What to make of weird Eagles-Garoppolo trade buzz

[time2rock]

What to make of weird Eagles-Garoppolo trade buzz

 

If you hang out on the Philadelphia sports corner of the internet, chances are good you've run into a jersey swap of Jimmy Garoppolo in midnight green or a tweet freaking out at Howie Roseman over some reported interest in trading for the 49ers quarterback this offseason.

Before you go nuclear, I'm here to tell you: that buzz is fabricated. Is there a tiny, theoretical chance that Roseman trades for Garoppolo? Yes, because he's an NFL player and Roseman is in charge of an NFL team. 

But this current sweep of trade noise is extremely overblown, a result of twisted words and a good look at how the internet's rumor mill can run amok.

Here's what happened.

On Monday, Sports Illustrated insider Albert Breer tossed a note at the bottom of his Monday Morning Quarterback column looking at Garoppolo's trade value. Here's what Breer wrote:

"While we’re there, it’s really hard to assess the trade value of Jimmy Garoppolo. The reason? We still don’t know which quarterbacks are going to be available. There’s a good group of suitors out there ready to take a major swing at the position (the Broncos, Eagles, Panthers and Commanders)."

Here's what you should take away from this note: the Eagles are a suitor for the quarterback position as a whole, and their involvement (or non-involvement) in a trade will be part of what shapes the QB trade market - including Garoppolo's market.

Here's what you should NOT take away from this note: the Eagles are a specific suitor for Garoppolo.

But not everyone connected those dots successfully.

Later that day an extremely spicy headline was published on Outkick exclaiming "EAGLES EXPECTED TO PURSUE QB JIMMY GAROPPOLO DURING OFFSEASON" while citing Breer, who was - again - not reporting that the Eagles are specifically pursuing Garoppolo but rather are looking at the entire QB market and will be part of setting it.

And then on Friday morning, an unverified Twitter account called NFL Rumors tweeted "The Philadelphia have had rumored interest in Seahawks Russell Wilson and now we are hearing 49ers Jimmy Garoppolo as well", without any citation or explanation. The tweet generated some moderate traction.

That's a whole lot of trade chatter... that came from nowhere.

Now, for a view from someone who would know, ESPN insider Adam Schefter talked Wednesday about the Garoppolo-to-the-Eagles buzz:

"I don't see that happening. I have not heard his name floated once. That's not to say it couldn't happen or wouldn't happen, I just have not heard his name connected to Philadelphia."

Schefter acknowledges, as I did earlier, that it is theoretically possible for that trade to happen, just as it's theoretically possible that the Eagles could trade for any player in the league.

But for now? There's nothing to this rumor. It's smoke with no fire.

As Kendrick Perkins would say, carry the hell on.

https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/eagles/nfl-rumors-buzz-around-eagles-jimmy-garoppolo-trade-overblown-49ers

[time2rock]

Intentionally posting this for anyone who believes there are legitimate rumors connecting Garoppolo to the Eagles.  Please read.  

This piece also shows how lazy some of these sports writers are ... much more interested in click bait than accuracy.  

[UK_EaglesFan89]

I think over the course of the next couple of months we are going to hear this a lot. We are going to be linked to every QB in the league and in the draft. We have a lot of draft ammo and we have a need at the most important position in football. 

[eggs]

2 hours ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

I think over the course of the next couple of months we are going to hear this a lot. We are going to be linked to every QB in the league and in the draft. We have a lot of draft ammo and we have a need at the most important position in football. 

Yeah - good point. 

[time2rock]

4 hours ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

I think over the course of the next couple of months we are going to hear this a lot. We are going to be linked to every QB in the league and in the draft. We have a lot of draft ammo and we have a need at the most important position in football. 

We have a POSSIBLE need at QB.  Thus far Howie has said all the right things about building around Hurts (but could obviously just  be a matter of what he should be saying to keep alternate plans under wraps).  We’ll find out soon enough if he meant what he said.  

[UK_EaglesFan89]

21 minutes ago, time2rock said:

We have a POSSIBLE need at QB.  Thus far Howie has said all the right things about building around Hurts (but could obviously just  be a matter of what he should be saying to keep alternate plans under wraps).  We’ll find out soon enough if he meant what he said.  

We have a definite need at QB. The real question is at what point does Howie look to address that. 

[time2rock]

21 minutes ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

We have a definite need at QB. The real question is at what point does Howie look to address that. 

I love when people talk in absolutes. [/sarcasm]

[Rob331]

Let's build the team with this draft and give Hurts one more year. We're good - this draft and free agency will make us better. If Hurts doesn't becvome "the guy" the QB will be the final piece next year. 

[UK_EaglesFan89]

9 hours ago, time2rock said:

I love when people talk in absolutes. [/sarcasm]

I mean sure there's a debate to be had but I don't see Hurts being the long term answer so there's a need. 

[time2rock]

7 hours ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

I mean sure there's a debate to be had but I don't see Hurts being the long term answer so there's a need. 

So because YOU don't see Hurts being the long term answer that means the FO feels there's a need?  Got it.  

We don’t know what they think … IF they think there is a need or not. They may very well feel be the same ... but they may not be there yet.  So again, you can't speak in absolutes.  

[UK_EaglesFan89]

5 hours ago, time2rock said:

So because YOU don't see Hurts being the long term answer that means the FO feels there's a need?  Got it.  

We don’t know what they think … IF they think there is a need or not. They may very well feel be the same ... but they may not be there yet.  So again, you can't speak in absolutes.  

Is this not a fans forum where we discuss and debate opinions?

[time2rock]

2 hours ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

Is this not a fans forum where we discuss and debate opinions?

Sure didn’t seem like you were speaking from your perspective.  🤷🏼

[dawkins4prez]

I am super confused as to why the league wide take is that the Niners will get a 2nd rd (conditional to 1st!) pick for Jimmy G.  I don't see it, I think his market is going to be next to nothing.  He can't win a SB no matter how awesome the talent is around him, he proved that over and over again with the Niners.  He's a bridge QB/fringe starter and there are plenty of those to be had at 1/3 the price tag and without giving a pick.  I got the Niners outright releasing him.

[UK_EaglesFan89]

14 hours ago, time2rock said:

Sure didn’t seem like you were speaking from your perspective.  🤷🏼

Isn't most of what we all talk about our own perspective? We don't actually know what's going on within the organisation.