs. They might as well see whether Metchie, who’s a restricted free agent in the offseason, has any upside. He should get a bigger showcase in New York than he had in Philly, too.<\/p>\n

Carter, meanwhile, provides immediate help to the Eagles as they try to win a second straight Super Bowl. The Jets’ ongoing struggles made them less of a logical fit for a veteran corner on relatively big money<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old, who played almost half of New York’s defensive snaps this year, had 14 tackles and two pass breakups in five games.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia’s defense has gone backward after allowing the fewest yards and second-fewest points in 2024. The unit ranks 20th and 18th in those two categories.<\/p>\n

Perhaps utilizing Carter as a slot corner and moving Cooper DeJean to an outside role can make a meaningful difference in the second half.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Jets are acquiring wide receiver John Metchie III from the Philadelphia Eagles, according to The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259456,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-259455","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-nfl","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}