Eagles Stay or Go 2026: Defensive tackle originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
Reuben Frank and Dave Zangaro bring back Stay or Go in 2026, trying to figure out the futures of every Eagles player on the roster.
We already took a look, at quarterback, running back, receiver, tight end, interior offensive line, offensive tackle and edge rusher.
Up today: Defensive tackle.
Jalen Carter
Roob: Obviously, Carter isn’t going anywhere. He’s one of the Eagles’ most valuable young players. But he’s coming his third season, which means he’s now eligible for a contract extension. The pivotal question is how much his value will be affected by a generally disappointing season, with the Dak incident, Vic Fangio saying he was out of shape, the shoulder injuries that sidelined him for a month and a dropoff in every major statistical category from his 2024 All-Pro season. Chris Jones defined the market with a deal averaging $31.75 million per year, but Carter is 24 and has his entire career ahead of him and there’s an expectation he’ll re-set the interior line market. I think $40 million per year is a little high considering everything, but he’s not going to be far off that.
Verdict: Stays
Dave: This was supposed to be a big year for Carter. The season where he was going to be an All-Pro and a Defensive Player of the Year candidate before cashing in on a mega extension the moment he became eligible. And it didn’t really turn out that way. Carter is still supremely talented but this season didn’t go to plan. He got tossed in the opener for spitting on Dak Prescott and then dealt with shoulder injuries that eventually needed a couple of shots and some time off to heal. Carter is obviously going to be back but the question is whether or not that mega deal gets done this offseason. He’s eligible but the Eagles have two more years of team control, including the fifth-year option.
Verdict: Stays
Jordan Davis
Roob: Davis is in a different but still challenging contract situation as he enters his option year at what turned out to be a bargain $12.938 million. After his breakthrough 2025 season how big will his long-term deal? And can Howie Roseman manage to keep both former Georgia players? It might take $20 million per year to re-sign Davis. He had a better year than Carter, although Carter remains the player with the higher ceiling. Too many good players. Too many good young defensive contracts to deal with. Too many good draft picks.
Verdict: Stays
Dave: It’s funny to think back to last offseason when there was a real question as to whether or not the Eagles should pick up Davis’s fifth-year option. Good thing they did! Because Davis is under contract at a discount in 2026. The former first-round pick from Georgia had a breakout season in 2025. He played a career-high 686 snaps and had 4 1/2 sacks, 9 TFLs and a game-winning field goal block. He was NFC Special Teams Player of the Week and Defensive Player of the Week in the same season. Davis, 26, deserves a payday and he’s the type of player and cornerstone leader the Eagles let leave the building. It’s going to be tough to pay him and Carter but they should prioritize doing that.
Verdict: Stays
Gabe Hall
Roob: Hall spent his second year on the Eagles’ practice squad and only got into two games, playing 13 defensive snaps. He’s been around two years so you know there’s something about the former Baylor Bear that the Eagles like, but I don’t see where there would be room for him on the 53 barring a rash of injuries.
Verdict: Goes
Dave: The former UDFA from Baylor had a great training camp and made the opening day roster but spent most of the season on the practice squad. Hall played in two games, totaling 13 snaps on defense. He’ll be in the mix to make the team again in 2026 but so are the other defensive tackles who were ahead of him on the depth chart.
Verdict: Goes
Moro Ojomo
Roob: Ojomo has been a revelation as a 7th-round pick, developing into one of the league’s top pass rushers from the interior. He’s another defensive tackle Howie Roseman is going to have to start thinking about as he enters his fourth NFL season. Carter and Davis are better known league-wide, but Ojomo played more snaps than either one last year. And his six sacks this year were 7th-most in the league and most by any Eagle drafted in the seventh round or later since 1992. Ojomo’s ceiling is astronomical. He’s not going anywhere.
Verdict: Stays
Dave: The Eagles got an absolute steal when they drafted Ojomo in the seventh round back in 2023. They developed him into a rotational player in Year 2 and by last season he was one of the keys in the middle of the Eagles’ defense. In 2025, he played in all 17 games (started 9) and had 6 sacks, 12 QB hits and 6 TFLs. Ojomo was second on the team in sacks. While he’s eligible for a contract extension this offseason, it’s not going to be easy to re-sign him as he enters the final year of his rookie deal. We just saw Milton Williams get a $104 million contract last offseason and Ojomo just had more pass rush production than Williams ever had in a season with the Eagles. The Eagles will also want to re-sign Jalen Carter and Jordan Davis at the position so their chances of keeping all three here long term aren’t great. But for now, the Eagles have one more year of Ojomo under contract and they’ll expect big things in 2026.
Verdict: Stays
Ty Robinson
Roob: I thought Robinson would play more this year, but Byron Young moved ahead of him in training camp, and not counting the meaningless season finale against Washington, the 4th-round rookie from Nebraska played just 51 snaps all year, to 284 for Young. You sure want your 4th-round pick to play more, especially when he’s an older rookie. Robinson turns 25 in May. But considering the depth the Eagles have inside, I just don’t see where his playing time is going to come from. He’ll be here, I’m just not sure he’ll play very much.
Verdict: Stays
Dave: It was a quiet rookie season for the fourth-round pick from Nebraska. He came into the NFL as a 24-year-old rookie and the expectation was that he’d have a significant role in the rotation. But he was buried on the depth chart behind Carter, Davis, Ojomo and Byron Young. Robinson played in just 11 games and logged just 104 defensive snaps. But the Eagles will want to keep developing him and maybe he can grow into a rotational player like Ojomo once did.
Verdict: Stays
Byron Young
Roob: It really did seem like Young came out of nowhere to fill a significant role on the defensive line, but he was a 3rd-round pick in 2023 and after a year barely playing for the Raiders and then a year here in 2024 where he didn’t play at all, he averaged 20 snaps per game this past year. Mainly a run stuffer but also picked up 2 ½ sacks. Young has another year left on his Raiders rookie deal at a manageable $1.5 million, so he gives you some production at a bargain price. Not sure he’ll ever be more than a rotational piece, but he’s a piece of rotational depth.
Verdict: Stays
Dave: It was a bit of an afterthought when the Eagles claimed Young off waivers in August of 2024 because he didn’t play a snap last year and spent most of the season on IR. But that move paid off in 2025. Because Young made the team out of training camp and he played a significant role. Young played in all 17 games, started 1 and finished the year with 2 1/2 sacks, 37 tackles and 3 TFLs. He was firmly fourth in the rotation but gave the Eagles solid snaps. He’s under contract for 2026 and will be a part of that good rotation again before hitting free agency.
Verdict: Stays