IT’S time to trade Nick Foles.
This offseason I had hopes that Foles would show some traits of a franchise QB. That he’d rent a house for more space (since he lives in a condo not far from me), and call a few guys down to work on some concepts and get into each other’s heads a bit more. To learn to see what each other sees, like Peyton Manning and Demaryius Thomas; Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski; Aaron Rodgers and Jordy Nelson. Like Donovan McNabb used to do at his home in Arizona.
I was hoping Foles would put in that kind of work, but he wasn’t interested. This season showed the results of that lack of commitment. The league caught up to him, because he was fine with standing still. And it’s that lack of inner fire that makes him expendable.
QB Mark Sanchez is 3-1 as an EAGLES starter. He also came to our rescue in relief against the Texans, after Foles had thrown the pick six that tied the game and was injured. Considering that Sanchez played ¾ of that game, and since it was essentially 0-0 when he came in, he’s basically a 4-1 starter.
Foles on the other hand has regressed badly this season. This was of course after Head Coach Chip Kelly declared him his QB for the next 1,000 years. That statement made Foles the franchise QB in name, but there was never the faintest hint of him living up to it prior to OTA’s.
He’s under contract for another year, so we could keep him in case of emergency. However, to get value for him, it makes more sense to trade him. You won’t get much for him as he’s a 3rd round pick, with just one good year, which wasn’t enough to convince 50% of his own team’s fan base before he regressed. But if you can package him with a pick to a QB needy team, then it improves the value of whatever pick you put him with (Foles and a 4th is good for a 3rd. Foles and a 3rd is good for a 2nd …).
With teams like Dallas, Washington, Jacksonville, and Tampa Bay all looking for along-term answer at QB, Nick Foles is a better option than virtually any QB likely to be on those rosters in 2015. Or we could just sit pat and watch him got to one of them anyway after his contract expires after 2015. (If Foles is going to be a Cowboy or Redskin, I want something for him!)
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I don’t get how so many fail to see that Foles regression (and Shady as well)was directly related to his offensive lines play. Mark Sanchez (and Shady mind you) is benefitting from a healthy offensive line even with that being the case Sanchez still scares the heck out of me. Frankly Sanchez would have folded like a tent had he dealt with ten different starting offensive lineman like Foles had to endure. Sanchez was 3-1. Well Foles was 6-2 with that terrible offensive line and no real run game other than Sproles. Trading Foles will be a mistake, because there is no way we can make a package appealing enough to get Mariota and there’s no guarentee Mariota come into the NFL and makes us better. Finally I think anyone willing to give Sanchez a long term deal is a fool. That guy hasn’t proven he can take a team on his back and win. In fact his history tells us otherwise. The last time we ignored history and ASSumed a guy turned around was Mike Vick. We ended up saddled in mediocrity. Trading Foles is a huge mistake on so many levels.
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They haven’t traded him. They may not. Just my opinion.
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You aren’t the only person who has this opinion, but even if Sanchez becomes the man and we trade Foles, do you really want to go into a season with Matt Barkley as the backup???
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Nope. I’m on record as saying I think Sanchez is outta here in 2015.
But since the EAGLES aren’t about to pay Foles 12M$ a year for what he’s shown so far, it says that he’s gone after 2015 at the latest. If he walks then, we get nada for him.
At least if we trade him while he’s under contract, we can get value for a guy we aren’t going long on.
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Both Foles and sanchez are NFL calibur QBs but neither one will deliver a Lombardi. If I had to choose one over the other it would probably be Sanchez. I think he has better footwork and movement in the pocket than Foles. Foles has an edge in arm strength but is just way to much of a statue for me. But look Brad Johnson got a superbowl ring so I could be wrong.
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It would be bad comedy if either started in 2015.
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