Washington Commanders kick off the NFL combine week with the release of veterans Carson Wentz and Bobby McCain. The two roster moves create $28.49 million in cap savings and over $30.5 million in cash for the team. This also increases the Commanders’ cap space up to $35.4 million for the upcoming 2023 league year. Wentz […]
A day after it was revealed that the Commanders were turned down as a destination for Russell Wilson, Washington finalized a trade for their backup plan…Carson Wentz. Washington will trade away their 3rd round pick in 2022 and 2023 with the 2023 pick potentially escalating to a 2nd round pick based on playing time. The […]
According to Adam Schefter the Eagles and Colts have agreed to a long rumored trade for Carson Wentz. The Eagles will receive a 3rd round pick in 2021 and a 2nd round pick in 2022. This pick can escalate to a 1st round pick based on playing time thresholds of 75% and no playoffs or […]
Per Adam Schefter the Eagles will indeed be making what looks like a permanent QB change from Carson Wentz to rookie Jalen Hurts. I wrote about Wentz’ contract the other week and the ways out of the deal but as you can imagine have gotten plenty more questions in light of this news so I […]
The biggest surprise of the 2020 NFL has been the play of Eagles star QB Carson Wentz, who has quickly fallen from a borderline Pro Bowl level player to a replacement level player. Wentz signed a four year, $128 million contract extension last year (technically he has yet to even reach the first new contract […]
A few days ago the Eagles and Carson Wentz agreed to a reported $128 million contract extension that would potentially tie Wentz to the Eagles through the 2024 season. The contract became official either on June 10 or June 11 and the numbers began to trickle in via a series of tweets by ESPN’s Field […]
With the NFL trade deadline approaching, I had been thinking about how teams in the NFL structure contracts and how aggressively they also pursue/extend certain players. Contracts wind up being restructured for salary cap relief and teams often overpay to land players in free agency or to avoid the negativity that comes with a holdout. […]