Eagles Trade for Saints Safety Chauncey Gardner-Johnson, swap late round picks see 1st post

[EazyEaglez]

Eagles release Anthony Harris and trade for Chauncey Gardner Johnson. Thoughts?

https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/eagles/chauncey-gardner-johnson-trade-eagles-saints-nfl

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Eagles get: Gardner-Johnson, Saints’ seventh-rounder in 2025

Saints get: Eagles’ 5th-rounder in 2023 and the later of their two sixth-rounders in 2024

The Eagles also released last year’s starter Anthony Harris, according to a report from ESPN.

A versatile defensive back, Gardner-Johnson has played several positions but has played most as a nickel corner. The plan for him in Philly, however, will be to play as a full-time safety. 

While Gardner-Johnson has been versatile in his career, the most time he’s spent at safety came in 2019, when he played 102 snaps in the box and 69 at free safety, according to ProFootballFocus. The bulk of his NFL snaps have been in the slot. It's important to note that nickel cornerback Avonte Maddox also offers versatility. It'll be fascinating to see how defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon plays this.

Earlier in training camp, Gannon was asked about Josiah Scott's moving from nickel to safety and said this about the positions: "The nickel position is a mirrored position with the safety in some things."

Either way, these moves represent a clear upgrade at the Eagles’ biggest position of need entering the 2022 season.

Gardner-Johnson is still just 24 and won’t turn 25 until December. The 2019 fourth-round pick from Florida has been in the NFL for three seasons. He has 43 games and 31 starts under his belt. Last season, he played in 12 games with 11 starts and had 3 interceptions, 7 pass breakups, 2 sacks and 46 tackles.

He also has an aggressive streak and can at times be an instigator. Eagles fans will probably really enjoy having Gardner-Johnson on the team.

As Gardner-Johnson enters the final year of his rookie contract, he has a base salary of $2.54 million in 2022. If he performs well, there’s a chance the Eagles could sign him to an extension during the season.

 

[Guest]

Great move

[Portyansky]

Weve had good luck trading with the Saints, so im pretty optimistic...

[CouchKing]

What did we give up? Draft assets?

[Aerolithe_Lion]

[Mike030270]

Curious what we gave up

[Aerolithe_Lion]

Keep in mind we have the saints #1 pick, so you could consider anything we trade for him an investment in improving that asset

[Portyansky]

This dude is Dawk'esq. I'm excited to have a vocal leader back there.

[Mike030270]

3 minutes ago, Aerolithe_Lion said:

Keep in mind we have the saints #1 pick, so you could consider anything we trade for him an investment in improving that asset

Reagor would help guarantee that being a good pick for us

[Dweedlebug]

Yeah, I'd like to know what we are giving up to get this guy.

[Procus]

1 minute ago, Dweedlebug said:

Yeah, I'd like to know what we are giving up to get this guy.

 

[EazyEaglez]

Man Howie owned them on this trade.

[Dweedlebug]

Just now, Procus said:

 

Eh, I'm okay with that.  Howie does it again.

[EazyEaglez]

1 minute ago, Procus said:

 

Howie making that early GM of the year push. 

[AngryBird]

Just now, EazyEaglez said:

Man Howie owned them on this trade.

He was probably a headache and wanted a big chunk of change that few teams were willing to spend on him. That was probably the best offer they could get.

Hell of a player, we needed that help badly.

[weko]

Just now, EazyEaglez said:

Howie making that early GM of the year push. 

A steal

[time2rock]

22 minutes ago, downundermike said:

Great move

Indeed.  

[AngryBird]

Only 24 too, he's just getting started.

[EazyEaglez]

1 minute ago, AngryBird said:

He was probably a headache and wanted a big chunk of change that few teams were willing to spend on him. That was probably the best offer they could get.

Hell of a player, we needed that help badly.

I don’t think you want that type of headache at wide receiver or quarterback, but I think you can get away with that at safety. Also this roster is close knit, stacked with veterans, and a now established coach. The Saints were in transition, cap strapped, and no one really knows their direction.  My guess is once he gets here, he gets his money and everything will be good. 

[time2rock]

He was on my wish list in the 2019 draft, especially when he fell to day 3.  Unfortunately we didn't have much in the way of picks that year (ended up with Shareef Miller a few picks later).  This is a great move.  But it could turn out to be a 1 year rental if we are unable to extend him (i.e. if he wants a king's ransom).

[Portyansky]

Didn't he want a new contract? We pretty much gave up nothing. I'm guessing his agent already knows the offer...

6 minutes ago, EazyEaglez said:

Man Howie owned them on this trade.

 

[EazyEaglez]

This defense overall (on paper) should be much improved. It will be interesting to see what our offense does if this defense can provide them with some short fields instead of the long drives and 80-90% completion percentages last season. 

1 minute ago, time2rock said:

He was on my wish list in the 2019 draft, especially when he fell to day 3.  Unfortunately we didn't have much in the way of picks that year (ended up with Shareef Miller a few picks later).  This is a great move.  But it could turn out to be a 1 year rental if we are unable to extend him (i.e. if he wants a king's ransom).

 

Just now, Portyansky said:

Didn't he want a new contract? We pretty much gave up nothing. I'm guessing his agent already knows the offer...

 

I doubt Howie makes this move if he didn’t have a plan in place. 

[Peacekeeper]

This guys a beast and fun to watch 

need someone on d to pull him away though at times lol 

[time2rock]

[Portyansky]

Howie belongs on Porn Stars bc he filled every hole this off season.