Speculation has ramped up over the past few weeks that the Philadelphia Eagles will try and trade up in the draft to select Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota. Eagles coach Chip Kelly recruited Mariota to Oregon and coached him for a year, and the two sides seem like an ideal match.
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There are a couple of obstacles to that plan, however. First is that the Eagles have the 20th pick in the draft, and getting into the top five is the minimum required to get Mariota, and they may even need to be first overall. That is not an easy leap to make.
Second, the team has an incumbent starter in Nick Foles who is just a year removed from a dominant season as a young pro. The Eagles would surely have to move Foles if they wanted to draft Mariota, and that is where the possibility seems a bit more realistic.
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There are a few teams that are reportedly interested in trading for Foles, but the clear front-runner is St. Louis. The team is loaded with talent, but the oft-injured and frequently ineffective Sam Bradford has held the team back from playoff contention.
Foles has looked great at times, he has struggled at times, and he has been injured at times, so what could Philadelphia realistically expect back from the Rams in a trade. According to NJ.com, there are a few plausible scenarios:
Eagles get pick 10, Rams get Foles and pick 20: Likely the best Philly can do.
Eagles get pick 10, Rams get Foles, pick 20, and Philly fourth-rounder: Philadelphia has an extra fourth-round pick they could sent St. Louis to make the deal more attractive.
Eagles get pick 10, Rams get Foles, pick 20, and conditional 2016 pick: The 2016 pick would change based on Foles' 2015 performance. This is probably the best St. Louis can do.
Rams get Foles, Eagles get Rams' second-rounder: Fairly straightforward, but least desirable for Philadelphia
If Philadelphia really does plan to move up to take Mariota, they have to get St. Louis' first-round pick back in any deal. It would still take multiple other picks to move into the top five or higher from the 10th spot, but it is at least possible from that position. If Philadelphia is stuck with the 20th pick as their best, then they would likely face the prospect of trading their entire draft's worth of picks to move up, similar to what the New Orleans Saints did years ago to draft Ricky Williams.
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