PHILADELPHIA − The Eagles are trading for Jets cornerback Michael Carter, who has spent most of his career as a nickel cornerback.

That could be a signal that the Eagles are moving Cooper DeJean to the outside.

ESPN is reporting that the Eagles are getting Carter and a seventh-round pick in 2027 in exchange for wide receiver John Metchie and a sixth-round pick in 2027. Buy Philadelphia Eagles tickets

Eagles trade for CB Michael Carter

Carter was a fifth-round pick of the Jets in 2021. He signed a 3-year, $30.8M deal with the Jets in 2024, making him at the time the highest-paid nickel in the NFL.

He is a well-established nickel, and that could enable Cooper DeJean to play outside full-time, instead of only when the Eagles are in base defense.

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