Here’s what an Eagles-Browns draft deal could look like. Do the Eagles and Browns have a deal in place? According to Alex Marvez at Fox Sports, they do. Here’s what it would look like according to the report:
The Eagles really, really want to trade up in the NFL Draft. Should they?
Everybody wants a quarterback.
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Eagles get:
2016 first-round pick, No. 2
Browns get:
2016 first-round pick, No. 8
2016 third-round pick, No. 77
2016 third-round pick, No. 79
2017 first-round pick
2017 third-round pick
That’s considerably less than what the Rams gave the Titans for the first overall pick this year. Philly’s front office feels like either Carson Wentz or Jared Goff can be their franchise quarterback, as opposed to Memphis’ Paxton Lynch who they might be able to grab if they stayed in the eighth spot.
Philadelphia doesn’t have a second-round pick this year because they sent it to the Rams last year for Sam Bradford, who they re-signed to a team-friendly, two-year deal this year. If they made this deal, they wouldn’t be picking again until the fourth round.
They also acquired Chase Daniel in free agency. Either one of those guys affords the Eagles the luxury of letting Goff/Wentz soak it all up on the bench for a year or two, which most experts believe they need to do.
So is it worth it? If that reported price is correct, it’s not a huge hit for the Eagles. Nevertheless, they are giving up quantity for the chance to draft a quarterback at the top of the draft. If the QB they end up drafting works out, then it will have definitely been worth it, because there’s only so much you can do in the NFL on a consistent basis without a viable franchise signal caller. We may not know whether or not the deal was worth it for a couple years.
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