After Kyle McCord and Dorian Thompson-Robinson stumbled through the summer, Howie Roseman went and acquired quarterback Sam Howell from the Vikings.
After Kyle McCord and Dorian Thompson-Robinson stumbled through the summer, Howie Roseman went out and acquired veteran quarterback Sam Howell from the Vikings.According to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, the Eagles traded a 5th-round pick in 2026 and a 7th-round pick in 2027 for Howell and a 6th-rounbd pick in 2026.
Pelissero reported that the Vikings signed Carson Wentz to replace Howell, his teammate with the Commanders in 2022, and the Eagles’ starting quarterback from 2016 through late in 2020.Howell, 24, was the Commanders’ 5th-round pick in 2022. Almost all of his career playing time came in 2023, when he was Washington’s starter, throwing for 3,946 yards with 21 touchdowns and an NFL-high 21 interceptions. He was also sacked an NFL-leading 65 times, and the Commanders went 4-13 in his 17 starts. One of his top receivers with Washington in 2022 was current Eagle Jahan Dotson, who caught 46 passes for 475 yards and four touchdowns from Howell in 2023.The Commanders traded Howell to the Seahawks last March, and he spent last year backing up Geno Smith, who didn’t miss any games. Howell only threw 14 passes for Seattle, who traded him to the Vikings in April. Howell played in two preseason games this summer, completing 12 of passes for 118 yards with no TDs and one interception. McCord, the Eagles’ rookie 6th-round pick, and Thompson-Robinson, acquired in the Kenny Pickett trade, both struggled in their preseason appearances. McCord completed 43 percent of his passes with one TD, two INTs and a 43.1 passer rating and DTR threw 16 passes for only 73 yards with no TDs, one INT and a 47.1 passer rating. Backup Tanner McKee is dealing with some sort of finger injury on his right hand, and while the Eagles haven’t gone into any detail on the severity of the injury or whether it will sideline McKee when the season starts in 11 days, this trade tells how how much urgency the Eagles felt to upgrade the quarterback position behind Jalen Hurts and McKee. Final cuts must be made by 4 p.m. Tuesday and it will be interesting to see whether the Eagles release McCord and try to get him through waivers to the practice squad or whether they keep four QBs on the active roster. No matter how poorly McCord played, he is a drafted quarterback and the Eagles would like to keep him in the building and try to develop him. Howell is on the final year of his four-year rookie contract, which was worth $4.021 million, according to Spotrac. He’s due $1.1 million in base salary this year. Wentz, the second pick in the 2016 draft, has been out of football since his contract with the Chiefs expired at the end of last year. The Eagles traded him to the Colts in March 2021, the Colts traded him to Washington in March 2022, the Commanders released him in February 2023 and then he spent 2023 with the Rams and 2024 with the Chiefs. Since going 11-2 for the Super Bowl champions and finishing third in MVP balloting in 2017, Wentz is 29-35 in 64 starts. The last quarterback taken in the top five picks to play for six teams was Kerry Collins, the fifth pick in 1995. He spent time with the Panthers, Colts, Saints, Giants, Raiders and Titans.
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