As expected, the addition of Nick Foles will displace Chase Daniel in Philadelphia. However, he won’t be leaving via trade. Daniel has asked the Eagles to release him and the team is expected to do so Monday, a source tells ESPN’s Adam Caplan. The quarterback personally confirmed the impending move with WIP’s Howard Eskin (on Twitter).
Daniel, 30, inked a lucrative contract with the Eagles last offeason that made him one of the highest-paid backup quarterbacks in the NFL. Under the terms of the three-year deal, Daniel is still owed $7MM base salaries in each of the next two years. In 2017, $5MM of that salary is fully guaranteed, so, combined with the prorated bonus money left on Daniels’ pact, Philadelphia will take a $7MM dead money hit when it releases its No. 2 signal-caller.
The Eagles reportedly tried to trade Daniel last week, and while he drew some interest around the league, no club was willing to take on his contract. Despite his paycheck, Daniel is very inexperienced as an NFL passer, as he’s attempted only 78 passes during his seven-year career. Still, as many as six teams were interested in Daniel last year before he signed with Philadelphia, so he figures to have suitors as a free agent this time around.
This dude is seriously overpaid.
So he ends up getting paid 14mil for 1 pass thrown.has to be 1 of the biggest wastes of money ever giving out.
12mil,not 14.
4 & 5 in salaries,and a 3mil bonus.
I’m thinking osweiler might be right up there along with Matt flynn
They were both bust signings,but atleast they got on the field.Daniel got 12mil for a years worth of motivation.
Just shows the dearth in quality at the quarterback position in the NFL right now
True, and with that he’ll be overpaid again next year.
The next Cleveland Browns QB
And the Browns bashing continues. Yawn……….
He’s better than what we have had in decades. That is sad but true
I think it is a mistake to look at a backup quarterback as a bust because they didn’t play. Backups are essentially insurance – only to play if the starter is injured or ineffective. Ideally you dont’ WANT them to play. But you want to have somebody competent there in case they have to. I still have nightmares about the 1991 Eagles (when McMahon, Kemp, Ryan, Goebel and Cunningham all took snaps). Daniel was definitely overpaid, but they were hedging, thinking Wentz was going to have an understudy year. Too much dead money for sure, but that’s in Roseman, not Daniel. Just unfair to call Daniel a bust when he did exactly what he was ideally supposed to do.
We actually didn’t even know we’d have Wentz when we got Daniel.he was brought in with Pederson to help install his system.i dont hold it against him that he didnt get on the field,but i dont know how he feels he’s entitled the chance to be a starter.he signed while Bradford was under contract,he knew he was signing to be a backup.
Him asking to be released should get us some type of break on that 5mil hes guarenteed.
Think he knew he was signing for a team that’s starting QB has been known for injuries and happened to be a QB he opposed in college and was better than. And knowing the system his odds of passing up Bradford for the start was possible. Thing people fail to realize or remember about Chase is that it is not his ability that has kept him as a backup. It is his height that has. He isn’t quite the 6 foot he’s listed as. His best shot at becoming a starter was with the Saints with Sean Peyton but their starting QB that has the same height issue named Drew Brees is still slinging it all over the gridiron. If not for Brees longevity things would be way different.
Through all that writing you didnt give 1 legitimate reason why he feels hes should be giving a chance to be a starter.
all i got from that is you were a fan of his in college and an excuse why he hasnt had the chance to be a starter.
if you don’t think you should be a starter or have the talent to be a starter you won’t be in the NFL. every player wants to be a starter ya dingus
Theres plenty of players all over the league that have done more in the league and arent crying to get to another team.
Hes a career scrub backup,understand what im saying pound key
Would you turn big fat contract ?
At a boy CHASE !!
Mizzou GOAT
Come back the the Chiefs
with less money of course
Haven’t heard interest from Jets. May they have interest now.
I wouldn’t release him. Make him stand there for 7 million until eagles can get some cap relief.
Exactly! Why flush money down the looker and then pay too much for Foles.
Toilet not looker :/
Hah, and I thought that was maybe Aussie or something for toilet.