Giants trade veteran Jordan Phillips to Cowboys in rare deal between rivals

Jordan Phillips and the Giants made strange bedfellows.

The team traded the defensive tackle and a seventh-round draft pick to the Cowboys for a sixth-rounder, The Post confirmed late Wednesday night.

Both picks are in 2026.

It’s a rare trade between the NFC East rivals.

Perhaps most infamously, the Giants traded first- and second-round draft picks to the Cowboys for quarterback Craig Morton in 1974, and the Cowboys ended up with the No. 2-overall selection and seven-time All-Pro defensive tackle Randy White.

The 31-year-old Phillips is no White, but he is a veteran of 120 career NFL games. None of which were with the Giants.

After signing a one-year, $1.79 million contract in April, Phillips did not attend most of the voluntary offseason workouts.

He has been stuck as a third-teamer throughout training camp and faced an uphill battle to survive the coming cut from 90 to 53 players.

The Giants paid a $435,000 signing bonus to Phillips, according to spotrac.com.

The trade signals a vote of confidence in the youngsters at a position where the Giants do not have many veterans behind projected starters Dexter Lawrence and Rakeem Nunez-Roches.

Undrafted rookie Elijah Chatman is having a breakout camp as a pass-rushing complement to the run-stuffing Nunez-Roches.

Ryder Anderson, who like Chatman initially joined the team as a rookie tryout in 2022, and 2023 seventh-round draft pick Jordon Riley were ahead of Phillips.

Timmy Horne and 2022 fifth-round pick D.J. Davidson could benefit from the trade.

Phillips has played for the Bills, Dolphins and Cardinals, and has 24 career sacks.

He started nine games for Buffalo last season.