Sam Bradford has requested a trade

[Blitzkrug]

It's not so much a 180 as it is "i didn't get what i want and i no have no other options"

The Eagles fans are going to eat him alive. They're vultures on a good day.

 

[Gene Parmesan]

Stephen A. Smith is the most obvious non-athlete fronting like he knows how locker rooms operate. Its embarrassing. The Eagles players don't care that Bradford is missing voluntary workouts. They don't care he requested a trade. If it was August...they'd care since that has team wide ramifications.

 

[Butch 19]

Well, that's a weird change in tone. I guess he realized no one else wants him/have the means to acquire him. Will be interesting to see how this plays out in camp.

I think he talked to Ryan Leaf over the weekend.

 

[Voight]

Well, that's a weird change in tone. I guess he realized no one else wants him/have the means to acquire him. Will be interesting to see how this plays out in camp.

Nobody is going to pay him what he signed for, its simply not worth it.

 

[Street Hawk]

Nobody is going to pay him what he signed for, its simply not worth it.

He already got his $11 million signing bonus. That hit belongs to the Eagles from what I had heard. So, any team would be on the hook for his $7 million salary plus his $4 million in guaranteed money next season.

 

[MikeyMike01]

He already got his $11 million signing bonus. That hit belongs to the Eagles from what I had heard. So, any team would be on the hook for his $7 million salary plus his $4 million in guaranteed money next season.

This is correct, except the trading team would also have to pay his salary ($13m) next year.

So it's

2016 $7m
2017 $17m

If he proved to be successful the teams have a number of options to reduce the 2017 number.

 

[Voight]

He already got his $11 million signing bonus. That hit belongs to the Eagles from what I had heard. So, any team would be on the hook for his $7 million salary plus his $4 million in guaranteed money next season.

Still not proven enough to justify that money IMO, plus it didn't help the Eagles were rumored to have been asking for too much.

 

[Elvis P]

I could go on, but you get the point. He is the exact opposite of a competitor. You think Tom Brady would give a **** if the Pats moved up and drafted a QB? No, his ass would be working hard trying to prove that he's better than the kid. So soft.

I can't put it any better than this. Show me any HoF QB in history who ever did this, because of rumors his team would draft a QB.

 

[Gene Parmesan]

Well when you have a hall of fame QB you don't draft 1st round QBs.

 

[Hasbro]

Well when you have a hall of fame QB you don't draft 1st round QBs.

Someone should hae told Dan Reeves that.

 

[Elvis P]

Well when you have a hall of fame QB you don't draft 1st round QBs.

The Colts released Manning, because they knew they were drafting Luck.

 

[What the Faulk]

Because Luck was supposed to be a rare talent, and because Manning was coming off a significant injury, and because Manning was making a significant amount of money. I am absolutely sure that Bradford would have been fine with a release prior to the draft.

 

[Voight]

Well when you have a hall of fame QB you don't draft 1st round QBs.

Ron Wolf did and it turned out OK.

 

[Elvis P]

Excluding Jameis Winston, Bradford has the lowest winning % and has made the most $ of any active QB who has never won a playoff game.

 

[What the Faulk]

^ What a weird and awkward and useless "statistic"

 

[Gene Parmesan]

Ron Wolf did and it turned out OK.

And? Was Rodgers #2 overall?

 

[Butch 19]

^ What a weird and awkward and useless "statistic"

not really...

It simply shows how much bang for their buck that his teams got out of his tenure.

Who opens up their (HUUUUUGE!) checkbook for that kind of history?

 

[What the Faulk]

Wins are irrelevant when evaluating a QB. Every other QB drafted after him was paid on a capped scale. So yes, really.

 

[Voight]

And? Was Rodgers #2 overall?

Well when you have a hall of fame QB you don't draft 1st round QBs.

 

[Mad Brills*]

I still doubt he's there past this year.

 

[Voight]

Looks like he and his agent did so because they figured Denver would want him. Which, apparently they did, just not at what the Eagles price was.

 

[Hasbro]

Looks like he and his agent did so because they figured Denver would want him. Which, apparently they did, just not at what the Eagles price was.

Given he didn't want to help break in a 1st round QB, I wonder what Bradford's opinion of drafting Lynch would have been.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Given he didn't want to help break in a 1st round QB, I wonder what Bradford's opinion of drafting Lynch would have been.

The story goes he wanted to be a Bronco before Lynch was drafted.

 

[Hasbro]

The story goes he wanted to be a Bronco before Lynch was drafted.

I know, but imagine a trade then them drafting Lynch.

 

[Elvis P]

^ What a weird and awkward and useless "statistic"

Being paid the most to lose the most is a useless stat.

Wins are irrelevant when evaluating a QB. Every other QB drafted after him was paid on a capped scale. So yes, really.

Wins don't matter. The draft has nothing to do with comparing Bradford's contract to other QBs' contracts. Please keep going. You're on a roll.