Where Does Nick Foles Play in 2019?

[93henfan]

Vegas odds, today:

Nick Foles team in Week 1 of 2019 regular season
Miami Dolphins +200
Washington Redskins +250
Jacksonville Jaguars +350
Denver Broncos +400
Philadelphia Eagles +600
New York Giants +1000
Oakland Raiders +1500
Carolina Panthers +2000
Tampa Bay Buccaneers +2000

[93henfan]

My money is on Jacksonville.

[css75]

My money is on Jacksonville.

There or Miami.


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[93henfan]

My money is on Jacksonville.

There or Miami.


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Hopefully Flaggy doesn't see this. If he goes to DC, I'm going to vomit.

[Ivytalk]

Eagles.

[AZGrizFan]

Eagles. As brittle as Wentz is, they can’t afford to let Foles go...

[UNI88]

Sirens ...

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[Ivytalk]

Eagles. As brittle as Wentz is, they can’t afford to let Foles go...

Zactly. And Foles isn’t exactly Lou Gehrig or Cal Ripken (or even Brett Favre) durability-wise out there, so they might want to give Sudfeld a few more reps next season.

[93henfan]

Eagles. As brittle as Wentz is, they can’t afford to let Foles go...

Zactly. And Foles isn’t exactly Lou Gehrig or Cal Ripken (or even Brett Favre) durability-wise out there, so they might want to give Sudfeld a few more reps next season.

The salary cap is ~$180M, with a small bump to maybe $190M next season. The Eagles aren't going to pay $20M (Foles' option) for a backup. I wish there was a way to keep Foles, but he deserves a starter salary next year, and it just makes no sense to pay a backup QB on a 53-man roster 11% of your salary cap.

The only two ways to keep Foles would be to trade Wentz or basically to hamper your roster for 2019 by keeping both - neither attractive. Foles' salary can get you three or four impact free-agents elsewhere on the roster, so if you keep him, you're basically throwing away 2019 for a test of Wentz's health and audition for your QB going forward in 2020, when Wentz is due a new deal. Plus, having Foles on the bench is instant QB controversy in Philly every time Wentz throws an incompletion.

Listening to WIP a lot with my shut down time, the various trade scenarios hatched by callers is pretty funny to listen to. Some of the wilder ones: Wentz to NYG for Barkley and a first round pick. That could haunt us for a decade and more.

[AZGrizFan]

They just paid him $1 he didn’t “officially” earn....think they would do that and then not resign him?

[93henfan]

They just paid him $1 he didn’t “officially” earn....think they would do that and then not resign him?

I believe you meant to type $1M. He was four plays short of a contract clause that triggered a $1M payment and he missed it when he re-hurt his ribs against the Redskins in Week 17. They went ahead and paid him anyway, and that was the right thing to do. It was a paying it backward, not forward, for bringing Philadelphia its first Super Bowl. It has no bearing on 2019.

Now, Foles absolutely loves Philadelphia, but I don't think he loves enough to burn $8M, because the only way I see him staying is if he renegotiated his option from $20M down to about $12M. That would keep the Eagles' combined QB payroll at $21M (Wentz $8.5M and Sudfeld $630K).

[AZGrizFan]

They just paid him $1 he didn’t “officially” earn....think they would do that and then not resign him?

I believe you meant to type $1M. He was four plays short of a contract clause that triggered a $1M payment and he missed it when he re-hurt his ribs against the Redskins in Week 17. They went ahead and paid him anyway, and that was the right thing to do. It was a paying it backward, not forward, for bringing Philadelphia its first Super Bowl. It has no bearing on 2019.

Now, Foles absolutely loves Philadelphia, but I don't think he loves enough to burn $8M, because the only way I see him staying is if he renegotiated his option from $20M down to about $12M. That would keep the Eagles' combined QB payroll at $21M (Wentz $8.5M and Sudfeld $630K).

I’m betting he renegotiates....

[Chizzang]

Um...
Foles has $20 million, $29 million and $29.6 million base salaries in 2019, 2020 and 2021...
The Eagle will use the "Transition Tag" on Foles

Write that down...
and they're without question working on that right now
(See: Howie)

[93henfan]

Um...
Foles has $20 million, $29 million and $29.6 million base salaries in 2019, 2020 and 2021...
The Eagle will use the "Transition Tag" on Foles

Write that down...
and they're without question working on that right now
(See: Howie)

So you think Foles won't get a $20M offer elsewhere? I'm guessing he will, so that doesn't change anything I said previously for the Eagles -- same cap quandary. The Skins can't afford it because of the dead hits from Alex Smith, but Jax and Miami can.

[SuperHornet]

I don't think it will happen, but I'd love to see Pastor Nick starting in Dallas next season....

[93henfan]

I don't think it will happen, but I'd love to see Pastor Nick starting in Dallas next season....

Nigga please.