BREAKING: The Eagles Just TRADED CJ Gardner-Johnson!

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Breaking news: The Eagles are deciding to move on from the heart and soul of their defense. In an unexpected move, they are trading CJ Gardner-Johnson to the Texans along with a 2026 6th round pick in exchange for Kenyon Green and a 2026 5th round pick. Today, RB reacts to the shocking news!

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00:00The Philadelphia Eagles just made a trade that shocked the entire NFL world

00:05as they are trading one of their best defensive pieces away in Howie we trust

00:11but boy is it getting tough here in free agency for the birds the question is

00:16where do they move going forward we'll get into it all but welcome into A to Z

00:20Philly I'm RB do me a favor like this video and subscribe to the channel you

00:26know I did not expect to start day to a free agency like this I mean I knew it

00:31was rough yesterday but I expected those guys to go right Josh sweat and Milton

00:36Williams and Darius like maybe even Isaiah Rogers right a lot of people were

00:40in the comments tell me hey chill out relax I said look I'm not worried yet

00:43I'm not worried we have draft picks we have this and that but what I did not

00:48expect was for the Eagles to go and make the move they did today well started off

00:54with the quote from Howie Roseman at the combine he asked the Eagles fans to

00:58be patient while putting together the roster this offseason it may look

01:02different some of the moves we may have to make may not be what are necessarily

01:05on other people's minds well that's the damn truth Howie he says I would like to

01:10ask our fans to have patience throughout the offseason it doesn't stop in free

01:14agency but the Eagles are trading away CJ Gardner Johnson to the Houston Texans

01:22in exchange for first-round guard Kenyon green it's a green and 2026 fifth round

01:29pick for CJ GJ and a 2026 six round pick an intriguing piece of the Houston

01:36back end and Philly adds o-line depth man I mean this one hurts whatever people

01:44you know try to say and however they try to spin this this hurts man this is

01:48brutal I'm gonna tell you why I think it could have happened but who knows

01:53right now John Clark adds on here and he says it is my understanding the Eagles

01:59are doing everything they can to make money available keep the core of the

02:03team together and they want to see what the third round pick Sidney Brown can do

02:07it safety he will compete with CJ GJ traded they are building depth on the

02:12o-line and McKay Becton is still on the table

02:15Howie Roseman had said it will be a different offseason they need to play

02:18younger players look I I'm cool with playing younger players I like getting

02:22these younger guys Nolan Smith and Mauro Ajomo and Jay Lux hunt all these guys

02:27involved but what you don't do is you don't come out and you trade the heart

02:31and soul of your defense of the back end and just for an example I know the whole

02:35defense went to crap in 2023 but CJ GJ was here in 22 you fleece the Saints you

02:43saw the impact he had it was you know more than the numbers it was just his

02:47presence just his presence being here completely changed the landscape of the

02:52defense and then in 2023 he goes to the Lions because of the whole contract

02:57dispute and his agency is putting this stuff on Twitter it's a weird situation

03:01right but they make amends he leads the lives of the championship game then he

03:06comes back in 24 and the Eagles defense gets better and they have their leader

03:11back and they win the Super Bowl so to me this is not the move that you

03:16make I'm cool with you know letting some of these rotation pieces go and

03:21working on younger guys and in terms of John Clark saying that Makai Becton

03:25could be back to me this kind of signals that Makai Becton is not going to be

03:30back right because they get a guard back a former first-round pick in 2022 out of

03:34Texas A&M and I did a quick search on Kenyon green I mean I know the name I'm

03:40not completely familiar with them the Texans just traded Laramie Tunzel to the

03:44commanders but here was his grade on PFF last year it says overall grade 38.6

03:51that was a hundred thirty first out of a hundred thirty five guards and upon you

03:56know searching up a little more they said he was one of the worst weight

03:59worst rated guards in 2022 in his rookie year he did deal with an injury last

04:04year and I did talk to some other people who said hey it's just the whole Texans

04:09line was pretty brutal right think about how much CJ Stroud got hit and this step

04:12that he kind of took back so how much can we pin that on Kenyon green I don't

04:17know but it's not like he's some all-world standout player and that makes

04:21me question even more why would they do this you know so anyway hold on Shepter

04:27just tweeted let's see Texans traded down from 13 to 15 in the draft and 22

04:32selected Kenyon green and now they're trading him to Philly okay interesting

