Watching the local news last night and they said that the Eagles had been contacted by several teams about acquiring Nick Foles but according to reports, they want more for Foles than they got for Bradford and if that's the case, they can keep him. This is telling me one of 2 things; either they don't want to move him as of yet(Wentz's status is up in the year as ACL recovery can be tricky) and they're asking for the moon to dissuade suitors or they're throwing stuff up the flagpole to see if anyone salutes. My guess it's both but regardless, they got a 1st round and 4th round for Bradford so if they want more for a backup who got hot at the right moment, they're either drunk or think other teams are that desperate.
Yeah it's way too much for a guy who I like and wanted to sign last year. He still is no sure thing and a risk.
If you trade that much for someone, you basically have to sign him to a new deal, thus removing the 'he's at a low salary' argument/advantage. If you trade a 3rd or 4th, you can legitimately roll the dice to make sure he is the guy. This for us would be a good thing which would then allow us to make other moves to better the team.
Also the terms of the trade was a 1st and a 4th, that could of gone up to a 3rd or 2nd based on whatever metric it was. So when they say 'at least', it could be at a structure of at least a 1st and a 2nd/3rd/4th.
Eagles also have the worst cap situation of any team for 2018, so although it wouldn't save them much, every cap dollar counts. In their situation it might be the difference between keeping some other guy that actually plays while getting a pick for a guy who may contribute next year as well.
They also only have him under contract for this year, due to the voidable nature of the deal. They can't string this along. It's now or never in terms of a trade. True they might find someone desperate right before the season, but that's just not very likely.
They also risk him going out there and sucking with last season's QB coach and OC now gone to Minny and Indy. Any 2020 compensatory pick would be much lower, and is still years away.
At their price I'd rather roll the dice with a rookie QB and a couple of the retreads in free agnecy.
Also when they point that out do they realize that it didn't work out so well for the Vikings? They didn't make the playoffs in 2016. They went to the NFL championship game in 2017, and Bradford wasn't the QB. So the last deal didn't really work out for the Vikings.
One could almost make the argument that the trade hurt their chances in 2017 because they didn't have that pick, which for the Eagles, who they lost to, was Derek Barnett. Barnett had 5 sacks as a rookie, and one additional one in the playoffs, which happened, against the Vikings. It was a valuable pick, as the selection after that was Malik Hooker at #15. It might not have been the difference maker, but overall they turned that trade into Barnett and another trade for Ajayi. Ajayi had 73 yds rushing and 26 more receiving in the game. So the Eagles got 99 yds of offense and 1 sack on defense for a guy who didn't even play in the game.
They can do whatever they want. Ask for whatever they want. But if they're interested in trading him, they are either setting the market way high to get a higher middle ground or are delusional. I don't think they're delusional. Just they want a higher middle ground to make a deal or keep him for insurance.
An interesting point was it was reported they want to talk to Foles about his situation, which means he could kink the situation up a bit if he wanted to. I don't think he will though. They gave him a chance and he's resurrected his career. For that they'll likely consider his input on where to go as long as he doesn't create waves.
