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KC’s most impactful quarterback in this game!
The Philadelphia Eagles are Super Bowl champions for the second time in franchise history. That’s not the topic of this post, however it is ALWAYS worth mentioning that fact again. The Birds were led to their second title on Sunday by Super Bowl MVP Jalen Hurts, but he might not have been the MOST valuable quarterback on the Superdome field for Philadelphia.
That honor, arguably, could go to Kansas City Chiefs backup QB, and former first round pick and franchise savior of the Eagles, Carson Wentz. NFL news robot Adam Schefter posted a handy graphic before the game on Sunday showing all of the players that Eagles GM Howie Roseman ended up acquiring due to trading Wentz to the Indianapolis Colts.
After being benched in the twelfth game of the 2020 season, Wentz was shipped to the Colts after the season so that the Birds could see what they had with a young Jalen Hurts. Hurts had completed the 2020 season, in which the Eagles finished 4-11-1, as QB1 and it was clear that Philadelphia intended to move forward with him and not Wentz.
Roseman, who is smarter than just about every other NFL executive in the league, was able to secure two draft picks for Wentz: a 2021 third round draft pick (84th overall) and a conditional 2022 pick that became a first round pick (16th overall) based on Wentz’s playing 75% of the Colts’ snaps in 2021. It should be noted that the Eagles took a significant cap hit in this trade, so there was a lot riding on these picks turning into contributors. Well, dear reader, let’s just say that Roseman’s gamble paid off even more than the most optimistic fan could’ve predicted.
Let’s take a journey through transactions past, friends!
First up: the Eagles used the 2021 third round pick from the Colts and their own first round pick (12th overall) to trade up to pick No. 10 and select Devonta Smith, the Heisman Trophy winning wide receiver out of Alabama.
Second up: entering the 2022 NFL Draft, the Eagles had three (!!!) first round picks. Their own pick (19th), the second round pick from the Colts that turned into a first round pick (16th) because of how much Wentz played, and Miami’s first rounder (15th) that was acquired in a separate trade from before the 2021 draft.
Roseman did a monster deal with the New Orleans Saints where he received:
He sent this back to the Big Easy:
With the Eagles coming up on the clock in the 2022 first round, Roseman made ANOTHER deal and traded the 18th overall pick and the 101st overall pick to the [Tennessee...
