The Philadelphia Eagles will end up with quarterback Marcus Mariota by the time the 2015 NFL Draft is all said and done; it’s just a matter of how they go about it and how much they have to give up to get him. There are two reasons for this. One is that none of the teams with the top picks seems to overly interested in taking him. The other is that Mariota is worth more to the Eagles than he is to other teams, or at least head coach Chip Kelly had better hope so.
Two years into the Chip Kelly experiment, all the Philadelphia Eagles have to show for it is a pair of mediocre seasons, no playoff success, and a major reshuffling of personnel which hasn’t left the team any more talented than when the offseason began. Starting quarterback Nick Foles was fired. Sam Bradford was brought in as an insurance policy, but no one believes that he’ll be the opening day starter, or that he would last a full season before injury anyway.
And if there is one rule of NFL head coaches who are entering a pivotal year in danger of being fired and haven’t yet found success, it’s that they inevitably turn to allies from the past. For most, that means bringing in former assistants they can trust. But for Chip Kelly, it means going and getting Marcus Mariota, the quarterback whom the Philadelphia Eagles offense was literally built for. The only question is how many draft picks the Eagles have to give up in order to get him on draft day.
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Jake, not trying to clown but I thought this would be a piece on HOW Philly was going to get Mariota.