4. Eagles are being transparent
“We have shown how we feel about Carson by our actions,” Eagles general manager Howie Roseman said. “We showed it by the amount of [draft] picks we put into him, and we showed it by the contract extension, and we believe this is a guy to lead us to our next Super Bowl championship.”
Those were the words of Eagles brass after drafting Hurts. Even though the media-driven narrative will be to spin this into some type of coup for Wentz’s job, the facts are this isn’t a Tony Romo, Dak Prescott situation.
Wentz isn’t anywhere near retiring, and Hurts isn’t anywhere near the quarterback Wentz currently is.
The Eagles have always invested significantly in the quarterback position, going back to when they drafted Kevin Kolb in the second round with the great Donovan McNabb already on the roster. The Eagles then acquired Michael Vick when they had both McNabb and Kolb on the roster. The Eagles then signed Nick Foles and reworked his contract when they had Wentz.
With Marty Mornhinweg returning to the Eagles this offseason as a senior assistant and his experience as a Ravens’ offensive coordinator 2 seasons, the Eagles could have been discussing such a move for months now after reshuffling the coaching staff.