Howie Selling Mailata To Andy Reid? The Fire Sale Has A New Name On It

Jason La Canfora reported Nov. 3 that executives around the league are wondering about Jordan Mailata, and that the Chiefs may be the team to watch. No talks. No offer. Just wondering, out loud, four days before the deadline.

Rumor vs. Fact

RUMOR: Jason La Canfora, Casino.org, Nov. 3: multiple NFL personnel executives believe the 2-6 Eagles will seriously consider trading guard Landon Dickerson, "while many are also wondering about veteran left tackle Jordan Mailata." One unnamed GM called a Mailata deal "a blockbuster trade." La Canfora: "The Chiefs may be the team to watch with Mailata."

CONFIRMED: The Eagles are 2-6 with six straight losses, including 27-10 at Washington on Nov. 1. Roseman already traded center Cam Jurgens to Baltimore for a 2028 second-round pick, and traded A.J. Brown in the summer for a 2028 first-round pick. Saquon Barkley has been told he will not be traded. The deadline is Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 4pm ET.

PUSHBACK: Heavy, Nov. 3: "The likelihood of Mailata getting traded is still very low," and Kansas City would have to "blow the Eagles away." No report anywhere describes actual talks, an offer, or a price. And on Moro Ojomo, SI's Albert Breer reported Nov. 6 that the Eagles have said no and intend to try to sign him long term. So there is at least one guy Howie will not sell.

Let us get the ugly part out of the way first. This is a rumor about wondering. Jason La Canfora of Casino.org wrote on Nov. 3 that multiple NFL personnel executives believe the Eagles will "seriously consider" trading guard Landon Dickerson, "while many are also wondering about veteran left tackle Jordan Mailata." Wondering. That is the verb. Nobody has reported a phone call, an offer, or a price. And still, your stomach dropped when you read the headline, because this front office has spent the last few months earning that reaction.

Because the fire sale is not hypothetical anymore. The Eagles are 2-6, losers of six straight, fresh off a 27-10 loss at Washington. Howie Roseman already traded center Cam Jurgens to Baltimore for a 2028 second-round pick. In the summer he traded A.J. Brown for a 2028 first-round pick. The Super Bowl offensive line is being parted out like a used car, and now the biggest piece of it, the former rugby player guarding the blindside, is the name executives are saying out loud.

And the destination is what makes it a Negadelphia story. "The Chiefs may be the team to watch with Mailata," La Canfora wrote. The Chiefs. Andy Reid. The coach this city ran out of town, who then built a dynasty somewhere else, now shopping in our wreckage. One unnamed GM told La Canfora: "That would be a blockbuster trade. You have to protect the quarterback, no matter who that is next year, and that's a damn good tackle who has a lot of good football left to play." Read that quote again. "No matter who that is next year." Even the anonymous executives have given up on this season.

"Andy isn't going to sit on his hands. He knows he needs help on offense." A longtime personnel executive on Andy Reid, via La Canfora, Nov. 3

Now the money, because this is where the rumor gets slippery. La Canfora described Mailata as having "effectively a veteran-minimum salary." That is base salary only: $1.3 million in 2026, $1.345 million in 2027, $1.39 million in 2028. The real contract, per Over The Cap and Spotrac, is a three-year, $66 million extension signed in April 2024, running through 2028, with $48 million guaranteed. The cap hits are $15.86 million, $18.32 million, and $19.66 million. Any team trading for Mailata is trading for the whole picture, not the headline number.

Three-year, $66 million extension signed April 2024, through 2028, $48 million guaranteed. Source: Over The Cap and Spotrac, checked Nov. 6.

Dickerson is the sub-plot riding shotgun. La Canfora's executives believe the Eagles will seriously consider moving him too, and NBC Sports' Ryan Fowler reported Nov. 4 that multiple teams have expressed interest. No team named, no price named. Just interest, which in deadline week is how every bad idea starts. And then there is the contrast: defensive tackle Moro Ojomo drew real interest, but Albert Breer reported Nov. 6 that the Eagles have said no and want to sign him long term. One guy is off limits. Apparently it is not the left tackle.

So where does that leave us? Heavy said it plainly on Nov. 3: the likelihood of a Mailata trade is "still very low," and the Chiefs would have to blow the Eagles away. Mailata is 29, a 2024 Second Team All-Pro, and a Super Bowl champion, and franchise left tackles do not grow on trees, even in a rebuild. But the deadline is Tuesday at 4pm ET, and Howie has already sold two starters off this offense. If the phone rings in Kansas City's area code, this city is allowed to panic first and ask questions later.