CalvinBall wrote:it took us basically ten years of shitty qbs to land on carson. please stop.

Uncle Milty wrote:

thephan wrote:When the line was really big against the Vikings I almost placed my first professional bet, but then I remembered that I do not like gambling on principle.

Only gamble with the interest.

Kapadia: We like to get ahead of ourselves, and I realize this is a silly hypothetical, given that they're about to play in the Super Bowl, but readers have asked about it so I wanted to get your take. Assuming Foles plays reasonably well, what do the Eagles do with him? Will there be a trade market? If you were running the team, what kind of offer would it take for you to consider dealing him?

Banner: I think it is an unlikely hypothetical. Partially, just his overall career path. And partially, the fact that for the first time in years, we actually have three or four veteran quarterbacks that are gonna be available that have a chance to be quality starters on teams that are probably more easily evaluated and more easily available. And you also have at least what appears to be, although we're far from knowing, a reasonably deep draft for quarterbacks. So the market for somebody that's had an up and down NFL career and a short stint of success here surrounded by very good players, I think it's really unlikely there'd be interest even if he plays well in the Super Bowl.

It would take a lot for me. You see the value of a number two quarterback. So probably anything that wasn't at least a two, I wouldn't even listen to. And even then, I'd be nervous about making a move. I mean, [Carson] Wentz is now developing a little bit of a history of getting hurt, not enough that you're overly worried. You're at least conscious of it. And you go from probably with virtually any other backup in the league, they were dead in the water six weeks ago to now having actually a real shot of winning a Super Bowl because they had a good backup ready to go that could thrive in this system and that Doug could figure out how to use effectively. I mean, what's that worth?

As good as the team is, and as likely with Wentz going forward as they are to continue doing well, you never know what the future's gonna be so you want to take advantage of every opportunity. I'd be shocked if there were serious interest, and if I were running the team, I'd be really reluctant to move him even if there was.

Kapadia: That's a great point about the quarterbacks that will be available this offseason.

Banner: I'm hopeful for the same reason that we just discussed. The Eagles should win both lines of scrimmage. Now, making up for that is that you have probably the greatest quarterback in the history of the game on the other side. So as I say, no absolute rules, but frequently, the team that wins both lines of scrimmage wins. The exception is when you're playing against as great a quarterback and as smart a coach as they will be. But I think the notion that the spread is the biggest in years, I understand that's really for betting purposes, but it really doesn't make any sense.

The Eagles should win this game or it should be really close. Just barring a really bad day from [Nick] Foles or a bunch of turnovers, I see them right in this game, and I actually think slightly more likely to win than not.

Bill McNeal wrote:from the Banner q&a on the athletic:

I mean, [Carson] Wentz is now developing a little bit of a history of getting hurt, not enough that you're overly worried.

Wolfgang622 wrote:Hmmm.

What this boils down to is the nature of that Wentz injury. If he had broken his ankle like McNabb or his collar bone like Rodgers - freak things from contact - me, that's football, and this conversation is a non-starter. But the knee just going on a non-contact injury - probably it's just a freak thing, but it is ever so slightly more troubling, at least to me. "Is this just a freak thing or a sign of things to come?" That more than anything else was my immediate bad reaction to it, once I knew it didn't come on the hit, much more so than "Oh noez! Foles!" I had some faith in Foles.

Bucky wrote:but you see his leg buckle in a way a leg shouldn't be able to

joe table wrote:Underreported story, Nick foles wandered around the frozen tundra all week with only a bible and six large peyote cacti. Came back from his vision quest to absolutely carve the pats and their rocket scientist coach. Triumph of faith over science rly

Warszawa wrote:Was Wentz really that good or are both QBs the result of great coaching