Everything that Nick Foles accomplished as a quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles still won’t be enough for him to take away the starting QB spot from Carson Wentz. During a press conference on Tuesday, Eagles’ head coach Doug Pederson decided to resolve the QB dilemma once and for all, saying that Wentz will remain the team’s quarterback of the future.
“Yes, Carson Wentz is the quarterback going forward,” – said Pederson. “And in Nick’s case, listen, we’d love to have everybody back throughout the roster, but as I’ve said many, many times, it’s not about one guy, it’s about the team, and we’re going to do what’s best for the team.”
Still, the Eagles wouldn’t have anything against keeping Foles, who is set to become a free agent this offseason, in Philadelphia.
“We would love to keep Nick Foles,” – said team’s executive vice president of football operations Howie Roseman. “You talk about a guy we drafted here and we’ve grown incredibly close with. I don’t know a team that wouldn’t want to have Nick Foles on their roster. Certainly as we go into the substance of those discussions, we haven’t had them yet, but there’s no question we love having Nick Foles as an Eagle in Philadelphia and we’d love to keep him.”
However, it doesn’t seem likely that Nick Foles will remain with the Philadelphia Eagles and be satisfied with the backup spot. Many teams will be looking for a quarterback in 2019, including Jacksonville Jaguars and Miami Dolphins, so Foles will definitely have a market with his resume. Another thing that goes against the Eagles is the fact that the 29-year-old recently said that he wants to lead his own NFL team as a starting QB.
After Carson Wentz went down with a season-ending injury in Week 14 of 2017 season, Nick Foles took over the starting quarterback spot and led the team to an improbable Super Bowl LII win while managing to get the Super Bowl MVP honors in the process. He once again stepped in Week 15 of 2018 season, after Wentz went down again, and managed to defy the odds by getting Eagles to the playoffs when they had around 20 percent of chance to make it. Foles then took the team to a road wild-card win against the Chicago Bears and league’s best defense, while coming close to upset the New Orleans Saints. Still, that wasn’t enough for Philadelphia, and we will watch him in some other team’s uniform when the 2019 season kicks off.
