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  • Report: Nick Foles Turned Down Browns Starting QB Job To Remain Eagles Back-Up

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    Good idea. Flash in the pan in a perfect storm season.

    WSS

  • No guys no glory...........................................................oh wait...............................................he already found glory.........................................never mind.🙄

  • Cush job on a Super Bowl winning team in a city that adores him. I get why he opted to stay in Philly.

  • It's hard to blame the guy on one hand, and on another it could be a poor professional decision.  On the surface, deciding against going to a 1-31 team, and perpetual laughing stock, seems like a great idea.  However, as you look beneath the surface, you see a team that actually has some young talent, offensive playmakers, and an Offensive Coordinator who has a stellar history of assisting QB's get big numbers.  On the other hand, can you REALLY blame a guy for holding a clipboard and making $20 MILLION for one season?  

    Whatever, I'm very happy with Tyrod.  I like that he's way more mobile, and he's the kind of guy our players can look up to (not saying Foles isn't btw).  Tyrod is known to be the hardest worker on the team, and that will rub off very well on our young dudes, especially Baker.  

  • The best thing that could happen to Foles would be to never play another snap until he's a free agent. 

    His price tag would be through the roof being that the last film on him would be winning the super bowl. 

    Problem for him though, if I remember correctly..... is that his contract is very Eagles friendly. They have him on the cheap for like 4 years locked up. 

    So with that said.... i'm not sure I'd pass on a starting position elsewhere..... but Wentz could be out for extended period this year too.

  • I doubt seriously that he had that much of a say in it.  If the Eagles had wanted to trade him for the #35...they would have done so over his objection.  If in fact that offer of a trade was made....and I would wager that it never was made, and if the Eagles rejected it, it was because they felt they needed Foles more than they needed that pick.  Turns out they were right.  

    But I still think the report is bogus on several levels.

  • Cush job on a Super Bowl winning team in a city that adores him. I get why he opted to stay in Philly.

    @logicisforsquares said:

    Cush job on a Super Bowl winning team in a city that adores him. I get why he opted to stay in Philly.

    No Doubt. Got lucky and now he can rest on his Laurels with no need to prove it. Go to another team that's not super bowl-caliber and the armor will look like tin foil.

    WSS

  • It's hard to blame the guy on one hand, and on another it could be a poor professional decision.  On the surface, deciding against going to a 1-31 team, and perpetual laughing stock, seems like a great idea.  However, as you look beneath the surface, you see a team that actually has some young talent, offensive playmakers, and an Offensive Coordinator who has a stellar history of assisting QB's get big numbers.  On the other hand, can you REALLY blame a guy for holding a clipboard and making $20 MILLION for one season?  

    Whatever, I'm very happy with Tyrod.  I like that he's way more mobile, and he's the kind of guy our players can look up to (not saying Foles isn't btw).  Tyrod is known to be the hardest worker on the team, and that will rub off very well on our young dudes, especially Baker.  

    @jiggins7919 said:

    It's hard to blame the guy on one hand, and on another it could be a poor professional decision.  On the surface, deciding against going to a 1-31 team, and perpetual laughing stock, seems like a great idea.  However, as you look beneath the surface, you see a team that actually has some young talent, offensive playmakers, and an Offensive Coordinator who has a stellar history of assisting QB's get big numbers.  On the other hand, can you REALLY blame a guy for holding a clipboard and making $20 MILLION for one season?    😉

    Whatever, I'm very happy with Tyrod.  I like that he's way more mobile, and he's the kind of guy our players can look up to (not saying Foles isn't btw).  Tyrod is known to be the hardest worker on the team, and that will rub off very well on our young dudes, especially Baker.  

    A combination of how undesirable a quarterback job in Cleveland had become -plus- when a person's basic monatary and other basic needs are met.....in his case for decades.... you can do whatever you want.

    The best the BROWNS could do in the FA market was Tyrod Taylor, speaks volumes for the 1999-2017 era.

