NFL rumors: Eagles wanted two first-round picks for Nick Foles?

Perhaps the biggest scenario of the Eagles season, at least in the beginning, was what would happen with quarterback Nick Foles

Fresh out of the Eagles to win the promised land and win the Super MVP Bowl. offseason with his future in Philadelphia unclear. After all, he was an injury replacement for Carson Wentz, who could have won the league's MVP award if he had not ripped his ACL late in the season. Now, Wentz is on the road back to health and should be ready to play soon, relegating Girls to back-up functions.

So, much of the offseason was spent with rumors about what the Eagles were looking for in exchange for Foles, somewhere where he could become the starting quarterback.

In a new column by Peter King, NBC Sports As to why it was never traded by the Eagles this summer, they could have asked too much.

By King, the Eagles "wanted two first-round picks in a trade for him" and the Browns were interested but could not find a "fair deal".

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"I am very happy where I am," said Foles to King. "Sometimes, if one team offered two, it would not have been the best suited for me.I would like to enjoy my year in Philadelphia, be a free agent next year – and I know that i'd like to play my whole career in Philadelphia – but there's something about being a free agent where you can choose where you want to go and the people for whom you want to play. The great thing about not being traded and being a free agent, it's that you have a choice. "

King also pointed out how to stick with the Eagles for one more season as opposed to signing a long contract term with the Browns could pay off-season dividends while the Poles will likely be stand-alone players, mentioning the Patriots, Jaguars, Dolphins, Bengals and Buccaneers as teams that might be looking for new quarterbacks.

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