Eagles Agree To Trade RB DeMarco Murray To Titans

After just one season with the Philadelphia Eagles, DeMarco Murray will head to Tennessee as part of a trade the Titans hope will give them the running threat they’ve been missing since releasing their own running back, Chris Johnson. The Eagles, meanwhile, will look to get rid of one of the contracts signed by former coach Chip Kelly.

Eagles Agree To Trade RB DeMarco Murray To Titans

Murray, 28, signed a five-year, $40 million contract with $21 million in guaranteed money with the Eagles last year, and a source explains in published reports that Murray agreed to rework his deal. The source spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal will not be announced until Wednesday.

ESPN first reported the trade. Other details of the deal have not been made immediately available. The Titans hold the No. 1 pick in the April draft and have eight draft picks.

Murray led the NFL in rushing with 1,845 yards and 13 touchdowns with the Dallas Cowboys in 2014 and was the NFL Offensive Player of the Year. However, he ran for only 702 yards with the Eagles last season when forced to run out of the shotgun formation instead of deeper in the backfield.

Kelly was fired before the final game of the season, and Murray’s longest run of the season came on his first carry of that game, a 54-yard scamper for a touchdown with the quarterback under center and Murray lined up several yards behind him.

The trade marks the first big move by new Titans general manager Jon Robinson, who was hired in January to help turn around a team that has gone 5-27 since releasing Johnson in April 2014 to avoid the final three seasons of a $53.5 million deal.

The Titans ranked 25th in the NFL last season, averaging 92.8 yards rushing per game, and new coach Mike Mularkey has talked about running the ball much more next season.

Murray has run for 5,228 yards and 34 touchdowns in his six-year career, averaging 4.6 yards per carry. He also has 215 receptions for 1,522 yards.

FOXBORO, MA – DECEMBER 06: DeMarco Murray #29 of the Philadelphia Eagles runs with the ball against the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium on December 6, 2015 in Foxboro, Massachusetts. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)