Day 42 of Carson Wentz’s endless saga of commercial rumors brings us Les Bowen sharing what he’s hearing about the Philadelphia Eagles’ quarterback situation. Here is the insight he shared after talking to a league source:
I spoke to an NFL management source (not the Eagles) about Wentz’s melodrama. Your point of view: if Wentz doesn’t want the Bears, the Bears are not going to negotiate for him. Eventually, the Eagles take everything Indy is offering, maybe a second or more. In addition, the Eagles choose a 6th overall QB
– Les Bowen (@LesBowen) February 17, 2021
Reports indicate that the Chicago Bears pressed harder to trade for Wentz than the Indianapolis Colts. But if Wentz doesn’t want to go to Windy City, which is understandable from the point of view of Indy being more preferable, then it doesn’t look like he will end up visiting Lou Malnati anytime soon. Yes the eagles can I negotiate it against your will … but are the Bears really offering a real deal if they know that Wentz doesn’t want to play in Chicago?
And so, if the Eagles are really determined to trade Wentz, as it still seems to be the case, they will probably have to accept what the Colts are offering. Indy’s offer was previously reported to be two runoff choices, but I heard things that make me believe that the offer could be even less profitable than that. The Colts clearly only want to acquire Wentz for a price that matches their level of comfort.
While everything was calm, Eagles and Colts continued business negotiations for Carson Wentz. An important aspect of this, I was told, is that Indy has not significantly changed its offering from where it started more than a week ago. For the most part, the Colts are not moving.
– Zak Keefer (@zkeefer) February 17, 2021
In Carson Wentz / Colts negotiations, this is the standard operating procedure for GM Chris Ballard, whether in commercial or free agency negotiations. Evaluate, set a price cap and stick to it. You can see it as negative or positive, but this is how it works. Ever.
– Stephen Holder (@HolderStephen) February 17, 2021
Coming to the bottom line of what Bowen originally tweeted, it shouldn’t be a shock that the hiring of a quarterback is on the table at an organization that calls itself a “QB factory”. If the Eagles were willing to select Jalen Hurts with a second round choice last year, when they thought they really had a franchise quarterback, why wouldn’t they choose one when they don’t know if they have that answer? Hurts has potential, perhaps, but he is far from certain.
In Eagles drafting QB in sixth overall – keep in mind, Eagles may have a different assessment of Hurts than this person, who said his team classified Hurts as a reserve type with a fourth round chance. He thinks, getting high in the first position is a rare chance, you can do better, you need to try
– Les Bowen (@LesBowen) February 17, 2021
There is a discussion that the Eagles should face the Hurts for a year and see what he has achieved. If he is bad, the team can focus on writing a defender next year. 2021 seems to be a lost season anyway.
However, just hoping that Hurts can be the answer is not a real strategy. If you don’t have a franchise defender, you need to do whatever it takes to get one.
The problem is that it is difficult to have faith in this regime by identifying such talent and building it correctly in the long run. The Eagles clearly failed to do so much with Wentz.
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