Bradford replaces Teddy Bridgewater, who went down for the season after sustaining a gruesome knee injury this week. And Cleveland, the team that owns the Eagles’ original 2017 first-round pick, has to like the idea of Philadelphia starting a career backup and rookie for 16 games in 2016.
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The enormity of the move wasn’t lost on Eagles de facto general manager Howie Roseman. “You want to have relationships where you can go back and make trades that are good for both teams”. Carson Wentz, who was initially selected with the No. 2 overall pick, missed the last three exhibition contests after breaking his ribs.
Two years ago, Hill started the opener for the Rams after Bradford tore his ACL on August 23 against Cleveland. He left town on Friday afternoon to tend to the death of his father Gordon, who passed away later Friday night. The Eagles paid $11 million of Bradford’s salary as part of the deal, which means Minnesota will only be on the hook for $7 million in 2016, according to NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport.
The Vikings will trust Bradford instead of veteran Shaun Hill as soon as Bradford have assimilated, another time, a new offensive strategy. He was the offensive coordinator in St. Louis when Bradford was drafted and past year here in Philly. In a Chip Kelly-driven offense that did not fit Bradford well, that production stands out. Instead of seeing Bradford, they are likely to face Chase Daniel, signed to a three year, $21 million deal in March.
With Bradford now in Minnesota, who will be the Eagles’ starting quarterback Week 1 against the Cleveland Browns?
On the other side, the short-term effect for the Minnesota Vikings is that if Sam Bradford can stay healthy, he is a proven quarterback. Shurmur was the Eagles’ offensive coordinator in lat season and the QB’s OC his rookie season with the Rams. He had an injury-riddled career that prevented him from living up to his pre-draft hype and is 25-37-1 as an National Football League starter.
By exchanging Bradford, they will initiate development of Bradford earlier than planned. At the same time, we’re trying to build something great and we have an opportunity with this to get back into the first round of the 2017 draft.
While others seem pessimistic about the trade, Spielman is confident. But they have regained that momentum with a quarterback with more arm talent. “We talked about the scenario and how hard it would be for use to trade our starting quarterback a week before the season and put us in this situation”.
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