"Call me crazy, but if the Eagles are still looking to upgrade at QB after this season, I could see Howie Roseman inserting himself into this Lamar situation in a big deal," La Canfora wrote. "If Jackson isn't extended by Week 1, they will be hanging a huge 'Call Us About Our Quarterback After The Season' sign on the front of their franchise."
That is a hypothetical stacked on top of several other hypotheticals, and it is worth walking through the chain before anyone treats it as a real possibility.
The Conditions This Requires
Jalen Hurts would have to play poorly enough in 2026 that the Eagles want to move on.
Philadelphia's front office would have to be willing to trade a quarterback who was named Super Bowl MVP after the 2024 season. Jackson would have to go un-extended by the Baltimore Ravens into Week 1.
“If the Eagles are still looking to upgrade at QB after this season, I could see Howie Roseman inserting himself into this Lamar [Jackson] situation in a big deal.“
— Word On The Birds (@WordOnTheBirds) June 15, 2026
— @JasonLaCanfora pic.twitter.com/aKBYXqu4aN
Jackson would have to actually become available, which his contract makes difficult. And Roseman would have to insert himself into a trade for a soon-to-be-30-year-old quarterback who would immediately become the highest-paid player in the league.
That is a long list of dominoes that all have to fall in sequence.
Why Jackson Is Not Easily Movable
Jackson signed a five-year, $260 million deal in 2023 after publicly requesting a trade, and that contract requires his sign-off to be moved while locking out the franchise tag after 2027.
He turns 30 in January and is widely expected to seek a new deal that resets the quarterback market again following Patrick Mahomes' recent extension that pushed him toward $64 million per year.
🚨🚨#Eagles have been mentioned as a team that could pursue #Ravens Lamar Jackson in the next offseason if they have an average year per CBS Sports pic.twitter.com/giuPPNldh1
— NFL Rumors (@nflrums) June 16, 2026
The Hurts Context
The reason this conversation has any oxygen at all is the persistent questions around Hurts in Philadelphia.
Five anonymous sources close to the Eagles told ESPN over the summer that the team essentially blamed Hurts for most of its shortcomings last season, and Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio reported Hurts could be traded next offseason if he fails to recapture his earlier form.
But Hurts is a two-time NFC champion, a Super Bowl winner, and a Super Bowl MVP, and you do not trade that away to chase a more expensive version of a similar skill set.
Roseman's history of bold moves means nothing can be fully ruled out.
But this is a June hypothetical hung on a quarterback who has not had the bad season the entire premise depends on, attached to another quarterback who has not been made available.
