{"id":324306,"date":"2026-04-25T12:03:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T06:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=324306"},"modified":"2026-04-25T12:03:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T06:33:44","slug":"eagles-acquire-extend-jonathan-greenard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/25\/eagles-acquire-extend-jonathan-greenard\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagles Acquire, Extend Jonathan Greenard"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Eagles have made a serious splash on Day 2 of the draft: They’re acquiring edge defender Jonathan Greenard<\/strong> and a 2026 seventh-rounder from the Vikings, per ESPN.com\u2019s Adam Schefter and NFL.com\u2019s Ian Rapoport<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/a>The Eagles and Greenard have agreed to a four-year, $100MM extension with $50MM guaranteed. The Vikings will receive a 2026 third-rounder (No. 98) and a third-rounder next 12 months (Minnesota ended up taking Miami safety Jakobe Thomas<\/strong> at No. 98).<\/p>\n

Philadelphia\u2019s interest in Greenard first became public before free agency opened in early March. The team then lost considered one of its best edge defenders, Jaelan Phillips<\/strong>, who inked a four-year, $120MM contract with the Panthers. The Eagles later added Arnold Ebiketie <\/strong>and Joe Tryon-Shoyinka<\/strong> on modest pacts, but they continued pushing for Greenard.<\/p>\n

The Vikings and Greenard were optimistic he would stay in Minnesota and potentially ink an extension, ESPN\u2019s Jeremy Fowler reports.<\/a> As a substitute, though, he’ll head to the second NFC destination of his profession. The trade will save the Vikings a whopping $34MM in cap space, Schefter relays. They entered Friday with around $4.83MM in respiration room (via Over the Cap).<\/p>\n

As a 2020 third-round pick from Florida, Greenard began his profession with the Texans. After a quiet rookie 12 months, Greenard began showing off his pass-rushing chops in 2021. Despite missing five games with a foot injury, he notched 12 QB hits and eight sacks. One other injury, this time to his calf, held Greenard to eight games during a 1.5-sack showing in 2022. Greenard mostly stayed healthy in 2023, the ultimate season of his rookie contract, and his production exploded. Teaming with then-rookie Will Anderson Jr.<\/strong>, the 6-foot-3, 259-pound Greenard put up 52 tackles (15 TFLs), 22 QB hits and 12.5 sacks in 15 games.<\/p>\n

Greenard\u2019s best season in Houston wound up as his last. The Vikings, who would lose Danielle Hunter<\/strong> to the Texans in free agency, brought in Greenard as his alternative. Playing the primary season of a four-year, $76MM deal in 2024, Greenard continued to thrive en path to his first Pro Bowl selection. He logged his first 17-game season and recorded 59 tackles (18 TFLs), 22 QB hits, a career-best 4 forced fumbles and 12 sacks.<\/p>\n

Health issues reared their head again in 2025 for Greenard, who battled a shoulder injury and underwent surgery in December. Greenard ended the season with 38 tackles (10 TFLs), 12 QB hits and three sacks in a dozen games. While Greenard\u2019s traditional production wasn\u2019t great, Pro Football Focus<\/a> ranked his play a solid thirty first amongst 119 edge defenders. He finished seventeenth in hurries (35) and thirtieth in pressures (47). Andrew Van Ginkel<\/strong> and Dallas Turner<\/strong> stepped up during a limited 12 months for Greenard, and they’re going to remain in key roles for the Vikings next season.<\/p>\n

Set to show 29 in May, Greenard will now join Jalyx Hunt<\/strong> and Nolan Smith<\/strong> because the Eagles\u2019 top pass rushers. If healthy, Greenard could help form a monstrous front in Philadelphia, whose Vic Fangio<\/strong>-led defense boasts an incredible collection of D-tackles (Jalen Carter,<\/strong> Jordan Davis<\/strong> and Moro Ojomo<\/strong>) and linebackers (Zack Baun<\/strong> and Jihaad Campbell<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

The Greenard acquisition may not find yourself because the last blockbuster trade of the offseason for aggressive Eagles general manager Howie Roseman<\/strong>. Expectations are Roseman will ship out wide receiver A.J. Brown<\/strong> sometime between June 2 and the beginning of the season.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Eagles have made a serious splash on Day 2 of the draft: They’re acquiring edge defender Jonathan Greenard and a 2026 seventh-rounder from the Vikings, per ESPN.com\u2019s Adam Schefter and NFL.com\u2019s Ian Rapoport. The Eagles and Greenard have agreed to a four-year, $100MM extension with $50MM guaranteed. The Vikings will receive a 2026 third-rounder […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":324307,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[5998,10042,2519,51015,497],"class_list":["post-324306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-acquire","tag-eagles","tag-extend","tag-greenard","tag-jonathan"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324306"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324309,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324306\/revisions\/324309"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}