Carson Wentz reintroduced the Eagles into the concept of “supply and demand.”
They had a disgruntled quarterback with a great contract that came out of a season in which their passer rating fell at an unprecedented rate by a player at full level since 1950. And despite trying to push a competitive market, it seems, only one team made an offer.
So on Thursday, Wentz was traded to the Colts for a third-round pick in 2021 and a conditional second-round pick in 2022 (it could become a first-round pick based on Wentz’s playing time), as the Bears, the bronchi and panthers were sitting with their arms folded. . It’s not exactly the return someone would have expected Wentz to command if he was traded after his MVP caliber season in 2017.
How did the Eagles feel about the commercial package received for their former franchise quarterback?
“I’m not excited,” ESPN’s Tim McManus said Friday during a “Get Up!” appearance, according to 247Sports. “They recognize the return obtained compared to what they invested [Wentz] does not match. The reality is that they were coming to a low point.
“Carson Wentz was coming off one of the worst years of his career, one of the worst years of any quarterback in the NFL last year.”
Wentz’s 72.8 passer rating in 2020 only surpassed Jets quarterback Sam Darnold’s 72.7 mark.
Wentz “will earn $ 47 million over the next two seasons and has some questions about the coach’s ability to answer,” McManus said. “It simply came to our notice then. The market was quite warm.
To move from No. 13 to No. 2 and select Wentz in the 2016 NFL Draft, the Eagles did two separate trades that cost two veteran players (Byron Maxwell and Kiko Alonso) and four additional draft picks, including a future first round . It was signed for a four-year, $ 128 million extension.
“There was a very hot team after him because of Frank Reich’s connection to Wentz, and that was the Colts,” McManus said. “So I don’t think the Eagles woke up happy with that, but they recognize that it was a fair market value, all things considered.”