If you’re a Philadelphia Eagles fan, you’ve probably heard the following statement a few times already. It still bears repeating, however. What in the world happened with those ‘Carson Wentz‘s trade should be coming in the next few days’ rumors? It seems like ‘the next few days’ have gone on for two months.
It also feels like those ‘potential trade partners’ have all come to the following conclusions. One, if the Birds still have Wentz on their roster come the second day of the new league year, they owe him a roster bonus, so everybody else is probably of the mindset of ‘that’s Philly’s problem, not ours.
Second, if Eagles executive vice president and general manager Howie Roseman’s asking price really was two first-round draft choices and a player, we can all agree that not only is the asking price too high but the rest of the league is probably laughing at him.
Yes Philadelphia Eagles fans, we did say “three conclusions”.
That brings us to the third conclusion, and this is a big one. If Howie, indeed, thinks 11 is that good, other teams have to be asking him why Philly then wants to get rid of him, a question that Howie, no doubt, doesn’t have an answer for.
As days go by and there’s no trade, we’re all somewhere between tossing around ideas about how far this Eagles team has fallen and this franchise has no idea what it’s doing, Still, we march on, but it’s hard not to think about what it’s going to take to get the crybaby out of town. One Eagles wiz thinks he has the answer.
Les Bowen weighs in on where the Philadelphia Eagles might stand.
If you’re a Birds fan, you, no doubt, know who Les Bowen is. He’s covered football, particularly the Philadelphia Eagles, longer than most of you have even known what the NFL was. In other words, when he talks about the Eagles, it’s probably something you want to listen to.
Recently, he shared his thoughts via his Twitter account on what the Birds might be able to realistically land in return for 11 and his thoughts on how interested Chicago actually is in a guy that’s constantly labeled as a franchise quarterback but still has yet to win a playoff game. Here’s a quote:
"(I) spoke with NFL management source (not from Eagles) about the Wentz melodrama. His viewpoint: If Wentz doesn’t want the Bears, (they) aren’t gonna trade for him. (He believes that) eventually, the Eagles take whatever Indy is offering, maybe a second (round draft choice) plus something (else). Also, (the) Eagles (are probably going to) draft a QB sixth overall."
There are so many reasons why, both, that makes sense and why this team would be out of their minds to draft a quarterback if that quarterback’s name isn’t Trevor Lawrence. Here are two thoughts on that.
One, they drafted a quarterback in the second round of last year’s selection meeting. Remember that? Second, if you throw Lawrence out of the mix, there’s no guarantee that Justin Fields, Zach Wilson, or Trey Lance, or anyone else being labeled as a top-tier signal-caller are any better than Hurts is.
Might Philly take a quarterback? If you’re a Birds fan you have to hope not. The reasons are simple. If you throw anyone, including Hurts, back into the situation this team was in last season at the end of the campaign, the results aren’t going to be any different. Philly needs to coach up the guy they took last season, surround him with talent, and if that doesn’t work, then you reassess and begin the process of discovering whether or not this team needs a signal-caller.