Rumor: Eagles and Rams Finalizing Trade Involving McNabb

If true this means that the Rams aren't 1000% sold on Bradford's shoulder and they are definitely trying to make a playoff run sooner rather than later.

And the possibility of Bradford falling to us just increased, but it still doesn't mean we'll draft him.

Philly Inquirer...

McNabb to the Rams on the table | Philadelphia Inquirer | 03/24/2010 (http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/inq-eagles/McNabb_to_the_Rams_on_the_table.html)

I don't like this for 2 reasons:

1) I always prefer players to stay w/their teams, even teams I hate
2) I would rather let the Rams take Bradford & we take a qb in the 2nd or later, or next year if we must.

On Tuesday, there was an interesting rumor that started with a tweet from the Houston Chronicle's John McClain; namely, that the Philadelphia Eagles were committed to Kevin Kolb, and if the right offer came in for Donovan McNabb, they were ready to go with Kolb as their main man.

Turns out, those offers might be coming in. Ashley Fox of the Philadelphia Inquirer quoted Eagles coach Andy Reid as saying that "People are entertaining us with offers. Nothing's been done, but we're evaluating all of them." Not a confirmation that anything is happening soon, but from what we've gleaned elsewhere over the past few months, something seems to be percolating.

ESPN's NFC East blogger, Matt Mosley, sat down with Reid at the NFC coaches' breakfast on Wednesday and came away with an interesting take based on the conversation (seen below), and he speculates that "the Rams, Bills, 49ers, Seahawks, Cardinals and Vikings could all be in play." No surprises there.

Update: There's been a whirlwind of rumors -- on both Philly and New York sports radio stations -- that a deal is being hashed out involving McNabb going to the Rams for the No. 33 overall pick. It's a rumor we heard a few weeks ago, and apparently it's back "on the table" per Jeff McLane of the Philadelphia Inquirer. McNabb has a de facto no-trade clause, in that if he doesn't want to go to a certain team, he won't negotiate a new deal with them. His current pact expires after the upcoming season, and it's not believed he wants to end his career for one of the league's bottom-feeding teams. However, according to McLane, McNabb is willing to go to the Rams if they offer him a contract extension.


Matt Mosley
Kolb Time could be coming soon, Philly fans
"After spending about 20 minutes with Reid on Wednesday, I'm convinced there's a pretty good chance Kolb is his starting quarterback in 2010."


This was on the "Rumors" of ESPN

Updated the thread title to make it more accurate.

Not necessarily bad for us. There are no guarantees with Kolb.. He may suck and make this look really dumb for the Eagles. I'm of the opinion that you keep a franchise QB no matter what it takes - because they rarely get traded (although interestingly Favre, Brees, Shaub - have been traded over the recent years)... BUT if Kolb steps in and does well - the Eagles look super-smart.

I can't wait to see what Bradford does on March 29th at his Pro Day. I guess he's back to us now. Funny -- when the Rams looked like they were drafting him, I wanted him. Now that he may slip to us, I'm concerned about his shoulder again... The grass is always greener...

The Lions and Tampa Bay may be in the position to trade down now...and Tampa Bay would be the likely candidate to trade down now that getting McCoy or Suh may not be possible (unless Detroit goes with Okung).

If Bradford falls to us, I think Bruce Allen would be in position to trade down with the Bills, the Browns, Jacksonville, Seattle, or maybe even Oakland. My dream would be for BA to rob the Bills of their first and couple of other picks for our #4.

I have been praying for amonth now that the Rams would make this exact trade so that they move off of Bradford.

Looks like this is going to happen, but what I wonder is a) how much longer does McNabb plan on playing and b) might the Rams still take a QB anyway? My guess is no since it's the no. 1 overall pick we're talking about

Sorry Tebow, but Bradford was always my first choice.