“The Eagles took North Dakota State quarterback Carson Wentz with the second pick in this year”s draft, signaling an eventual move away from Bradford as the team”s starting quarterback.
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The Eagles were expected to sit Wentz a year, while Rams quarterback Jared Goff and Broncos quarterback Paxton Lynch would have a legitimate chances of earning the starting role with their respective teams. “That’s what I’ve seen since we’ve been here”.
The Vikings, apparently not enthralled with the prospect of Shaun Hill, 36, taking over, dealt a first-round pick in 2017 and a conditional fourth-round selection in 2018 for Bradford, 28. After a trade with Denver couldn’t be worked out, Bradford returned as the starter and played well in the preseason in new coach Doug Pederson’s offense.
Bradford is 25-37-1 as an National Football League starter with 78 touchdowns and 52 interceptions. “A big part of this is mental”, Roseman said.
Roseman also said that conversations with the team’s medical staff left him “very confident” about Wentz’s physical condition, which may mean he’ll be on the field against the Browns next Sunday. Those were the tenor of our conversations with the Vikings, was that for our organization to do something like that when we have a plan and we have a blueprint, it has to be something that could really affect us going forward for a long period of time. “But at the same time, we rely on the people who are around him all the time”.
It was a tough Tuesday in Minnesota as the devastating injury news regarding quarterback Teddy Bridgewater spread like wildfire throughout Viking’s country.
As for the Vikings, dealing for Bradford gives them a legitimate stopgap who can help avoid a significant backslide while Bridgewater is on the shelf, especially considering the other homework they did was on the asking prices for Nick Foles and Baltimore Ravens backups, per Rapoport. They’ve been around some great ones.
Many thought the Browns might select Teddy Bridgewater in the 2014 NFL Draft, but they chose to take Johnny Manziel. Now, the Birds will get to participate in the fun. The franchise paid a premium draft picks for Bradford, which has led to some early criticism of the trade deal.
Interestingly, the Eagles and Vikings are scheduled to play each other on October 23 at Lincoln Financial Field. Only 7 million will count against the cap for the Vikes with the Bradford additional as they made the trade after 9/1 when bonuses were due to Bradford. “It’s different than in the offseason and say you are making a trade in the free agency period or at the draft where you have time to get through all this stuff, you have time to negotiate”.
Bradford’s departure doesn’t automatically mean backup Chase Daniel will start the season as Philadelphia’s No. 1 quarterback.
That plan could be out the window.
And despite the fact he hasn’t seen game action since August 11 and missed a ton of physical reps in the process; now, the Eagles seem ready to hand the keys to Wentz immediately, even for Week 1 against Cleveland, if the North Dakota State product is deemed fully healthy.
“I think it goes back to when you look at the DGB trade”, Roseman said.
Wentz is still recovering from cracked ribs he suffered in the first preseason game in August.
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Frightening fact for Eagles fans: The other attempted all of 24 passes before breaking his rib in the preseason of his rookie year. All offseason, we read that Bradford was superior in practice to Wentz and Daniel.
