Philadelphia Eagles: 3 moves Howie Roseman could use a do-over on

1. Selecting Jalen Hurts in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft

Look, I get that it is probably too early to say this was an awful decision. It has been five months, and usually you wouldn’t rush to judgement so quickly.

Okay, never mind I am just going to say it. This was an inexcusably bad decision by Howie Roseman. Selecting Jalen Hurts in the second round of the NFL Draft was bad enough, but the fact that the Philadelphia Eagles have decided it is best to double down on this bad decision by trying to force Hurts into their offensive game plan is even worse.

Let’s forget the fact that there were numerous other options on the board that could have helped this Eagles team. Let’s also forget that Stefon Diggs and Deandre Hopkins were both available to be had this offseason, and that the draft pick could have been used to land one of those players.

No, let’s instead look at the massive extension the Philadelphia Eagles decided to hand Carson Wentz in June of 2019. $150 million over six seasons. That is what they decided to commit to Carson as their franchise quarterback. Yet, less than one year later, for whatever reason Howie Roseman decided it was best to select a backup quarterback with the 53rd overall pick in the NFL Draft. How in the world does that make any sense? Yeah, it doesn’t.

Look, I understand Carson has been very mediocre this season. I get it, but even with that being the case, there is no scenario where having Hurts on the roster makes sense. With the money this team committed to Wentz, he is going to be the quarterback for the foreseeable future. Trading or cutting Carson Wentz will result in $77 MILLION DOLLARS OF DEAD CAP MONEY. Yes, that much money. It would cost the Eagles that much to just get rid of Carson Wentz.

So yeah, it is not going to happen. With that in mind, there is just no path to Hurts seeing regular snaps in midnight green.

You also can’t overlook the controversy that instantly was created with the Hurts selection. The boneheads who continue to clamor for this guy to start for the Eagles continue to get louder week in and week out. I get it, Wentz hasn’t been great, but he gives this team the best chance to win. Turning to a rookie quarterback who had zero OTA’s and zero preseason makes absolutely no sense.

With the money owed to number 11 over the next few seasons, it makes more sense to trade Hurts than it does to have him holding a clipboard on the sidelines, or running some stupid gadget play while Wentz lines up at wide receiver. Even if the Wentz Wagon never recaptures his 2017 magic, this move still will never make sense.