Bates Being Traded To The Eagles?

[BFritz21]

Mods, sorry if this is in the wrong forum because technically Bates isn't on our team and I know there's the franchise tag thread, but he hasn't signed the tag and this would benefit our team, so I figured it should go here.

BleedingGreenNation has an article about the Eagles trading for Bates, with the thoughts of trading us a first-or-second-round pick next year, as well as a versatile starting guard in Isaac Seumalo.

Even though the Eagles have two first-round picks in 2023, it would likely be a second-round pick, which I would still do in a heartbeat because Bates half-assed the regular season last year, so who knows how well he'd play this year, and Seumalo has experience everywhere besides for left guard, and he was a hell of a center his freshman and sophomore years, which is our biggest weakness on the offensive line.

Here's most of what the article says:

Quote:Would a second-round pick and, saaayyyy, a versatile starting guard in Isaac Seumalo appease Cincinnati? I think that’s a deal the Eagles would do. They likely would not part with either of their 2023 first-round picks, which are clearly earmarked for quarterback insurance in case Jalen Hurts doesn’t make substantial improvements in 2022. As for the money, Marcus Williams is a player whose game is similar to Bates’, so his five-year, $70 million deal with the Ravens feels like the floor. Because Bates is already pretty much guaranteed just under $13 million on the franchise tag, the Eagles would have to beat that. A new deal worth an average annual value of around $15 million would feel about right. And again, I would expect any new deal to have a low 2022 cap number. So in summary, to answer the question in the headline, yeah, the Eagles should have interest in trading for Jessie Bates.

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