According to multiple reports, the Texans are sending Metchie to the defending Super Bowl champions in exchange for tight end Harrison Bryant and a 2026 fifth-round pick. The Eagles will also receive a 2026 sixth-round pick, which initially was sent over to Houston in the C.J. Gardner-Johnson deal earlier this offseason.

The Philadelphia Eagles and Houston Texans have agreed to a trade that sends wide receiver John Metchie III and a 2026 sixth-round pick from Houston to Philadelphia in exchange for tight end Harrison Bryant and a 2026 fifth-round pick,

The Houston Texans traded wide receiver John Metchie III to the Philadelphia Eagles for tight end Harrison Bryant, a move that also involved an unusual re-exchange of 2026 draft picks.