The Eagles‘ interest in taking a quarterback at No. 8 overall is “very real,” sources tell Jason Cole of Bleacher Report (video link). The Eagles have made plans to work out Jared Goff, Carson Wentz, and Paxton Lynch and officials believe that they intend to select a QB in the first round. However, not everyone in the NFL is sold and some think that Philly is engaging in a ruse to make Chip Kelly‘s 49ers panic and trade up in the draft.
If the Eagles can trick the 49ers with a smoke screen, it will serve as more than a prank. Philly will have a better shot at taking one of the top available defensive players in the draft if San Francisco slides up to grab a quarterback.
- Lynch has a pre-draft visit lined up with the Jets, Albert Breer of NFL.com tweets. The Jets could be looking at Lynch and other quarterbacks in the draft as a contingency plan if they are unable to re-sign Ryan Fitzpatrick.
- The Dolphins are bringing in veteran cornerback Greg Toler for a visit tonight and Friday, according to Barry Jackson of The Miami Herald (on Twitter). Toler has made 25 starts for Indianapolis over the past two years.
- The Bills announced that they have promoted two assistant coaches on offense. Pat Meyer has gone from football operations consultant to offensive assistant while Jason Vrable has been elevated from offensive quality control coach to the team’s assistant quarterbacks coach.
Eagles QB with pick 8?? Hahahahahahaha hahahaha…fools, they are picking Hargreaves or Nkemdiche, just watch. 100% Defense here
In my mock i have the jets trading wilkerson to the 9ers and them taking treadwell at 20.
why would the 49ers “panic and trade up”? They have the # 7 pick, Eagles have # 8. Maybe the writer should have researched that before making up comments.
Cole didn’t really explain this well, but I assume the suggestion here is that – since the Eagles are looking hard at the top guys like Goff and Wentz – they want to make teams think they’d be willing to move up to get the one they want (ie. jump the Niners).
The problem with that theory though is that they don’t have any assets. No 2nd round pick, and what new Head Coach wants to lose his 1st round pick next year, the year after etc.. just to get a Goff/Wentz? I could see them trading back with the Rams and just getting their own pick back if anything. Rams wouldn’t really be giving up anything.