Florio on Mariota: Philadelphia Eagles at "Top of the List"
Is Marcus Mariota headed to Chip Kelly's Philadelphia Eagles? Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio thinks a Mariota-Kelly reunion is feasible.
"I would put Philly at the top of the list," Florio said on the Joe Rose Show Friday on 560 WQAM. "I've got a feeling they're going to do something. Ed Manowitz, the new VP of player personnel, said yesterday that yes, Chip Kelly said he won't mortgage the future, we have an idea of what it means to mortgage the future.
"Sam Bradford could be put into a bucket for trade that would include the Browns getting Sam Bradford and then two or three first-round picks going up to a team in the Top 5, the Eagles getting Mariota, and ultimately I think the Eagles can pull this off with Bradford, the 20th pick this year, which they have, a first-round pick next year, and maybe another two or three on top of it. If you look at that in isolation that feels like a lot less than you would think it would take to go from 20 all the way up to two, three, four, or five.
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They also chatted about the latest with Jameis Winston's off-the-field "issues," with the FSU quarterback alleging Publix actually gave him the crab legs, during an ESPN interview with Jim Harbaugh that was filmed before the NFL Combine. Publix has refuted the claim.
"I don't know what to believe on this," Florio said. "There are some who believe that Jameis is lying about lying last year. There are others who believe that Jameis fell on the sword for Florida State by admitting he stole the crab legs but it's a weird situation."
With the draft a couple weeks out, the drama continues to swirl around the top two quarterbacks.
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