04:36so that's where we're at with this the Eagles defense has now lost Josh Swett

04:42Milton Williams Isaiah Rogers Darius Slade James Bradbury and CJ Gardner

04:47Johnson this one is shocking man I mean look I can I can accept the rest I can

04:53eat those but this one I mean even from a stat you know production standpoint I

04:59mean CJ Gardner Johnson had six picks this last year it was one of the highest

05:03rated safeties in the league his impact was just so profound back in 22 he had

05:09six picks he was leading the NFL until I believe he lacerated his kidney in

05:13like week 12 or 11 or whatever it was but I mean this guy's an integral part of

05:18your defense he wears his emotions on his sleeve and that's my only other

05:22conclusion here the whole thing that happened last week with Darius Slade

05:26where CJ was lashing out on Twitter and he had deleted I think like six tweets

05:32but you know he was talking about hey I'm the leader of the defense and Slade

05:35had named Reid Blankenship as the potential leader of the back end and CJ

05:40got mad about that and I mean they were at an event signing autographs next to

05:44each other so I don't think there was any real beef but maybe the Eagles

05:48behind the scenes looked at that and what had happened on social media and

05:51viewed CJ as like hey this is a guy we don't really want to keep around long

05:56term because of the way that he does wear his emotions and maybe it could

06:00affect the locker room and some of these younger guys but I just can't see that

06:03because when you acquired him back after last offseason you knew the player

06:08that he was you knew the player that you were getting and I mean he's just a hell

06:12of a player man and he was just a really good vibes guy so I just think the fan

06:17base is not gonna go over well with this one but the only other thing I guess

06:21looking at the contract here is CJ Gardner Johnson pretty much had an out

06:27after next season so you know it was a three-year deal that he signed for 27

06:31million average salary of 9 million and let's be honest this is all about a

06:36business right these guys are getting paid around the league CJ probably

06:40looked at his situation and said hey I should be paid more as well and he had a

06:45potential out after this next year and Howie Roseman's looking at say next

06:50offseason where he might have to already pay Quinion and Cooper Dejean and those

06:54guys are gonna get a lot of money in the secondary so maybe Howie Roseman looked

06:58at this and maybe they've already had preliminary conversations and Howie said

07:03hey I'm not giving you a pay raise and CJ said all right you know trade me

07:06again all speculation I'm just trying to come to grips here with the fact that he

07:11is gone and try to come to a conclusion as to why he is gone because he's such a

07:15prolific player and you look at this Eagles team how good they were on

07:19defense the number one defense by far under Vic Fangio right you trust his

07:24system but you also have to give him pretty good players and you're talking

07:28about a potential dynasty but now your defense is getting eviscerated and I

07:33mean if Becton's back sure that'll be great but who knows if he's gonna be

07:37back now who knows if Dallas Goddard is gonna be back I know that Howie Roseman

07:41is not trying to make the same mistake he made after the last Super Bowl and

07:45keep around older players but CJ GJ I mean he's a heck of a player 27 years

07:51old he's not 33 so I just I'm puzzled by this move I hope that Howie has a plan

07:57up his sleeve because if the plan this offseason is to just get completely

08:02depleted on the defensive side it's gonna suck it's gonna suck and honestly

08:06I do not like losing CJ Gardner Johnson maybe more explanation will come out

08:11about this but for now Howie Roseman is on the clock he's gonna have to have a

08:15really good draft and he's going to have to find a way to patch up some of these

08:19holes now and we'll see what happens moving forward but give me your initial

08:22reaction to this trade in this move down below do you think that the Eagles are

08:28doing the right thing right now do you think the Philadelphia Eagles are on the

08:32right track let's see if there's any other info that came out about this

08:36Daniel Jones going to the Colts Wow congratulations Daniel Jones 14 million

08:41dollars hey with the amount of money that's being thrown around right now

08:45maybe maybe CJ did say man give me a pay raise Daniel Jones getting 14 I know

08:50it's a different position but come on man give me a pay raise anyway CJ Gardner

08:55Johnson thank you for all your contributions to this team and

08:58everything you were able to do to help them get over the top and it will suck

09:03not seeing him in midnight green next year but anyway that's where we're at

09:06give me your thoughts down below appreciate everybody for tapping in be

09:09sure to LIKE comment and subscribe and I'll catch you on the next one

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