In exchange for the second-overall pick, the Eagles will send the Browns the eighth pick, their third round pick, and a fourth round pick this year, as well as a 2017 first-round pick and and 2018 second-round pick. “But it’s a great opportunity for someone who not only has the coaching that we have here and the support they have here, but the benefit of time”.
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Last year the Browns selected DT Danny Shelton and C Cameron Erving in the first round, much like the year before, they highly underperformed. The Eagles had already signed promising backup Chase Daniel this offseason as well, and if Bradford is gone the team might end up opening training camp for a competition between the two for the starting job.
It is also worth noting that even if Bradford strikes a new deal with his new team, and takes a paycut to get out of Philadelphia, that new contract would have no impact on the cap ramifications for the Eagles. The Los Angeles Rams are expected to select either of the two with the No. 1 overall selection. Though he didn’t comment on the team’s trade, Bradford had spoken the day before about the possibility that the Eagles look for another quarterback in the draft. We Have now also seen the 2nd overall pick of the draft dealt.
The report added that the No. 8 pick and 100th pick were acquired by the Eagles in trade deals with the Miami Dolphins and Tennessee Titans respectively.
Howie Roseman, the Eagles’ vice president of personnel, said Philadelphia would take one of the quarterbacks, but didn’t let on which the team preferred, comparing it to a choice between pepperoni and sausage pizza. And for the first time in a while – you’d have to reach all the way to Donovan McNabb back in 1999 – the Eagles found themselves in a position to get a game-changer.
Cleveland may still be able to get a quarterback – possibly Memphis’ Paxton Lynch – in the draft, but it won’t be one of the top two guys.
So the Browns chose quantity over the possibility of finally finding their franchise quarterback, trading the No. 2 pick to the Philadelphia Eagles.
This draft class is not rich in offensive skill position players, which would logically move defenders and offensive linemen to the top of the class. Bradford, on the other hand, is a starting National Football League quarterback and wants a sense of job security. And now that they’re not picking second, it appears Griffin has the inside track to start this season.
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If the team were to trade him after 6/1/16, say during training camp to a team that suddenly needs an average quarterback, the dead cap splits as $5.5 million in 2016 and $5.5 million in 2017.
