Adrian Fedkiw
A lot of Eagles content gets published each day, so here’s a recap of your Eagles news from this past week.
Remember when it took forever to get rookie deals done?
The Philadelphia Eagles already have all of their draft picks locked up, including Carson Wentz, who signed his four-year contract on Thursday. According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, the contract is worth $26.6 million and includes a $17.6 million signing bonus.
So in just two weeks the Eagles were able to get all of their rookie negotiations done.
There used to be a time when $40 million contracts were being handed out to players who hadn’t proven a thing. When the NFL and NFLPA renegotiated the CBA in 2011, rookies began hitting the field faster because they had no leverage. The ready-made deals don’t really need to be negotiated.
If this were 2010, Wentz might’ve not been on the field for rookie mini camp already. I remember when Jamarcus Russell, the top pick in the 2007 NFL Draft, held out until September. Look how he turned out. It used to be absurd!
It’s nice to see Wentz already out there.
On to the links:
We have all of your Wentz stuff from the week here. He signed his rookie deal Thursday, addressed the media and attended his first Eagles practice Friday and ex Buffalo Bills coach Marv Levy doesn’t think there’s anybody who can teach Wentz like Eagles offensive coordinator Frank Reich can. I also examined the “Art of the Deals” Sports Illustrated piece that Wentz was in.
Hopefully the Sam Bradford shenanigans will die down after he rescinded his trade demands on Monday. Ron Jaworski thinks Bradford should apologize, while Jeremiah Trotter doesn’t think Bradford owes anyone anything. Not only did Bradford not have any leverage, the Eagles were also asking for too much in return for Bradford. Bradford’s agent Tom Condon, however, thought that his client had a really good chance of going to a good football team.
The Eagles finally made some moves in the front office with the acquisitions of Joe Douglas and Andy Weidl. Douglas spent 15 years as a scout for the Baltimore Ravens before having a one-year stint as the director of scouting for the Chicago Bears. Weidl was most recently the East regional area scout for the Ravens.
We all know that Fletcher Cox wants to get paid, but he’s not going to get Ndamukong Suh-type of money. The seemingly never-ending saga of this situation.
Pro Football Focus went division by division and ranked the teams that had the best offseason and the Eagles were atop the NFC East. Are they right?