Day 42 of the relentless Carson Wentz sagas about trade rumors let us tell Les Bowen what he hears about the quarterback situation of Philadelphia Eagles. Here is the insight he shared after talking to a league source:
Talk to the NFL management source (not from Eagles) about the Wentz melodrama. His position: If Wentz does not want the Bears, Bears will not trade for him. In the end, the Eagles take everything Indy has to offer, maybe a second plus something. Eagles also draw a QB 6th overall
– Les Bowen (@LesBowen) 17 February 2021
Reports indicate that Chicago Bears drove harder to trade for Wentz than the Indianapolis Colts did. But if Wentz does not want to go to Windy City, which is understandable from the point of view that Indy is more preferable, then it does not look like he will visit Lou Malnati’s anytime soon. Yes, the Eagles can acts against his will … but does the Bears even make a real offer if they know Wentz does not want to play in Chicago?
So if the Eagles really want to trade with Wentz, as it still seems to be, they will probably just have to take what the Colts have to offer. It was reported earlier that Indy’s offer was two choices from the second round, but I have heard things that make me believe that the proposal could be even less profitable than that. The Colts clearly only want to acquire Wentz at a price that matches their convenience.
While it was quiet, the Eagles and Colts continued trade talks for Carson Wentz. An important aspect of this is in my opinion that Indy did not change its offer significantly more than a week ago. Colts mostly do not budge.
– Zak Keefer (@zkeefer) 17 February 2021
At Carson Wentz / Colts talks, this is the standard procedure for GM Chris Ballard, whether in trade or negotiation. Evaluate, set a price threshold and stick to it. You may consider it negative or positive, but that’s how it works. Always.
– Stephen Holder (@HolderStephen) 17 February 2021
When we get to the last line of what Bowen originally tweeted, it does not have to be a shock that setting up a quarterback is going to get a table for an organization that calls itself a ‘QB factory’. If the Eagles were willing to pick Jalen Hurts with a second round last year when they thought they actually had a franchise quarterback, why would they not set one up if they did not know if they had such an answer? Hurts may have potential, but he’s far from sure.
About Eagles putting QB sixth overall – keep in mind, Eagles may have a different sense of Hurts than this person, who said his team views Hurts as a fourth-round, back-with-a-chance type. He thinks it’s a rare chance to pick high in the first place, you can do better, you have to take a chance
– Les Bowen (@LesBowen) 17 February 2021
There’s an argument that the Eagles should ride it out with Hurts for a year and see what he has. If he’s bad, the team could focus on setting a quarterback next year. 2021 forms a lost season anyway.
However, just hoping that Hurts can be the answer is not a true strategy. If you do not have a franchise quarter, you need to do what is necessary to get one.
The problem is that it is difficult to have the confidence in this regime to identify such a talent and build it correctly around him in the long run. The Eagles clearly did not manage to do that much with Wentz.
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