Sam Bradford, Philadelphia Eagle

[Sgt PSN]

Probably the only thing "bad" about this trade is that the conditional pick is based on the Vikings success instead of Bradford's playing time or performance. Would have been pretty glorious if Howie could have talked them into a % of snaps played or # of starts, but I'm guessing Minny wanted nothing to do with that.

[Sgt PSN]

Actually there's 2 bad things. ^^that^^ and the fact that it didn't happen 2 days ago before my fantasy draft. I was staring at AP in the middle of the 2nd round and passed because I thought defenses would put 8 in the box every down. Damnit!!

[QB Eagles]

they still will

[PhillyPhreak54]

If the Eagles D is as good as I think it can be, I don't think they will be as bad as some people think. Teams with really good pass rushes rarely are horrible. The Eagles will struggle to score a lot of the season, but I think their D will keep them in every game, and Ryan Mathews is an underrated player. Control the clock with him if he can stay healthy. Plus the NFC East is pretty awful. If Kirk Cousins isn't as good as last season, the Eagles will be in the "playoff mix" through the last few weeks of the season IMO. Ultimately I still think they fall short, but I can't see a team with this defense going 3-13.

I'm with you. I think they have a chance to have a top ten defense although I was ridiculed for suggesting such a thing

[MDS]

youre definitely ridiculed more for thinking sanchez is better than bradford, though

[PhillyPhreak54]

Because you're not smart enough to understand me I'll say it once more.

Both suck

But in that previous offense I thought Sanchez would do better. Plus I hated Bradford

Wanna compare their numbers?

[Rome]

Probably the only thing "bad" about this trade is that the conditional pick is based on the Vikings success instead of Bradford's playing time or performance. Would have been pretty glorious if Howie could have talked them into a % of snaps played or # of starts, but I'm guessing Minny wanted nothing to do with that.

I never thought of this.  You really are a good internet friend for enlightening us!

[General_Failure]

That could have worked in the Eagles favor if the conditions weren't so stupid. I mean, why would you want playing time conditions for a guy that can't play a whole season?

[Rome]

And guys... let's get a grip on the playoff talk.  This offense is going to be a shtein show.  Their line is going to likely be a patchwork mess with Peters getting old and frail and Johnson being on a beach for 10 games.  The receivers are probably the worst collection of stiffs in the league (although DGB gives me slightly more hope they'll be productive) and the running game consists of a guy who can't stay healthy and Kenjon Barner plus an unknown middle round draft pick rookie.

And now there's Daniel Chase starting for however long until Wentz is tossed into the fire.

Defense or not, an 8-8 season out of these guys should be cause for celebration around these parts.

[AshishPatel81]

The offensive line depends on Peters. I think they can survive without Lane if Peters returns (somewhat) to form. Part of me thinks his big dropoff last season was due to Chip Kelly's frenetic offense. Multiple linemen said it was a grind on their bodies. If Peters is relatively healthy, the line will be fine. It won't be great, but look at this line compared to the rest of the league. It's often lost how many terrible offensive lines there are out there. The Eagles are better than at least half of them even without Lane, and if that sounds crazy go ahead and look at some of the lines in this league. The entire AFC South, the NFC North, NFC South, Giants might have the worst line in the league, etc.

The Eagles aren't the only team with line problems, and over the last few seasons watching a bunch of teams, most actually have it worse. The Packers have a horrendous line for example, only made to look passable with Rodgers being amazing.

[phattymatty]

vikes have some good hands on that team, if they all of a sudden start dropping a shtein load of balls this year, i think we can finally start blaming sam.

[MDS]

Because you're not smart enough to understand me I'll say it once more.

Both suck

But in that previous offense I thought Sanchez would do better. Plus I hated Bradford

Wanna compare their numbers?

your hatred of bradford is like the 1000th most mystifying thing about you. the puzzle with no answer.

[PhillyPhreak54]

I've found one who hates the trade

Cataldi

Says it's dumb to give up a likely division championship for a late 2017 1st

Time to retire, Ang.

[QB Eagles]

I had the Eagles penciled in at 3-13 with Sam, but a division crown wasn't totally out of the question, because look at the farging division. The AFC South will be laughing at how zesty the NFCE is by Week 10. Even if they scored a highly unlikely division win, so what? Does anyone see this team blowing by the Packers, Seahawks, and Cards in the playoffs? The main motivation for winning this season is to not have to give up an embarrassing draft pick to the Browns.

I don't think the Eagles will be better this year with a guy who's thrown 26 passes above the FCS level of competition, but at least it's not a wasted season. Let's put some mileage on this kid and hopefully he can eventually learn how to play NFL football. Or he'll get hurt again week 1 and we have to endure a season of Chase Daniel. Whatever.

[PhillyPhreak54]

I had them at 6-10/7-9 before the trade

Now? Not sure and I understand it's going to be rough because the QB is playing real defenses not some division II slappy's with potato farmers in the secondary.

But having Bradford was pointless. This deal was a no brainer.

I like the defense and STs and maybe they still stay in that 6-10/7-9 range.