The Philadelphia Eagles should negotiate the QB Carson Wentz soon, sources said

The Philadelphia Eagles are expected to negotiate Carson Wentz in the coming days in what would be the last blockbuster quarterback deal to shake the NFL, league sources told ESPN.

The most pertinent questions now are where, when and for what. But that could happen as early as this week, according to league sources, even if the Eagles continue to insist with the other teams that they would be happy to bring Wentz back to Philadelphia.

The Eagles are looking, in the words of a well-positioned source, for “a package from Matthew Stafford” in exchange for Wentz. The Lions traded Stafford for the Rams last weekend for a third round pick this year, two future first round picks and quarterback Jared Goff, the player selected directly in front of Wentz as the first two picks in the 2016 draft of the NFL.

Among the teams that have expressed some level of interest in Wentz are the Chicago Bears and Indianapolis Colts, sources told ESPN, although other teams have also called in to assess the market and see what a package for the Eagles’ quarterback would look like.

It’s all part of an off-season of the NFL that will feature a flurry of quarterback moves, with teams running to ensure they are not left behind. Once Wentz is negotiated, league sources believe it could help set the asking price for other deals, such as one involving New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold.

But a potential Wentz trade has been on the move for more than a week, with the Eagles engaged in a flurry of commercial conversation shortly after Stafford was sent to Los Angeles.

These negotiations have increased over the course of the week, but the Eagles continue to tell teams that they do not plan to trade Wentz unless they receive what they believe to be adequate compensation. The negotiations so far suggest that they will, according to league sources, which would cause the second round of 2020 to choose Jalen Hurts the Eagles as a full-back for next season.

Although the Eagles are in no hurry to negotiate Wentz and nothing can be made official until the new league year begins on March 17, Wentz has a $ 10 million bonus on the list due on the third day of the league year that Philadelphia would have to pay if your previous choice in the first round was on your list. That is why a negotiation is expected to be agreed long before that.

Wentz’s departure would also leave the Eagles with a $ 34 million cap, adding to their challenging situation. But Philadelphia knows the challenges of the limit that have been coming for months and has a plan to face them, just as the Rams did with the departure and the dead money for Goff.

New Eagles coach Nick Sirianni, who was hired as a replacement for Doug Pederson, has not publicly committed to Wentz as a starter, because he is fully aware that there is a possibility that the defender will not be in the squad in 2021.

However, team sources say Sirianni recently had a team meeting at which many of the offensive coaches expressed their belief that they can help Wentz regain his Pro Bowl form.

The fact that the Eagles are open to moving Wentz in an exchange supports owner Jeffrey Lurie’s statement that Pederson’s dismissal was not primarily related to Wentz’s decline in 2020.

There have been rumors over the years that Wentz has sometimes struggled with his ability to establish relationships in the locker room, but others believe that this could have been a natural by-product of him and the team not meeting the high expectations that followed the 2017 Season.

According to many public accounts, Wentz took care of himself with classes throughout his time in Philadelphia and has received public support from many of the team’s leaders over the years, most recently including Fletcher Cox and Jason Kelce.

Despite efforts to call for his reaction, Wentz was not available for comment. The Eagles declined to comment.

But now everything is coming to a head, with the Eagles engaged in commercial negotiations that several league sources believe will end up as the next NFL blockbuster.