Let’s get it back to more practical Eagles matters.

Who is the starting quarterback nine months from now? Carson Wentz? Jalen Hurts? Zach Wilson?

Wilson is a looooong shot, but it would certainly be intriguing if the Eagles decided that neither Wentz nor Hurts is the guy moving forward, and go with a quarterback at #6 overall. What a doozy of a selection that would be, taking a QB after Trevor Lawrence and Justin Fields go off the board.

The more pressing matter is figuring out what to do with Carson and his massive cap hit, and there have been dueling reports out there. Some conflicting information.

On one side, you’ve got Chris Mortensen and ESPN folks believing that Wentz would prefer a trade. On the other side is Rob Maaddi, who says Carson wants to take some time to think about his Eagles future.

We got a bit further into that Wednesday morning, when Adam Schefter joined John Kincade’s new show on 97.5 the Fanatic and said this about Wentz:

Schefter: We go to the quarterback. And friend of the station Rob Maadi reported on it yesterday. I believe what Rob says. How did he depict it exactly in the (Associated Press) story?

Bob Cooney: It’s not exact, but it was ‘I’m going to take a break for a little bit, and then come back and talk and I hope it doesn’t end in divorce.’

Schefter: I would just say this, again – all year long, we talk about it, it comes back to the coach and the quarterback. And an organization that had the kind of year that the Eagles did, are we going to believe that everybody is going to be back? We know Jim Schwartz won’t be back, so there will be a shakeup on the defensive side of the ball.

And I think the real question involves Carson Wentz. Now, my opinion, my opinion – I want to be very clear about this because, again, sometimes you say things and they wind up as reports – I don’t believe Carson Wentz will be back. That’s my opinion. Again, today. I reserve the right to change that opinion based on the events that transpire over the next month or two. But I believe that they’ll look to move on from him. I believe he wants to be traded. I believe what my work partner Chris Mortensen reported on Sunday, that the relationship is “fractured beyond repair.” When he said those words, I went, ‘What?’ Like that was my reaction. I was … ‘Whoa! Mort. OK.’ And I think when you hear that, I think it speaks to the level of frustration that has been built up. I don’t think that that is easily wiped away. And I do think, ultimately, they’re going to have to look to trade him.

Now, when Howie Roseman spoke to the media this week, I think his message was, and correct me if I’m wrong, ‘we’re not talking about that right now.’ We’re not looking into it. We’re not going to talk about that right now. But they’ve got a problem. The quarterback is going to want to be traded. He hasn’t said it yet. But he does. And he hasn’t complained about it publicly. But he wants to be traded.

Again, you have to consider the fact that if they trade Wentz before his roster bonus activates in March, that the Eagles would still be eating upwards of $30 million in dead cap. That is not much less than what you would pay him if he remained on the roster, which shows just how little wiggle room they have here. It’s why you keep hearing this idea about Carson adjusting his contact and facilitating a move somewhere else, to help him and the Eagles at the same time.

And beyond that, you have to think about what the Eagles get in return. A second round pick? Third rounder? You’re not just giving up a recently-extended quarterback for nothing, taking a huge dead cap hit for a season, and then finding some breathing room in 2022. That’s a rough road to travel.