The finances around Pickett and Jalen Hurts made the Eagles' trade with the Steelers make sense.
The finances around Pickett and Jalen Hurts made the Eagles' trade with the Steelers make sense.For an NFL team, the process of settling on a backup quarterback never solely comes down to the quality and profile of the backup quarterback … or the quality and profile of the starting quarterback. It would be convenient if it did. Match the young, promising prospect with the grizzled, savvy veteran. Match a mobile No. 1 QB with a mobile No. 2 QB. Match a pocket passer with a pocket passer.
Once you acknowledge those financial circumstances, you can understand how and why the Eagles ended up trading three draft picks, two of which were seventh-rounders, to the Pittsburgh Steelerswilling to pay a little more to sign Joe Flacco, but Flacco represented the ideal kind of backup for them. At 39, he wouldn’t have a realistic challenge to Hurts, but as he proved last season with the Browns, he could still step in and win a game or two if Hurts happened to be sidelined with an injury.
As it turned out, the Indianapolis Colts were willing to give Flacco a one-year deal that could be worth as much as $8.7 million, and it’s no coincidence that their prospective starter, Anthony Richardson, is still on his rookie deal. Hurts isn’t, but Pickett is; he’ll count less than $2 million against the Eagles’ cap this season.
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