The worth of a franchise operating again has been reducing for nicely over a decade by now. Gamers like Derrick Henry, Christian McCaffrey, and, oh to simply decide a reputation out of a hat, Jonathan Taylor gained’t ever get a contract that they really feel is honest as a result of NFL groups are completely satisfied to roll with a operating again by committee strategy till they discover a younger, low-cost various.
Taylor, as you almost certainly know, lately requested a commerce from the Indianapolis Colts because of the truth that Large Mind Genius Jim Irsay gained’t pay Taylor what he’s value. In her earlier submit about Taylor, Alexis requested what you all thought of buying and selling for Taylor and as of 8:39 p.m. ET on Wednesday night time a whopping 66% (2,569 complete votes) of you say “no.”
Insider for one thing known as NFL Evaluation Community, Evan Massey has a “supply” that claims the Eagles are “among the many most aggressive” groups pursuing a commerce with Indianapolis for Taylor. I don’t consider this rumor for a second and the subsequent time Massey scoops the remainder of the NFL beat for a juicy tidbit like this would be the first. His gambit of simply posting issues to rile individuals (learn: me) up has labored although.
See, I’m a life-long Eagles fan. I used to be born in Philadelphia and raised within the suburbs…however then I attended faculty on the College of Wisconsin and have you learnt who used to play operating again there? Jonathan freaking Taylor! I’ve ALWAYS wished a star Badger to finish up being a star on the Eagles.
Certain, there have been a couple of. Troy Vincent was a superb nook for a few years, Beau Allen and Corey Clement gained a Tremendous Bowl, and T.J. Edwards was a tackling machine final yr, however Taylor would take issues to an entire new degree. The Eagles having a star operating again who went to UW? I’d be in heaven!
Now look…I get it. Buying and selling for Taylor doesn’t actually make an entire lot of sense for the Eagles. Howie Roseman has traditionally deemphasized the tailback place and with the Colts, who’ve already publicly stated they don’t worth Taylor extremely since they gained’t pay him, searching for a primary spherical decide in return (amongst different items) it simply doesn’t seem probably {that a} deal may very well be labored out between Philly and Indy. Perhaps, since everyone seems to be simply posting no matter made up stuff they need right now, this commerce rumor was what REALLY brought about the brawl between the Eagles and Colts at their joint apply on Wednesday.
I suppose the Birds might all the time draft Wisconsin’s present operating again, Braelon Allen, in 2024. Proper?
