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Randall Cunningham Would Love to See Marcus Mariota with the Eagles
By Jim Adair
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There are a lot of people who would like to see Marcus Mariota be the Eagles’ quarterback. In fact, if you remove the context of what you’d have to give up to get him, most of you would probably want him here next year. Yes, that context is important, but it’s not what Randall Cunningham has in mind when he’s talking about Mariota, it’s how good he’d be for the Eagles.
Cunningham swung by Comcast SportsNet’s Philly Sports Talk to hype up his memorabilia auction, but he also talked Mariota and how he’d fit with the Eagles.
“Nothing against Sanchez and the quarterbacks there, but if they team back together somehow, some way, Chip gets his boy with him there,” Cunningham said. “Whether through trade or whatever it takes, and they protect that kid, he is the kind of leader you want in Philadelphia.”
Sure. Eagles fans want a little bit of talk though, but they’d happily trade it for success on the field. Randall’s right on the money here.
“When you look up in the stadium and you see his parents, they’re not drinking beers and acting crazy,” Cunningham continues. “They’re respectable people.”
Okay, Randall. First of all, having a beer and “acting crazy” because your kid is playing football on a grand stage right in front of you doesn’t exclude you from being a respectable person. Secondly, if people knew Mariota’s parents would be in the stands drinking Bud Lights and going nuts with the fans around them, they’d demand a trade for him tomorrow.
That trade is unlikely to happen (or if you find Sal Pal on the right day, very likely and is being hammered out right now), but that isn’t going to stop anyone and everyone from talking about it until the draft.
When he's not writing about sports here or ranting about them on Twitter, Jim is probably watching X-Files on Netflix or drinking a beer somewhere. Jim has nothing against hockey, it's just not his style. He once met Duce Staley at a Sixers game.