Overview
Nick Foles has gotten a nice fat contract of four years for $88 million dollars. This deal puts Foles as the 11th highest paid quarterback in the league, which I think is reasonable. $22 million is quite a bit of money, but that’s what you have to pay if you want a decent quarterback that isn’t a rookie these days. I’m glad that the Eagles let Foles walk because I feel that Foles deserves to have another chance to start for a different team. In terms of the debate between Foles and Wentz, I would still go with Wentz if I was the GM of the Eagles. Wentz is still really young, and he is already playing at an elite level. Just two seasons, Wentz was a MVP front-runner before he got injured! There are injury concerns with Wentz since he has missed some time the past two seasons, but I don’t think that those reasons are good enough excuses to bail on Wentz already. Look at Matthew Stafford! It felt like he was injured every year for his first 5 seasons, but he has been dependable afterwards.
Fantasy Value
I am not a huge believer in Nick Foles with the Jaguars. I truly think that the Jags identity is ground and pound through Leonard Fournette, so there will limited pass attempts of Foles. Also, I don’t think Foles has a great receiving cast with the Jags. The combination of Dede Westbrook, Marqise Lee, and Keelan Cole just doesn’t scare defenses. If you look at Foles previous years as a starter, his stats are mediocre. Besides one amazing game when he had 7 touchdowns in one game with the Eagles, he is nothing to write home about.
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