Eagles Backup QB Decision Will Reveal Truth About McKee

 

PHILADELPHIA: In essence, veteran quarterback Marcus Mariota agreed to a $5 million, one-year contract to serve as the Philadelphia Eagles’ backup quarterback for Jalen Hurts during the previous campaign. But from an accounting standpoint, Mariota, 30, signed a five-year contract for salary-cap reasons, which became formally invalid on Monday. The Eagles will receive a cap number of $1,932,000 for the 2023 season with Mariota; but, the remaining $5 million, or $3,068,000, will be carried over to the 2023 cap if the vacuum is filled. The Eagles’ decision about backup quarterback Tanner McKee might provide insight into the organization’s assessment of McKee’s potential as a second-year player and whether or not a deep postseason run is still attainable at the NovaCare Complex.

 

The rationale is that in a football-crazed city like this, a known product is better suite

d to survive a game or two while also acting as insurance against giving up on a season entirely in the event that a catastrophic injury sidelines the starter. See Also: Marcus Mariota of the Eagles Has Moved Past the “What If” Game Mariota is unlikely to play for the Eagles again in the future until all West Coact avenues are blocked to the native Hawaiian. In all honesty, if given the chance, Mariota would have chosen to remain in the west during the previous season.

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With Wentz and Foles, the Eagles were able to come back one more time in 2018. However, by 2019, Josh McCown, a 17-year-old, was brought in to coach Wentz, who had suffered a torn hamstring after being knocked out early in the playoffs against Seattle due to a concussion. Foles had left for Jacksonville or an unfortunate stint as a starter. Doug Pederson’s last season in 2020 saw a complete collapse, in part due to the Eagles’ choice to choose Jalen Hurts with the 53rd overall pick in the second round rather than a seasoned backup. The original idea was to have a cheap backup for Wentz, still the then-franchise, although some revisionist history since