New detail makes Robert Quinn trade a true rental

[time2rock]

New detail makes Robert Quinn trade a true rental

 

Upon trading for Robert Quinn this week, the Eagles and Quinn agreed to chop off the final two years of his current contract, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported.

This will make the 32-year-old Quinn a free agent after year’s end.

The Eagles earlier this week shipped a 2023 fourth-round pick to Chicago for the three-time Pro Bowler, a move to bolster what is already a pretty deep defensive line rotation.

While Quinn will officially be a free agent after 2022, it always seemed extremely, extremely unlikely he was going to play for the Eagles beyond this season on that old contract from the Bears. That deal had base salaries of $13.9 million and $12.9 million in 2023 and 2024, respectively, but none of that was guaranteed money.

Of course, there’s nothing stopping the Eagles from potentially re-signing Quinn if this works out well.

The Eagles had to give up a fourth-round pick to get Quinn — now clearly a rental deal — but the Bears reportedly agreed to pick up most of the remaining salary from the 2022 season. So basically the Eagles gave up a fourth-rounder to get 11+ games of Quinn at veteran minimum.

In Philly, Quinn will be a rotational edge player in a group that includes Haason Reddick, Josh Sweat and Brandon Graham.

Quinn’s numbers are down this season. He has just one sack through seven games, but is coming off an 18 1/2 sack season in 2021. With the Eagles, Quinn won’t play as much and likely won’t get as much extra attention from opposing offenses. The Eagles hope he can look like the 2021 version of himself very soon.

https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/eagles/eagles-robert-quinn-agree-drop-final-2-years-contract-report

[time2rock]

This move further supports the notion that Howie is "all in" on 2022 (i.e. willing to cough up a 4th rd pick for a half season rental).  Quinn had a really good year last season (18.5 sacks) - even though he was off to a slow start this year in Chicago, with the number of double teams some of the other defenders are seeing, he should (**knock on wood**) start taking off here.  If he wraps up the year here looking more like his 2021 self, he is likely to get a fairly decent offer in free agency which should help us get a pick (compensatory) back in 2024 to offset the 2023 4th we lose.

[brkmsn]

9 hours ago, time2rock said:

This move further supports the notion that Howie is "all in" on 2022 (i.e. willing to cough up a 4th rd pick for a half season rental).  Quinn had a really good year last season (18.5 sacks) - even though he was off to a slow start this year in Chicago, with the number of double teams some of the other defenders are seeing, he should (**knock on wood**) start taking off here.  If he wraps up the year here looking more like his 2021 self, he is likely to get a fairly decent offer in free agency which should help us get a pick (compensatory) back in 2024 to offset the 2023 4th we lose.

I'm pretty sure the Eagles didn't plan to keep his on his contract. This just made him eligible for the compensatory pick formula.

[Crazy Legs]

3 hours ago, brkmsn said:

I'm pretty sure the Eagles didn't plan to keep his on his contract. This just made him eligible for the compensatory pick formula.

Thia actually sounds like a fair compromise deal for all involved parties (as it always should be).

Chicago gets a 4th in 2023 and gets a better look at their current edge rushers. They also accelerate the dead roster bonus charges.

Philly avoids having to cut Quinn after possibly helping us win a Super Bowl, plus creates the possibility of a comp pick.

Quinn knows he won't see the remaining 2 years of his current agreement and can concentrate on what he does after 2022.

We have the "in-house" opportunity to develop a first-hand up-close evaluation of Quinn's long-term value. We also will have exclusive negotiating rights into next February. 

All parties know the score...win, win, win.