Eagles GM Howie Roseman gave up a lot of assets in yesterday’s mega deal with the Browns. 

The Philadelphia Eagles and Cleveland Browns made a blockbuster deal yesterday which resulted in the Eagles acquiring the second overall pick in this year’s draft. Eagles general manager Howie Roseman made it no secret yesterday in his press conference that the Eagles were moving up to draft a quarterback.

So why would a team that has two veteran quarterbacks on its roster move up to take a quarterback? Because they don’t see Sam Bradford or Chase Daniel as the long term answer at the position. The Eagles want a young quarterback that can lock down the position for the next ten years. They are hoping that’s Carson Wentz.

It’s no secret that both Roseman and head coach Doug Pederson like Wentz. Both men view him as a franchise quarterback. That’s why they were willing to pay such a steep price to move up and position themselves to potentially draft him. 

While I think Wentz and Cal quarterback Jared Goff have some potential upside, I don’t think either quarterback is worth the price the Rams and Eagles paid to position themselves to draft them. Both are raw and they will take time to develop. They would benefit greatly if they got to sit as rookies. It remains to be seen if that’ll happen. Both will be going to situations where there is a bridge quarterback in place.

Quarterback is the only position in the NFL that a team is willing to overpay to acquire. Both the Rams and Eagles have done that ahead of this draft. Now they better hope their gamble pays off because if it doesn’t, the long term ramifications could be catastrophic.