  • Both Foles and Taylor got to the pro bowl once.  Taylor is a top-15 QB starter in the league.. Buffalo is welcome to make their own decisions.

    If this had happened, Foles would be the first player I can remember traded away from one team.. twice.. for assets and not cut.

  • I doubt seriously that he had that much of a say in it.  If the Eagles had wanted to trade him for the #35...they would have done so over his objection.  If in fact that offer of a trade was made....and I would wager that it never was made, and if the Eagles rejected it, it was because they felt they needed Foles more than they needed that pick.  Turns out they were right.  

    But I still think the report is bogus on several levels.

    @the-gipper said:

    I doubt seriously that he had that much of a say in it.  If the Eagles had wanted to trade him for the #35...they would have done so over his objection.  If in fact that offer of a trade was made....and I would wager that it never was made, and if the Eagles rejected it, it was because they felt they needed Foles more than they needed that pick.  Turns out they were right.  

    But I still think the report is bogus on several levels.

    Exactly, come on guys. What I believe to be true is that they in a good organizational fashion told Foles something like "hey just to let you know we are listening to offers for you, one from the Browns and other teams". Point is the organization would have traded him if they saw the value, which frankly for #35 I wouldn't have budged either. ACL injuries are far better recovery now, but that's still a wild card injury. You got a dude who just won you a Super Bowl on a team that could easily be in the hunt to repeat under your control and could easily be vitally important. I'm not even sure the #1 overall pick would have been worth trading for him, to be honest.

  • @the-gipper said:

    I doubt seriously that he had that much of a say in it.  If the Eagles had wanted to trade him for the #35...they would have done so over his objection.  If in fact that offer of a trade was made....and I would wager that it never was made, and if the Eagles rejected it, it was because they felt they needed Foles more than they needed that pick.  Turns out they were right.  

    But I still think the report is bogus on several levels.

    Exactly, come on guys. What I believe to be true is that they in a good organizational fashion told Foles something like "hey just to let you know we are listening to offers for you, one from the Browns and other teams". Point is the organization would have traded him if they saw the value, which frankly for #35 I wouldn't have budged either. ACL injuries are far better recovery now, but that's still a wild card injury. You got a dude who just won you a Super Bowl on a team that could easily be in the hunt to repeat under your control and could easily be vitally important. I'm not even sure the #1 overall pick would have been worth trading for him, to be honest.

    @jrb12711 said:

    Exactly, come on guys. What I believe to be true is that they in a good organizational fashion told Foles something like "hey just to let you know we are listening to offers for you, one from the Browns and other teams". Point is the organization would have traded him if they saw the value, which frankly for #35 I wouldn't have budged either. ACL injuries are far better recovery now, but that's still a wild card injury. You got a dude who just won you a Super Bowl on a team that could easily be in the hunt to repeat under your control and could easily be vitally important. I'm not even sure the #1 overall pick would have been worth trading for him, to be honest.

    Totally agree. I’m much happier with Tyrod and a rookie (even though I wouldn’t have picked who we picked) than I would have been with Foles. 

  • @jiggins7919 said:

    It's hard to blame the guy on one hand, and on another it could be a poor professional decision.  On the surface, deciding against going to a 1-31 team, and perpetual laughing stock, seems like a great idea.  However, as you look beneath the surface, you see a team that actually has some young talent, offensive playmakers, and an Offensive Coordinator who has a stellar history of assisting QB's get big numbers.  On the other hand, can you REALLY blame a guy for holding a clipboard and making $20 MILLION for one season?    😉

    Whatever, I'm very happy with Tyrod.  I like that he's way more mobile, and he's the kind of guy our players can look up to (not saying Foles isn't btw).  Tyrod is known to be the hardest worker on the team, and that will rub off very well on our young dudes, especially Baker.  

    A combination of how undesirable a quarterback job in Cleveland had become -plus- when a person's basic monatary and other basic needs are met.....in his case for decades.... you can do whatever you want.

