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Chris Mortensen
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NFL reporter- ESPN Senior NFL Analyst
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Adam Schefter
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ESPN Senior Writer- ESPN NFL Insider
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The Philadelphia Eagles have agreed to trade star quarterback Carson Wentz to the Indianapolis Colts for a 2021 third-round draft pick and a conditional 2022 second-round pick that could turn into a first-rounder, league sources tell ESPN.
The Eagles will receive the 85th overall pick in this year’s draft, and the conditional second-rounder could become a first-round pick based on Wentz’s playing time, according to sources. Wentz must play at least 75% of the Colts’ offensive snaps, according to sources, to transfer the 2022 conditional pick to a first-rounder.
The pick can also become a first-rounder if Wentz plays at least 70% of the snaps and the Colts make it to the playoffs. But the worst that the 2022 pick could be is a second-rounder, meaning the Eagles are confident they’ll make two good picks for the former No. 2 overall roster in the 2016 draft.
The Eagles and Colts have spent much of the past two weeks trying to complete the deal, which won’t be officially processed until the new NFL year begins on March 17.
The Eagles take a $ 33.8 million dead cap hit – the biggest dead cap hit a team has ever taken for a player – while the Colts take the balance of Wentz’s $ 128 million extension, including the guaranteed roster bonus. of $ 10 million owed. on March 19.
Each team walks away on all fronts with what it wanted: Reuniting with Colts head coach Frank Reich, his former Philadelphia attack coordinator, Wentz helps fill the void left by Philip Rivers’ retirement as the Eagles likely turn to Jalen will turn. Hurts, although they plan to compete for him too. The Eagles runway is not expected to automatically be Hurts.
Trading Wentz marks the end of an unexpected chapter and year with the Eagles. Wentz went from a former MVP candidate to backing up Hurts – a rookie second round pick in 2020 – as his relationship with former Eagles head coach Doug Pederson fell apart.
Wentz wanted to leave Philadelphia – despite the fact that the Eagles hired former Colts attack coordinator Nick Sirianni as their new head coach.
Thursday’s blockbuster trade also continues an already tumultuous low season for quarterbacks.
Less than three weeks after the Los Angeles Rams traded Jared Goff, the former No. 1 overall pick of the 2016 Concept, to the Detroit Lions for fellow quarterback Matthew Stafford, the Eagles have now swapped the former No. 2 overall pick of the same. design after the Colts.