(02-20-2019, 03:35 PM)FBT Wrote:

(02-20-2019, 09:32 AM)Jags Wrote: I’m still on the Foles Train.  Draft o-line, TE, WR and try to make a run the next few years.

I think that's the best approach.  If they don't land Foles, the team will wind up having to give up picks to go after Haskins, making it more difficult to fill other needs.

That is the balance I have been wrestling with-the short term vs. the long term approach.

Signing Foles and building around him is clearly the best short term approach.  If we can keep the bulk of the defense intact the next 2-3 years, I think we can field contending teams during that stretch with good health.

However, not signing Foles and then drafting Haskins (or any QB and hitting big on the pick) would certainly be in the team's best long term interests.

However, there are good cross arguments for both propositions.

One could argue signing Foles and building around him could, if all went right, lead to a Super Bowl, which would improve the team's popularity on a local, nationwide, and international level, which would help the team financially thrive here long term.

One could also argue that not signing Foles and hitting on a drafted QB this year would be better for the team cap wise the next couple of years, which would enable us to keep more of the defensive players (I'm looking at you, 2016 draft class) , which will give the team the chance to win short term.

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