    The best the BROWNS could do in the FA market was Tyrod Taylor, speaks volumes for the 1999-2017 era.

    @mjp28 said:

    A combination of how undesirable a quarterback job in Cleveland had become -plus- when a person's basic monatary and other basic needs are met.....in his case for decades.... you can do whatever you want.

    The best the BROWNS could do in the FA market was Tyrod Taylor, speaks volumes for the 1999-2017 era.

    Browns didn't get TT  as a FA...they traded a 3rd round pick for him....remember?

  • @mjp28 said:

    A combination of how undesirable a quarterback job in Cleveland had become -plus- when a person's basic monatary and other basic needs are met.....in his case for decades.... you can do whatever you want.

    The best the BROWNS could do in the FA market was Tyrod Taylor, speaks volumes for the 1999-2017 era.

    Browns didn't get TT  as a FA...they traded a 3rd round pick for him....remember?

    @the-gipper said:

    Browns didn't get TT  as a FA...they traded a 3rd round pick for him....remember?

    Right they basically struck out in the FA market and Taylor/Stanton was what they ended up with, hopefully Mayfield will be the future.

    In any event they should have a much improved product on the field in 2018.

  • A fringe 1st rounder for Foles?  He saved Dorsey from his own stupidity.

  • @the-gipper said:

    Browns didn't get TT  as a FA...they traded a 3rd round pick for him....remember?

    Right they basically struck out in the FA market and Taylor/Stanton was what they ended up with, hopefully Mayfield will be the future.

    In any event they should have a much improved product on the field in 2018.

    @mjp28 said:

    Right they basically struck out in the FA market and Taylor/Stanton was what they ended up with, hopefully Mayfield will be the future.

    In any event they should have a much improved product on the field in 2018.

    I don't know if they "struck out" at all in Free Agency.    If I am correct, they made the trade for TT before the free agency period started....so they took themselves out of the market for QBs in FA.

    It seems that you are getting a lot of facts wrong about this situation today.  Better check the dosage on your memory pills.😛

  • A fringe 1st rounder for Foles?  He saved Dorsey from his own stupidity.

    @tiamat63 said:

    A fringe 1st rounder for Foles?  He saved Dorsey from his own stupidity.

    Explain. 

  • A. I don't blame him - he's in a great spot.

    B. I don't care, and he will be sorry later...eventually. The Browns will have a better record. LOL

    C. no big deal.

  • To me, it says more of the Eagles not being certain on Wentz status for this season than of Foles himself. But if he did ever have to make that decision, not accepting Browns' job was clever. 

    Being a back up quaterback who has won a Superbowl ring is like retiring in the summit of your career and keep getting paid for it.

  • Foles is in Philly, right?

    Tyrod is in Browns town, right?

    That's all I need to know.....GO TYROD & GO BROWNS!!!!

    Mike

  • @mjp28 said:

    Right they basically struck out in the FA market and Taylor/Stanton was what they ended up with, hopefully Mayfield will be the future.

    In any event they should have a much improved product on the field in 2018.

    I don't know if they "struck out" at all in Free Agency.    If I am correct, they made the trade for TT before the free agency period started....so they took themselves out of the market for QBs in FA.

    It seems that you are getting a lot of facts wrong about this situation today.  Better check the dosage on your memory pills.😛

    @the-gipper said:

    I don't know if they "struck out" at all in Free Agency.    If I am correct, they made the trade for TT before the free agency period started....so they took themselves out of the market for QBs in FA.

    It seems that you are getting a lot of facts wrong about this situation today.  Better check the dosage on your memory pills.😛

    I think it went something like:

    2018 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE 
    IMPORTANT DATES
       
    JANUARY
    January 1 Clubs may begin signing free agent players for the 2018 season.

    A. Smith and Cousins among other FA QBs  were gone and not to Cleveland. 

    In early March the Bills traded away Taylor before having to pay him any due extra monies owed. Not a bad deal for the BROWNS.