Carson Wentz reintroduced the Eagles into the concept of “supply and demand”.
They had a disgruntled defender with a big contract in a season in which his passerby rating dropped at an unprecedented rate by a player aged 1950. And despite trying to win a competitive market, only one only 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 – he could become a first-rounder depending on Wentz’s playing time – as Bears, Broncos and the Panthers were in their arms. Not exactly the return of anyone who would have expected Wentz to order if he had been changed after his MVP caliber season in 2017.
How did the Eagles feel about the commercial package they received for their former franchise defender?
“He’s not excited,” Tim McManus of ESPN said Friday during a “Get Up!” appearance, according to 247Sports. “They recognize the return on their investment [Wentz] it does not match. The reality is that they sold at a low level.
“Carson Wentz came out of one of the worst years of his career – one of the worst years of any NFL quarterback last year.”
Wentz’s 72.8 pass rating in 2020 was just ahead of Jets quarterback Sam Darnold’s 72.7 mark.
Wentz “is going to earn $ 47 million over the next two seasons and has a few questions about the coach’s ability to respond,” 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 made two separate transactions that cost two veteran players (Byron Maxwell and Kiko Alonso) and four additional draft picks, including a future prime -rounder. They signed him for a four-year extension, with 128 million dollars.
“It 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 are happy about that, but I recognize that it was a fair market value – all things considered.”