Meh. It’s a lateral move, both at best and at worst. And they can still make a move to get Mariota in the draft, though they are quickly running out of pieces to trade.
I don’t believe Kelly is nearly as arrogant and naive about the NFL as say, Spurrier was, but there have certainly been more than a few head-scratching, talent-depleting moves made. It will be interesting to watch, at least.
I must be the only one here who still has faith in Bradford because I think it’s an upgrade from Foles. Foles had a few really good games, the plummeted and got hurt. Sam has had pretty consistently medicore-to-decent games…and got hurt. Obviously it’s a wait and see game, but I would give the edge to Philly in this deal…so far.
That being said, the pervasive thought is completely true: Kelly is a mad genius, or just mad. What do we think it’ll take for him to keep his job after this season? I was saying to a Philly fan friend last night that I think he has to win a playoff game because just going isn’t going to cut it
I really don’t see it. Bradford is making way more money and he’s older, for starters. And Foles had more than one or two good games; 27/2 is not a fluke.
When you factor in that Philly is giving a two and a four and getting a five … that’s an immense value discrepancy.
Absolutely not.
Kelly just won a power struggle, and has just started to build the team he wanted all along. Lurie stuck by Ray Rhodes and Andy Reid long after people were howling for firings; he’s not going to give Kelly less than a really full shot. Unless they completely implode, Kelly will be back in 2016.
I thought the deal was Bradford + 2 for Foles. Which sounded in the realm of reason. But it’s Foles + 2 for Bradford? Who would even pay a 2 alone for Bradford at this point?
Chip Kelly is really smart when it comes to football. His schemes maximize the player talent he has, which was important at Oregon when his player talent was a cut below the major programs, and it’s important in the NFL with the salary cap.
The Eagles just recently put Kelly in charge of player personnel, so he’s not getting canned if the team isn’t very good this season. But he needs to find a QB.
For those not aware, Sam Bradford has been paid about $1 million for each touchdown pass he’s thrown in his NFL career, and about $56,000 for each completed pass.
Free agent OLB Jason Worilds retires out of the blue. He just turned 27, has no serious injury history, and was probably going to get a pretty decent contract as a pass rusher in a year when there weren’t too many available. I know Pittsburgh wanted him back, although they were going to let him try the market first. Surprising decision there.
The QB trade-o-rama continues. The Texans, after signing Hoyer, have traded their QB extras. Ryan Fitzpatrick goes to the Jets for a 7th rounder (possible 6th) and Case Keenun goes to the Rams (who just traded Bradford). So they dump guys they were likely going to dump anyway, and pick up a few late round picks. While the teams that acquire them get another QB body.
I like Fitzpatrick. He doesn’t protect the ball enough and isn’t mobile, but he’s cheap and average. You’re not going to win many games because of him, and you may lose a few if he goes off the rails, but he’s an average NFL QB.
A list of players who had a worse Pro Football Focus rating than Ryan Fitzpatrick last year:
Russell Wilson. Joe Flacco. Andy Dalton. Eli Manning. Nick Foles. Matthew Stafford. Colin Kaepernick. Jay Cutler.
Those QB’s are making a ton of money off their teams, without being all that much better than an average QB who you can get for the 7th rounder. I think that’s amusing.
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Good News: One of the biggest douchebags and one of my most hated players in the NFL is retiring! Say goodbye to Courtland Finnegan!!! And, since he’s always a class act, his Instagram announcement includes calling Andre Johnson (who landed a couple of nice punches) a bitch. Class act to the very end. Good riddance. Here’s to many years drooling on yourself, having trouble walking, and being a bastard to the full time care people who will have to watch you.
Um, excuse me, that’s not his name.
He is The Happily Married Ryan Fitzpatrick due to his wearing his wedding band on the field.
I hear there is a QB from Oregon who will enter the draft…
Has the Packers deal with Bualaga actually been officialized yet?
I know that deals like this generally have a “it’s gonna happen!” moment and then a “it’s done!” moment. I have yet to hear the “it’s done” comment…
Not yet, apparently, as the Packers.com website has not posted an official news release about it as of 1:50 Central Time (news releases are only posted there when all the i’s and t’s have been dotted and crossed in the contract process). There was a 1+ day gap between when the Cobb news came out and the news release about it was published, so not anything unusual about Bulaga’s deal.
Andre Johnson is a colt at 3 years 21 million
Just wanna say I called it here first!
Eagles apparently sign Ryan Matthews. Chip Kelly must have decided that the key to his system is having guys with injured knees running it.
Living in the Seattle area I wasn’t sure about this: trading a very good center for a TE (admittedly one of the best in the game right now). From what I’ve heard the Seahawks feel that Max Unger, as good as he is, is somewhat injury-prone which made him expendable. What I wanna know is: what convinced the Saints to get rid of their All-Pro tight end?
And I stand corrected - good call! I don’t think it’s a particularly wise signing for Indy, but that’s why they play the games.
Same thing that led the Ravens to give away Haloti Ngata for a couple of mid-round draft picks: too much salary and not enough cap space. The Saints pretty much bet the farm on the team they put together last year, and they drastically underperformed. The options they’re facing now are (a) keep that underperforming team together for one more year and before a wholesale housecleaning a year from now, or (b) start dumping salary now to ease future cap woes and make it easier to start rebuilding next season. Remember that Graham signed an extension just last year, and his cap numbers are huge moving forward. They could get something for him now or cut him a year from now. If they’re not going to be a top team this year, that extra first round pick will come in handy in the rebuilding phase (especially at the rookie wage scale).
And Bulaga’s deal is now officially official. Now we Packers fans wait and see what Tramon Williams is going to do and who Ted Thompson will pick off the discount FA pile next week.
From what I’ve gathered Jimmy Graham may be considered one of the top TEs in the league but one thing he is NOT is a particularly good blocker. As far as I’m concerned the Seahawks’ #1, #2, and #3 priorities in the upcoming N.F.L. draft should be offensive linemen.