August 15, 2022   2 MIN READ

From Eagle To Hawk

Birds Flip Former 2nd Rounder To Seahawks For Safety

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The Eagles on Monday said goodbye to one of their memorable recent draft misfires, flipping 2019 second-round pick J.J. Arcega-Whiteside to Seattle in exchange for fourth-year defensive back Ugo Amadi.

Arcega-Whiteside, the Stanford product infamously known for being picked ahead of Pro Bowl wide receivers D.K. Metcalf (his new teammate) and Terry McLaurin, had moved to tight end this offseason after three disappointing seasons at wide receiver, but was running with the third string this summer at camp and didn’t play until late in the second half of the preseason opener.

Arcega-Whiteside, taken 57th overall, finished his Eagles career with just 16 receptions for 290 yards and a touchdown in just seven starts and 40 career games. He averaged just a little more than 7 yards per reception.

JJ Arcega-Whiteside

Eagles WR/TE JJ Arcega-Whiteside was traded to Seattle, where he’ll be teammates with DK Metcalf.

The 5-foot-9, 201-pound Amadi, a free safety picked 132nd overall out of Oregon in 2019, played 47 games in his three seasons with Seattle, starting 12 of them. He played more than 50 percent of Seattle’s defensive snaps in each of the past two seasons.

The Eagles needed help at safety, with Marcus Epps and Anthony Harris as the projected starters. Epps is entering his first full year starting and Harris has been just OK. Behind them are Jaquiski Tartt, K’Von Wallace, Josiah Scott, Andre Chachere, Jared Mayden and now Amadi.

Tartt, a newcomer, has been slow to integrate into the defense and was away from the team recently for personal reasons.  Wallace, a disappointing 2020 fourth-round pick, hasn’t played much on defense in his three seasons. Scott is making a strong push to make the roster and just recently started playing some free safety. Chachere is a special-teams standout.

– Geoff Mosher (@geoffmoshernfl) is co-host of the “Inside the Birds” podcast and staff writer for InsideTheBirds.com.

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Geoff Mosher is an award-winning journalist with more than 20 years experience covering the Eagles, the NFL and other college and pro sports across several different multimedia platforms. He is co-host of the acclaimed Inside the Birds podcast, the leading podcast for intel on the Philadelphia Eagles, and co-host on 97.3 ESPN's drive-time show. He has also hosted on Philadelphia's sports-talk station, 94.1 WIP and 97.5 The Fanatic. Geoff was the lead Eagles Insider from 2012-2015 for NBC Sports Philadelphia, where he wrote for the website and appeared daily on the station's TV shows, including Quick Slants, Philly Sports Talk, Eagles Pregame/Postgame Live and Eagles Extra. Prior to joining NBC Sports, Geoff worked the Eagles beat from 2005-2012 for the Wilmington News Journal, where he broke several major news stories and also won an Associated Press Sports Editors award under the category of Breaking News for his coverage of the sudden death of Phillies play by play broadcaster Harry Kalas. Geoff has appeared on ESPN's SportsCenter, NFL Network, NBC Sports Network, FOX29, 6ABC and has conducted interviews for Sirius/XM NFL radio and countless other radio stations across the country.

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