4 ways Eagles can avoid disaster during 2022 NFL offseason
The Eagles can’t gamble unnecessarily on upgrading the quarterback position.
They’re the discussions that have followed this team for the better part of a year now. Would you give up multiple first-rounders for Aaron Rodgers, Russell Wilson, or Deshaun Watson? Should the Eagles spend a high draft pick on one of the next draft class’s quarterbacks? Should the Birds ignore the chatter and just roll with Jalen Hurts for another season?
Here’s what we know. We’ve seen reports that state Eagles leadership is split on how they value Jalen Hurts, but that was months ago. Since then, we’ve seen Howie Roseman and Nick Sirianni back Hurts publicly this past January, but no one is convinced that the Birds won’t pursue a proven quarterback if they have the opportunity to do so because no one believes that Jeffrey Lurie and Howie Roseman want the Eagles to be a run-first offense.
With that being said, our focus shifts back to the big fish (Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson) and one of the game’s talented young signal-callers that we haven’t seen in a while (Deshaun Watson).
No one’s seen anything that states the Eagles are serious contenders in the Aaron Rodgers or Deshaun Watson sweepstakes. We’ve heard rumors of a Russell Wilson acquisition, but right now, that’s all we’ve heard, rumors.
And let’s just say adding one of these guys was a real possibility. Three first-round picks have to be seen as too expensive of a price to pay for Rodgers and Wilson. It’s definitely too much to wager for Deshaun Watson.
Perhaps, if Rodgers, who’s perhaps the most sought-after of all three players, was the final piece for a team that’s ready to challenge for a Super Bowl, that theory would change, but for a young squad that’s trying to find its way, this makes no sense.
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No evidence suggests that adding Rodgers guarantees a trip to football’s biggest game anyway. Just look at his postseason record. As far as the prospects in the coming NFL Draft are concerned, if there’s no guarantee that any of those guys are the franchise players that we aren’t sure that Jalen Hurts can become, which there isn’t, then there may not be a reason to gamble unnecessarily.
Finding a franchise quarterback in the NFL is important, but not if it ruins any chance of being competitive or if it waters down every other position.