4 Thoughts on possible Philadelphia Eagles reacquisition of Nick Foles
By Hunter Doyle
Would Nick Foles fit the Philadelphia Eagles’ new offense?
From a football standpoint, everyone knows that Foles tends to be streaky. Before the wins in the NFC Championship game and Super Bowl, Foles struggled immensely towards the end of the season. The Birds barely squeaked out a Christmas night win versus the Oakland Raiders and a divisional-round win versus the Atlanta Falcons.
In 2018, Foles struggled in the opening game versus the Atlanta Falcons and for the majority of the Week 2 matchup with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Even in the five-game run that he led at the end of 2018, he turned the ball over eight times.
When he’s hot he’s red hot and when he’s cold he’s freezing cold. That still makes him a fringe starter and a top-tier backup. In the last few years, Foles hasn’t exactly stepped into the best situations though.
The Jacksonville Jaguars’ entire team had fallen apart, and Bears head coach Matt Nagy’s playcalling has been suspect. He gave up those play-calling duties during the 2020 season, but Foles also has to be blamed for the Bears’ lack of execution at times last season. He just doesn’t deserve total blame.
If he returned to Philly and needed to step in for an injured Jalen Hurts at some point, new head coach Nick Sirianni might be able to formulate a gameplan to his strengths.
Sirianni was part of an Indianapolis Colts coaching staff that brought out the best in three different quarterbacks in three seasons. Throughout his stints as an offensive coordinator and as a quarterbacks coach, his quarterbacks have gotten the ball out of their hands quickly which we have seen Foles excel at in the past.