Adrian Fedkiw
The Philadelphia Eagles moved up from the 13th pick to No. 8 after trading Byron Maxwell and Kiko Alonso to the Miami Dolphins only to trade back down.
Huh?
That’s what CBS Sports NFL Insider Jason La Canfora thinks.
He believes the Carson Wentz hype in Philadelphia is all an elaborate smokescreen and all you have to do is “follow the money.”
Since the Eagles have spent more of it than any other NFL team since the beginning of the 2015 league year and are in a win-now mode, La Confora finds it hard to believe they’d spend more dough on a quarterback when there are other needs to fill.
Here is some food for thought — from the start of the 2015 league year until the start of the 2016 league year — the Eagles spent $201 million on payroll in real dollars, way more than any other team in the NFL (Miami was next at $187 million, according to NFL management council figures). That includes their big splurge on QB Sam Bradford and re-signing Vinny Curry and Zach Ertz and all of those guys, and it doesn’t even include the big bucks they gave backup QB Chase Daniel.
Owners don’t do that to then go out, in a year in which they are clearly in win-now mode in a watered-down NFC East, and then go spend another $25 million on a quarterback in the draft when they still have many other needs.
Sorry, I’m not buying it. Follow the money.
Maybe I end up being completely wrong — wouldn’t be the first time; won’t be the last — but I remain a staunch skeptic on this Eagles/quarterback thing. I smell a trade.
Sorry Jason, I’m not buying it.
Agreed. CBS Sports as a whole just writes sensationalist articles as clickbait. This guy has no clue.