Eagles-Bengals trade canceled

Just an hour after news broke that the Eagles were trading edge Arnold Ebiketie to the Bengals, Cincinnati has cancelled the move after re-considering how it would impact their compensatory draft picks next year.

The initial trade terms were:

Eagles: EDGE Arnold Ebiketie

Bengals: 6th round pick in 2027

The problem, however, is that Ebiketie was signed by the Eagles as a compensatory free agent, which means the Bengals would ultimately be giving up their comp pick from trading Trey Hendrickson during the offseason. So while on paper they were only trading a sixth-rounder, they really were giving up a third-round pick as well — notably, it’s interesting the Bengals hadn’t considered this factor…