Ask and you will receive, apparently. Yesterday, I profiled the Philadelphia Eagles as an emerging trade candidate in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft for the Miami Dolphins. But if and only if the Eagles agreed to a deal to send veteran quarterback Carson Wentz.
Not less than a few hours later, the deed was done. Wentz will be an Indianapolis Colt in 2021, and the Philadelphia Eagles are now looking at another defensive decision this season, despite Jalen Hurts’ selection in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft. The Miami Dolphins can also be absolutely helpful in the Philadelphia effort. to secure a top defender.
But it will not come as easily as I proposed yesterday.
Because as we pointed out in exploring the dynamics of a possible Eagles & Dolphins transaction to overturn options no. 3 and 6 in the NFL Draft in April, the obvious parallel to the drawing was the Colts and Jets trade in 2018 for Sam Darnold. The deal prompted the Jets to send two options from the second round of the same year and another from the following year to Indianapolis to return the election. But the Philadelphia Eagles, based on Wentz’s exchange terms with the Colts, do not have two picks in the second round this year. Because the Colts refused to send a second-round pick to Philadelphia in 2021 for Wentz.
The Eagles have acquired the 85th general election in 2021 and a conditional election in round 2 in 2022, which may become a round 1 election, depending on Wentz’s performance in Indianapolis – which throws some cold water at our proposal. yesterday’s initial:
“After the Eagles moved Wentz, the team could theoretically send the next pack to climb three places:
Nr. 6 in general
Nr. 37 in general
Nr. 52 in general or No. 54 in general (assuming trade with Chicago or Indianapolis for Wentz)
A choice in round 2 of 2022This may seem like a high price to pay, but remember that the Jets did exactly the same trade with the Colts in 2018. The deal sent election no. 37 and 49 of the 2018 NFL draft and a choice from the second round of 2019 (no. 34 in general). ” – Dolphins wire
The best thing the Eagles could do now based on this line of thinking is to send a selection from round 2 in 2021 and two in 2022; and even then he may not have two picks in the second round if Wentz qualifies to graduate Colts in the first round.
This is getting complicated now, as the Eagles cannot guarantee that they have the options to replicate the trade with Darnold. And Miami should rightly want a better payout for 2021 to get out of No. 3 overall than add a single second round. So this possibility is not dead; not from a long shot. But the Eagles’ desperation to get a top 3 defender will define whether Miami can make that deal or not; because the Dolphins will not offer Philadelphia a discount just because they got a poor immediate return for Wentz.