Sam Bradford, Philadelphia Eagle

[smeags]

he will, its only april.

[Susquehanna Birder]

or maybe sleeves gets over this and decides to play football

That's the ideal situation. Of course, he'll have to do some serious act(s) of contrition to rescue himself from the fans' ire. If he's sore now, imagine how his fragile little ego will be when the crowd at the Linc get done with him.

[Diomedes]

I don't think Philly will forgive/adopt this guy, unless he leads the team to a Super Bowl, of course.

Even then...he's a punk and it's clear.  What you gonna do.

[General_Failure]

Wait out the next couple of zesty years and hope Lurie maybe dies a little?

[ice grillin you]

when he comes back it will be spun as though condon was orchestrating it all and that there was mis communication btwn bradford and the team

[MDS]

or he goes

ayo...my b....caught feelings over c dub....tried to bounce....no spot to lay my head....all good now

[ice grillin you]

The Eagles Screwed Sam Bradford

The quarterback is absolutely right to demand a trade somewhere, anywhere.

By Mike Missanelli  |  April 29, 2016 at 6:00 pm   

Sam Bradford is a crybaby.

Sam Bradford is a weakling who is afraid of competition.

Sam Bradford doesn't have the resume to dare pull off a holdout.

Sam Bradford is absolutely right.

Ignore the first three sentences of this column and focus on sentence number four. Sam Bradford was done a dirty deed by the Philadelphia Eagles and his only alternative is to demand a trade somewhere, anywhere else.

Now I'm not blaming the Eagles for making two savvy moves to move up in the NFL draft, to get to number two, to take North Dakota State quarterback Carson Wentz. It was something they had to do to get a franchise quarterback into their system, a kid who could play the position for the next 10 years. But when they did that, they should have also been fostering a trade at the same time for Bradford, who then became a total lame duck.

Bradford essentially is a call girl with the Eagles, a temporary date who'll get kicked out the door at the end of the night. When he signed the two-year deal the Eagles offered him months ago, he likely signed it with the idea that he could eventually turn that into a longer term contract by playing well. Now he doesn't have that chance. No matter how well he plays — and let's face it, the best the Eagles can do this season is 9-7 — he's going to be cut or traded at the end of the season so Wentz can begin his Eagles starting QB tenure.

If he is moved to another team, he would have the chance to play for a longer term deal.

Put yourself in Bradford's spot. Your boss has told you that you have a job now, but after one year, you are out the door because the company has recruited some young Harvard grad. Meanwhile, there is another company to which you could go and make the same money, where you are wanted. Wouldn't you want your company to trade you to that other company?

Bradford's NFL resume might not give him the clout in this league to demand anything. But that's beside the point.

Once the Eagles drafted Wentz, Bradford had no future in Philadelphia. And now he wants out. And if the Eagle don't comply, there's going to be an ugly cloud that hangs over the progress they want to make.

Trade him to Denver. Now.

[PhillyPhreak54]

The attempt to liken it to the normal person at their job doesn't ring true. Want to bring in my replacement but I'm sitting on $11m? Go ahead.

[MDS]

mm has been pushing that shtein for 4 days now....gotten a lot of calls, which is his goal.

[Sgt PSN]

The attempt to liken it to the normal person at their job doesn't ring true. Want to bring in my replacement but I'm sitting on $11m? Go ahead.

There's nothing wrong with looking at it this way. I don't have a problem with Bradford wanting to be traded.  But he/his agent are making fools of themselves with the way they've handled things. If  Bradford would have gone to the Eagles and just asked for a trade without throwing a farging temper tantrum, I think most people would get it and wouldn't fault him for wanting to go somewhere he might have a long term future.  Just be a man about it. 

[ice grillin you]

totally agree

I think Bradford was not done well by the organization kinda just mindlessly winging things as they went along  but he's handled it about as badly as you can

the completely leaving novacare going home and not taking calls from the Eagles is a horrible look

the funny thing is the two sides deserve each other as it's an inept winless franchise in the number one overall sports city in the world vs a winless number one overall draft pick QB

[MDS]

looks the team really wants sleeves back

Pederson, who has reached out to Bradford, said that he still hasn't spoken to the quarterback since the request. Only one Eagles player has reached out to Bradford, a team source said.

[ice grillin you]

that news is like a week old

[Don Ho]

the funny thing is the two sides deserve each other as it's an inept winless franchise in the number one overall sports city in the world vs a winless number one overall draft pick QB

How true.  Ding vs. Dong.

[SD]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOBvELJCeco