Doll Is Mine wrote:The NFL is trotting out all these hot young QBs today and it irks me that the Eagles might not even end up with one of them.

Zach Berman ‏@ZBerm
What does Doug Pederson want in a QB? Command of huddle: "How can they come into Philly and convince Jason Peters of what they’re selling?"

Doll Is Mine wrote:

Zach Berman ‏@ZBerm
What does Doug Pederson want in a QB? Command of huddle: "How can they come into Philly and convince Jason Peters of what they’re selling?"

Well, that disqualifies Bradford.

@Jeff_McLane
#Eagles brass - Howie Roseman/Doug Pederson - met w/ Tom Condon (Sam Bradford's agent) yesterday at the combine. Negotiations are ongoing.

jamiethekiller wrote:Don't understand this Bradford hate. He was a legit QB for the second half of the year. What am I missing?

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A classic example of what happens when one team falls in love with the wrong quarterback popped up in Philadelphia last year, when Chip Kelly decided that Sam Bradford was his quarterback of the future and dealt Nick Foles and meaningful draft assets (amounting to roughly the 36th overall pick, per Chase Stuart's draft value chart) to acquire the former first overall pick from St. Louis.

Bradford failed to develop in Philadelphia, posting the league's third-worst Total QBR (41.8) while continuing to struggle throwing downfield. Bradford is the inverse of Cousins, a player whose only statistical strength is his propensity for avoiding interceptions, and even that's driven by how short his typical pass travels in the air. Over his career, Bradford's typical throw has gone 7.4 yards in the air; the only regular quarterback who has thrown shorter passes over that timespan is Alex Smith.

And yet, teams who are desperate for a quarterback would kill for the chance to acquire Bradford at the expense of cycling through the Hoyers of the world. Bradford's ceiling as a quarterback, given his accuracy and arm strength, is far higher than it would be for Hoyer. There have been stretches where Bradford looked as though he could be the man -- he carried a pretty middling Rams offense as a rookie, played well during an abbreviated seven-game stretch in 2013 before his first ACL tear, and was a league-average quarterback during the last month of the 2015 campaign.

It would be tough for the Eagles to franchise Bradford, given their short-term cap situation after Kelly's spending spree, but Bradford is going to get significant money from somebody, likely in excess of $10 million for 2016 alone. That sounds like a lot, but even a $10 million figure would see Bradford fall somewhere around 24th or so in terms of cap hit among quarterbacks, once the others on the market sign. That's the going rate for a below-average starting passer, and Bradford is still perceived as having enough upside to justify a larger figure.

Chase Daniel is a virtual unknown, given that he has thrown just 77 career passes over his seven years in the league, but it seems like a foregone conclusion that he'll end up with the inside track to the starting job in Philadelphia, where Daniel's former offensive coordinator, Doug Pederson, is the new head coach.

At the NFL combine on Wednesday, Pederson said he believes Daniel is ready to become a starter.

“I think Chase, given an opportunity, yes I think he can be," Pederson said. “Obviously the people who worked with him for the last three years know that he has an opportunity there and hopefully he gets his chance.

“What he’s done with Alex (Smith) behind the scenes, the way he’s kind of coached Alex behind the scenes, the way he prepares during the week, the way he studies, the way he puts himself in the starter’s mentality on Sunday. In the couple games he did start there in Kansas City to me he has proven he can take over a team."

It’s an interesting comment from Pederson. The Eagles could be looking for a quarterback, depending on whether they re-sign starter Sam Bradford. Pederson, of course, wouldn’t reveal how the Eagles will proceed if they don’t retain Bradford

“We do have a plan in place," he said. “I won’t go into who we’re looking at."

“He’s a solid backup," Pederson said. “He kind of reminds me of me when I was a backup in Green Bay. He’s a guy that really helped Alex on and off the football field. He’s a leader in his own way. He’s talented and hopefully he gets the opportunity."

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jamiethekiller wrote:Don't understand this Bradford hate. He was a legit QB for the second half of the year. What am I missing?