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Vikings trade Jonathan Greenard to Eagles in exchange for draft picks

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Eric Himmelheber

Published 1 month ago

The Minnesota Vikings traded Pro-Bowl linebacker Jonathan Greenard to the Philadelphia Eagles on Friday in exchange for a 2026 third-round pick and a 2027 third-round pick.

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/greenard-jonathan/lp4Tj5tq/"]Greenard[/a], 28, signed a four-year, $100 million deal with the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/philadelphia-eagles/dGgVhRLK/"]Eagles[/a] as part of the deal, with $50 million guaranteed. [/p][embed guid="df8e747a-59fe-492e-874e-8461710d4cc4" url="https://x.com/Vikings/status/2047839123210133827?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]The Florida native played in 12 games last season for the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/minnesota-vikings/IsfjpsbD/"]Vikings[/a], putting up three sacks with 38 tackles. However, his 13.5% pressure rate ranked seventh.[/p][p]He spent the first four seasons with the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/houston-texans/SIj9q2Q7/"]Texans[/a] before joining Minnesota in 2024. In the two seasons that Greenard has started in more than 12 games (2023, 2024), he put up at least 12 sacks and 50 tackles. [/p][p]He missed the remainder of the 2025 season after undergoing season-ending shoulder surgery. [/p][p]Now, he'll be joining an Eagles team as the replacement for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/phillips-jaelan/IyD4jw7I/"]Jaelan Phillips[/a], who went to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/carolina-panthers/IoAX6qmR/"]Carolina[/a] in the offseason. [/p]

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