Vikings trade Pro Bowl edge rusher Jonathan Greenard to Eagles

Philadelphia paid premium money for pass-rush certainty, landing Jonathan Greenard from Minnesota and immediately locking him into a four-year, $100 million extension with $50 million guaranteed. The Eagles sent the No. 98 pick in this year’s draft and a 2027 third-rounder to the Vikings and also received Minnesota’s 2026 seventh-round pick, a Day 2 deal that turned draft capital into an established edge threat.

The price reflects what Greenard has already shown when healthy. He made the Pro Bowl after his first season in Minnesota, finishing 2024 with 12 sacks, 18 tackles for loss, 22 quarterback hits and 84 pressures, then still led the Vikings with 47 pressures in 12 games in 2025 before a shoulder injury ended his year early. Across six NFL seasons with Houston and Minnesota, Greenard has 38 sacks, and Philadelphia is betting that those pressure numbers will translate into January production even if his sack total dipped last season.

Minnesota’s decision was as much about the balance sheet as the depth chart. The Vikings had two seasons left on Greenard’s four-year deal and cleared more than $34 million in cap space by moving him instead of extending him again, a sign the front office preferred flexibility and draft ammunition over another heavy edge-rush commitment. Dallas Turner, the 2024 first-round pick, now moves into a bigger role after playing 402 more snaps in 2025 than he did as a rookie, giving Minnesota a younger, cheaper path forward on defense.

For Philadelphia, the deal signaled an urgent attempt to keep its championship window open after losing Jaelan Phillips in free agency. Greenard joins a front that already includes Jalen Carter, Jordan Davis, Nolan Smith, Jalyx Hunt and Arnold Ebiketie, deepening a rotation built to collapse pockets and shorten playoff games. If Greenard gets back to the form that produced 12 sacks and elite pressure numbers in 2024, the Eagles will have turned a pair of third-round picks into a veteran defender who can change the edge of a postseason race.