If they're wise, every team in every sport balances a win-now mindset with planning for the future. The Philadelphia Eagles do that just about as well as anyone, which explains why they're in the position they are in.
Three Super Bowl appearances since the 2017-18 season... Two Super Bowl wins... They are home to one of the best cultures in all of the National Football League...
Call us crazy, but we've always assumed the best practice for winning isn't to make potential adversaries better.
Eagles insider suggests a trade involving Tanner McKee, and frankly, we disapprove of the theory.
Since we've known Howie Roseman, we've taken note of some of his business practices. Build rosters the trenches... Pay players earlier rather than later... Win trades if you attempt to execute one... One recent theory we read contradicts the latter principle.
We love Ed Kracz and all. Heck, FanSided and Sports Illustrated are both under the Minute Media umbrella, but we must throw the challenge flag on something Ed stated recently.
As you've probably heard, Kellen Moore, Philly's former offensive coordinator, is now the head coach of the New Orleans Saints. If you've been paying attention, N.O.'s starting signal-caller Derek Carr may require season-ending shoulder surgery.
Kracz suggests a trade where the Birds "help an old friend out" by trading Tanner McKee to the Big Easy. Yeah... We're out on that.
We wouldn't trade McKee anyway. Every team needs a good backup quarterback. It's always good to have some insurance just in case Jalen Hurts goes down with an injury, but let's think this one through.
What if Philly did give some thought to the idea?
Trade this guy out of the conference. Don't ship him off to another NFC team that could be a few players away from giving the Eagles fits in a potential playoff game.
We've learned a lot from watching Howie over the years. Typically, when he's executed trades, we've felt like Philly was a better team for them. A couple of those trades have involved fleecing the Saints.
So, again... The idea is to put your team in a better position, not willfully and knowingly make the trade partner an instant contender.
Besides, Philly has helped New Orleans enough. After Kellen Moore accepted the job as Saints head coach, he took two Eagles assistants with him: Doug Nussmeier is N.O.'s new OC. T.J. Paganetti is the run game coordinator.
As far as we are concerned, the Birds have helped the Saints enough. Let them struggle now with Spencer Rattler.
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