Tuesday 10 March 2015

How the Browns may help the Eagles land Mariota...nevermind

So this won't happen, but I'd typed it up, so you can read it anyway.  Who knows what Chip's next move is...but maybe there's still a concept here...

The Philadelphia Eagles are in a full revamp in the first off-season after handing Chip Kelly the keys to the franchise.

Kelly has re-signed Mark Sanchez and signed cornerback Byron Maxwell while cutting Trent Cole, Todd Herremans and Cary Williams.  They also traded running back LeSean McCoy to Buffalo for Kiko Alonso and seemed to sign Frank Gore to replace him...until they didn't.

However, the rumour that won't go away is their interest in drafting quarterback Marcus Mariota  and as covered in this ESPN article, I think the way to draft may be to go through the Browns.  With the Bronws holding two first round picks and looking to move on from their 2014 quarterbacks, would a swap of the number 12 and 20 picks be interesting if Nick Foles was dangled?  According to the incredibly valuable Draft Value chart, the number 12 pick is worth 1,200 while the number 20 pick is worth 850 with a difference of 350.  The difference equated to the number 55 pick in the draft, so the question is now:  What is Nick Foles value?  More or less than a 2nd round pick?

The other option could be for the Eagles to flip their 2nd round pick (53rd overall) to the Browns to move up if it was interesting to Cleveland.

All that being said, does Mariota get past the NY Jets at number six overall?  It's been said that Washington is looking to re-invest in value in the draft, would they be interested in moving down to 12 in exchange for a future pick?  The difference in value from 5 to 12 would be 500 (an early 2nd round pick or a 1st round pick for the next season).  It will be interesting to watch...

UPDATE - In the Foles/Bradford swap, the Eagles gave up their 2016 2nd round pick, which obviously leads me to believe they will not be active in giving up a quantity of draft picks to improve their draft spot.  Mariota may be headed to New York......unless the Eagles send Bradford to Cleveland...?

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