prissythecat

If you throw out his rookie season. Wentz has an average QB rating over 100 for the past two seasons. Those are elite stats. Foles had one excellent season in 2013. Rest of the time he has been pretty pedestrian. In these past playoffs , despite some folks thinking that Foles had a magical run, his QB rating was 77 and 61 respectively. He didn't play well at all with the exception of that 1st quarter at NO. So not sure how Foles is the better player and the better long term choice?

The Eagles should have lost to the Bears. Foles QB rating for the Bears game was 77 and for the Saints game was 65. That’s playing very well ?

Well, EJ Manuel, the best #2 in the NFL, is available for relatively cheap.

Interesting. Why not trade Wentz then for some draft capital?

He would have been perfect for some of the OL players we had on roster at one point . Didnt we have Andy Levitre, Eric Wood, Ed Wang in the lineup one year

Chateau Petrus sells for a few thousand to start.

Maybe but didn’t New Orleans also change how they were covering the Eagles receivers. Tighter coverage so Foles couldn’t just chuck the Ball up for grabs.

I like this line of reasoning . Didn’t Tebow have the highest T QBR in the 4th quarter ?

What are his stats over his career ? Mostly average except for the one season with Andy Reid ? Some foolish team will probably look at the same cherry picked stars and sign him for big bucks and be disappointed.

No . Jeffrey had some good catches on earlier jump balls thrown up by Foles didn’t he? Foles is an average QB and hopefully this ends the talk of Foles magic

You mean teams shouldn’t use their high first round pick in a guy that plays patty cake ?

Wait I thought you need to find or draft elite guys like Jason Peters and then pay them. At least according to our football experts . Interesting that a number of teams advancing in playoffs are not following this.

Really good question and point . I would say that teams may want to rethink using high first pick on an OT given how game is now .More impact seems to come from QB , pass rush , WR, even RB- I know folks want to argue that RBs are a dime a dozen though .

Giants , Dallas, Redskins in that order

Are teams who invest large mounts of money in the LT position more successful than those who have scrubs LT on roster? Surprisingly, the answer is investment in LT does not translate to success. https://www.si.com/nfl/2015/09/16/left-tackle-value So it seems silly for everyone to clamor for throwing money at LTs when there are other more impactful ways to spend the money.

Peters has certainly collected his share of accolades. But at the end of the day, did he really make that big of an impact? Who was the LT last year when Philly made their run? I have seen lots of teams either win or make it to the SuperBowl with replacement level LT talent. Joe Thomas , a contemporary of Peters also considered to be elite, sure contributed to an awesome run of SuperBowls and multiple deep playoff runs in Cleveland didn't he? At this point, who cares if the Bill traded away an LT who they thought was an ass. Now If it was a QB that would go on to have a career like say a Brees or Steve Young, that would be another matter.

Except that Goff was a rookie... Foles was not. Also, Vince Young who was not a good QB, had his best years under Fisher?

Its a playoff game in the Saints dome where they rarely lose. They also don't have an anemic offense like the Bears. Chances are that they will blow the doors off Philly. But hey maybe Foles and his package will have some magic left .

We want Foles because of his package size?

Trubisky is only an average QB. Chicago is being held back by his play .

Fair enough . Brett Favre certainly didn’t play a mentor role.

2nd time the charm ? Lol. I think this experiment will be a fail

What wonders did McCarthy work with Rodgers? The myth that he magically developed while sitting on the bench behind a HOF QB?

It would be interesting to find that old thread and see the arguments for and against Bills goign after Cousins .

I second this