2016 Starting QB

[ice grillin you]

hes not a franchise qb....but you just need to find a qb who can win a superbowl...i think he can do that

[smeags]

makes sense to re-sign him. one less need to look for in the draft and/or the FA market.

[General_Failure]

All you'll do by keeping Bradford is make the team mediocre enough that they'll never be able to draft a potentially great quarterback.

[Susquehanna Birder]

How about using a transition tag on him? It's a little cheaper than a franchise tag, and it at least lets the market set the value (and gives the Eagles right of first refusal).

[QB Eagles]

How about using a transition tag on him? It's a little cheaper than a franchise tag, and it at least lets the market set the value (and gives the Eagles right of first refusal).

The non-exclusive franchise tag has the same features, costs only slightly more (maybe 2 million), and gives the Eagles two first-round draft picks if he leaves (instead of the nothing they would get via the transition tag). Also it would piss off Bradford less.

If they want to keep him (and I have no idea what the new regime will want), I still think they are more likely to reach a multiyear deal with him.

[Susquehanna Birder]

It also guarantees that he stays. Nobody will give up two firsts for the guy. Transition makes him a little more valuable to other teams, letting the marked decide what becomes of him.

[SunMo]

Nobody will give up two firsts for the guy.

let's wait and see where Chip ends up first

[Susquehanna Birder]

LOL...good point.

[QB Eagles]

It also guarantees that he stays. Nobody will give up two firsts for the guy. Transition makes him a little more valuable to other teams, letting the marked decide what becomes of him.

They can always trade him after that point. The Patriots pulled that with Matt Cassel. There will be demand for Bradford, teams are desperate for semi-decent QBs.

[Susquehanna Birder]

I suppose it all depends on how "semi" he looks to other coaches.

[MDS]

if i had to guess, id say they let bradford go. why? howie.

no matter how you shake it, hes making the ultimate call on PP. howie HATES chip. hes going to rid the roster of every last chip guy as quickly as is feasible. the josh huff's and taylor hart's of the world can be simply cut...riley cooper they were probably going to move on from anyway....but howie is going to prove to everyone he can win and hes not going to do it with chip kelly's roster or qb.

[Eagles_Legendz]

Without getting into the merits of a site like PFF, they graded Bradford as the 12th best QB this year.  In a quarterback desperate league there will be a market for him.

[ice grillin you]

if i had to guess, id say they let bradford go. why? howie.

no matter how you shake it, hes making the ultimate call on PP. howie HATES chip. hes going to rid the roster of every last chip guy as quickly as is feasible. the josh huff's and taylor hart's of the world can be simply cut...riley cooper they were probably going to move on from anyway....but howie is going to prove to everyone he can win and hes not going to do it with chip kelly's roster or qb.

I feel like if howie hated him that much he wouldn't have worked in the same building with him for the last year...I don't see Howie as a grudge holder like that...I see a nerd...any vindictiveness he had for chip should have ended yesterday evening...plus you can make the reverse argument...you can say hed love to take a qb chip couldn't win with and one up him by building a successful team around bradford

in the end Howie seems like a pretty pragmatic guy...who is going to put together the best roster possible regardless of whose players they are because he cares more about the Philadelphia eagles than he does himself much less chip...now most chip players on the roster are not good so by default many will be gone...perhaps that includes Bradford in howies mind but ic ant see him getting rid of a qb he thinks is good just because its chips guy...that's banner to me not howie

[Butchers Bill]

Without getting into the merits of a site like PFF, they graded Bradford as the 12th best QB this year.  In a quarterback desperate league there will be a market for him.

The only team that's really a "QB away" from being a legit contender is the Texans, maybe the Jets if Fitzpatrick bolts.  Everywhere else he would be a stop-gap (which no one will give up much for) or a backup (where you won't get anything for him).

[ice grillin you]

if you like Bradford its not about being a qb away...its about getting a legit nfl qb that you think you can win with....bradford isn't even 30...hes going to play for at least another 5-6 years...peyton manning was more of an example of what you are saying