Mr. Scot

Howie Roseman...oy I've told Eagle fans before that we feel their pain.

The Eagles reportedly told all of their head coaching prospects that they were sticking with Wentz. They also asked interviewees questions about how they would handle Wentz as part of the process. When the process was over, they hired Nick Sirianni in part because of his connection with one of Wentz's former mentors in Frank Reich. And now they're set to trade him away. Real smooth...

Washington gets linked to every available quarterback, same as us. Whether or not the Eagles would do it is a valid question.

Washington offered a first and a third for Stafford.

Oooohhh, that would be interesting. I had forgotten it, but the article mentions that the Bears also have one of his former coaches in John DeFilippo.

They did. Just didn't pursue it as aggressively as other teams.

The Colts have Frank Reich. The Bears have his former quarterback coach John DeFilippo. The 49ers don't have anyone previously connected to him that I know of, but every quarterback wants to play in Kyle Shanahan's system.

I looked at the article to see if it would identify who team number three is. It doesn't. I grant that it could be us. I just don't think it is.

The Colts absolutely make the most sense to me. Of course, what makes the most sense frequently isn't what happens in the NFL.

Part of me still hopes the Jags take Fields just so I can grab some popcorn, sit back and watch the chaos

Eagles beat writer for NJ.com... Teams reportedly in discussion are the Bears, Colts and...someone else. (I don't believe it's us)

This early in the process that may not even be decided yet.

I agree, but until they fire Easterby it's hard for me to say they're "exhausting all efforts". That should be Effort #1!

It's not Marty. No idea how good Fitterer will (or won't) be, but the fact that we're not going into yet another offseason with Marty at the helm feels like a reason for optimism.

I get that, and I agree with investigating all possibilities. I just really don't wanna see us do either of those trades.

I don't have a whole lotta doubt that's gonna happen. It's only a question of how they do it.

There are 498 other threads about something Albert Breer wrote this morning?

Reasonable, and what Breer said here makes me wonder if he believes we'll do that. I know we're "in on every deal" but I don't really want us to be "in on" Darnold, and definitely not on Wentz.

That's a very plausible scenario.

Which, to be fair, he chose to do.

Because if you don't want to trade him in the first place, letting all the potential suitors get someone else doesn't exactly hurt your purpose.

When they came out and looked like they were running pretty well in the first drive of the second half, I thought maybe things had changed. Tampa scoring pretty easily on the responding drive probably killed that.

That makes my head hurt

Breer talked about that in this same column. Said the answer Houston is giving to all requests is still a "hard no". Also pointed out previously that if Caserio gives in, he'll forever be known as the guy that traded away Deshaun Watson. I just don't see that situation getting resolved before the draft.

Breer commented on that (link) Houston’s still got a problem. Where are we? Just where we told you we were last week. Deshaun Watson’s not returning calls from new GM Nick Caserio or new coach David Culley. The Texans are giving other teams that call them a hard no. And round and round we go. Caserio in particular is really between a rock and a hard place on this one. Neither outcome is particularly great. Either … 1) He trades Watson, establishes that a superstar can shoot his way out of town right off the bat and makes Houston the NFL’s version of Elba even more so than it is now. Yes, he could get a nice return. Yes, maybe that’s the second or third pick and his QB of the future. But acquiescing in a situation like this is a tough Ground Zero for any new brass to start on. 2) He hangs onto Watson, and Watson holds firm—which creates an incredibly difficult environment for Culley to try and establish his program under. Maybe Watson winds up reporting in the summer. Maybe not. But there are six months between now and then to navigate for a coaching staff trying to get to know the roster and get that roster to buy into what they’re doing. Of course, the best-case scenario for Caserio and Culley is that Watson eventually agrees to meet with them, separate from owner Cal McNair and EVP Jack Easterby, and those guys can establish relationships with their quarterback. The problem with that? I don’t know that even that sort of meeting would solve much, since Watson’s issue is with McNair and Easterby. Which means that might have to be fixed first. And I don’t know that it can be fixed. My biggest question in all this: What the hell does Jack Easterby bring to the table that you're willing to hold on to him amidst all this? It seems to me like an obvious first step toward reaching out to Watson would be firing Easterby, yet the Texans show no inclination toward doing that.