Report: Eagles had trade offer from Jets
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Report: Eagles had trade offer from Jets
Sheil Kapadia, Philly.com
A juicy little nugget from Clark Judge of CBSSports.com that I've been meaning to get to all day.
How would you have reacted if the Eagles traded out of the first round for the third year in a row?
According to Judge, it had a chance of happening.
Per the report, the Jets made the Eagles an attractive offer of four draft picks.
Two were in 2010 -- one described as being "a high first-day pick" and the other a high second-day choice, probably a third- or fourth-rounder, according to Judge.
"The Jets were pretty aggressive," a source told him.
The player New York was targeting was Florida wide receiver Percy Harvin, who eventually went to the Vikings at No. 22.
Four days after the draft, most Eagles fans seem pretty content with the selections of Jeremy Maclin and LeSean McCoy in the first two rounds.
But what if the Eagles traded back?
I'm guessing things would have gotten pretty ugly around these parts, regardless of what they'd have received in return.
I also heard that if they had stayed at 21 they most likely would have taken Vontae Davis and wouldn't have gone after Brown. Lets all be thankful the Eagles didn't bite on the Jets offer or stayed at 21.— BadgerVMD- I doubt this would have ever happened. The JETS had already traded their 2nd round pick to Cleveland - so its hard to image the Eagles would have dropped down to the 3rd round in exchange for some garbage picks and a number 1 next year.— dankil13
Comment removed.- The only thing I would have traded the first pick for is Anquan Boldin.— ArizonaMike
- I call BS on this story. Either that, or the Jets are just flat-out dumb. Four draft picks for Harvin? The guy is like another Willie Gault. He will not be a star in the NFL.— djack10
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- Hard to evaluate without the exact picks.— mikemaddog
- Shoulda, coulda, woulda. There was so many false reports going around before the draft how can you really tell fact from fiction?— Tom98786
- boldin is still out there yo!— green faerie
- No way they would have dropped all the way to the 3rd round, even if they were offered a 1 and a 3 next year (best-case picks). They picked up a 1 and a 4 last year from Carolina for moving back to the 2nd round. The Jets would have had to offer multiple #1 picks to get that type of deal done.— ChrisInVT
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- Who cares what the fans think. Do whats right for the team to help them win ballgames not whats popular with the fans.— MikeQuick
- I am glad they didnt trade out of the first round, they had a great draft this year.— RRT
- Uhhh Willie Gault was a star!— phillynupe4
- The Jets made an offer; the Eagles said no. Nobody has stated how 'attractive' the offer was nor if the Eagles seriously 'considered' the offer. The draft is a poker match and chess match. Offers and counter offers are part of the process. This type of article could have been written about any team in the league. Either offers they made or offers made to them.— bleedgreen
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