Nabbs4u Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Can't believe you actually think Mariota and Trubisky would or could be better options? The hate is strong with this one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltman Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 27 minutes ago, Folesadelphia said: I think the Eagles should target Marcus Mariota in free agency. Sign him for a short term deal. I think that's a way that the team can hedge their bet on Hurts. My reasoning is that Mariota has the ability to run an offense similar to the one we ran with Hurts and would facilitate the competition/evaluation process. Let him and Hurts battle compete for the starting job next year. Mariota would be my number one choice for that scenario. Trubisky could possibly provide the something similar but at his age, I think some team may price him out of the range the Eagles would want to pay in that situation. Also, I wouldn't be looking at Mariota as a possible long term option which people may potentially see Trubisky as. With Hurts and Minshew on rookie contracts, they could afford it but I think Minshew would likely be traded sometime in the off-season in that scenario (I'm assuming Minshew would want to go to team where he had a better shot at starting and the Eagles would oblige). I'd be a lot more confident in getting adequate QB play next year in this scenario. We talked about it before, but he’s been one of the few compelling options to be on the open market this offseason. However things are murkier now. I don’t know if they’d want to take such a middling step. Like draft/trade for what you think is a definitive upgrade, if not roll with Jalen, Minshew and maybe draft a raw guy late to develop. Mariota isn’t going to offer you much more than Jalen can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folesadelphia Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 53 minutes ago, Kiltman said: We talked about it before, but he’s been one of the few compelling options to be on the open market this offseason. However things are murkier now. I don’t know if they’d want to take such a middling step. Like draft/trade for what you think is a definitive upgrade, if not roll with Jalen, Minshew and maybe draft a raw guy late to develop. Mariota isn’t going to offer you much more than Jalen can. I wouldn't expect him to be be better than Hurts or at least not significantly better. I think he would be a good fit as competition for Hurts. However, I'd be rooting for Hurts to win the competition outright. Maybe, like I said about Trubisky, Mariota would be too expensive to consider for this type of situation but the goal would be to add competition and then be the backup to Hurts. Hurts and Mariota have similar traits and I think he would fit better as a backup than Minshew. I think it's better for the offense if the backup can run the offense in a similar manner as the starter. I think Minshew may want to go somewhere else to compete anyway this off-season. 1 hour ago, Nabbs4u said: Can't believe you actually think Mariota and Trubisky would or could be better options? The hate is strong with this one! I never said Mariota and Trubisky "would" be better options. To say they "couldn't" be better than Hurts is ridiculous. As I said, Trubisky likely is not an option because he is still young. His youth likely precludes him from signing another short-term, team-friendly contract with the Eagles as he did with the Bills. I am suggesting that the Eagles could hedge their bet on Hurts but they'd still be betting on Hurts. I also don't hate Hurts, I can root for him to succeed while also being realistic about what I am witnessing. It's fine to be critical of him (or any player for that matter) when he plays poorly. He did not play well this game and absolutely left points on the board. He needs to work on processing the field faster and throwing with better anticipation to name a couple of weaknesses. If you can't see how much work he needs as a passer then I don't know what to tell you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagles23 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Running QBs don't win Superbowls. Makes little sense to run it back for Hurts. If we can get Russ for 2 1sts, make it happen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Genuinely wonder what's the most rushing yards in a season that a QB who won the Super Bowl has had? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT14 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 38 minutes ago, Danger said: Genuinely wonder what's the most rushing yards in a season that a QB who won the Super Bowl has had? I'm going to look it up, but off the top of my head, my guess would be Steve Young or someone from before the early 70s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabbs4u Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 (edited) 11 minutes ago, MikeT14 said: I'm going to look it up, but off the top of my head, my guess would be Steve Young or someone from before the early 70s. It's probably Wilson (539) when he was a running QB and had LOB to win a SB. He had (849) the next season Edited January 17, 2022 by Nabbs4u Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT14 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Just now, MikeT14 said: I'm going to look it up, but off the top of my head, my guess would be Steve Young or someone from before the early 70s. 1 minute ago, Nabbs4u said: It's probably Wilson. Might end up being Josh Allen this year. Young: 294 (which was a low for him up to that point) Rodgers: 356 Wilson: 539 Nice job. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltman Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 This offseason is going to be annoying too. This would legitimately depress the hell out of me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabbs4u Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 I'd be furious if we did that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EaglesPeteC Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 If the same exact season was just played by Justin Fields or Trey Lance, you’d all be nutting your pants right now. Bet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Hurts can be the answer for next year, but all in all, from what I saw this year I don't think he's viable as a long term answer, unless you like being limited to mediocrity as a team. His ceiling will never be that which can make this team into a contender. He's probably the best guy for the job next season so let him have it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oland11 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 8 hours ago, Kiltman said: This offseason is going to be annoying too. This would legitimately depress the hell out of me. LOL this trade idea is so bad for us. Russ isn't worth 3 1st and a 2nd. I'd give them at most, Hurts, 1 1st and a 2nd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeezla Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 (edited) Hurts + Dillard + Pick 19 is all I'd give. And obviously throw in Reagor + Barnett. Edited January 18, 2022 by Jeezla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oland11 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 2 minutes ago, Jeezla said: Hurts + Dillard + Pick 19 is all I'd give. And obviously throw in Reagor + Barnett. Isn't DB's contract up now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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