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Eagles Have Reportedly Had “Trade Discussions” Involving Brandon Brooks
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Good morning.
Let’s have a great week. No arguing about unpaid internships.
We’re gonna start if off with a tidbit from SI’s Albert Breer, who includes in his MMQB column a tidbit about Eagles Pro Bowl guard Brandon Brooks:
Eagles G Brandon Brooks: Among the NFL’s best guards before he got hurt, a torn Achilles cost him the 2020 season. But he was healthy enough to practice before the end of the year, and the 31-year-old is under contract the next four years for a reasonable $53.2 million, and just $10.5 million this year. There have been trade discussions here.
Trading Brooks?
This would depend on how you feel about undergoing a transition period, or blowing it up entirely.
He signed the four-year extension in 2019, and if they traded him this year would not save a lot of money, only a little more than $2 million. The cap savings would be much better in 2022, when he would only carry a $8.1m dead money charge. He’s guaranteed $10 million this season and hits the cap at $14.5 million. Really the best way to navigate the situation now, if you want to move on, is a post-June 1st trade.
Doesn’t seem like this needs to happen though. Depends on what a team is willing to give up. If you’re committed to the rebuild and want to eat some more salary in exchange for a decent draft pick, maybe it’s something you entertain. Brooks has been fantastic when healthy, but if you think he’s a risk to get hurt again, then certainly you could justify moving him now and trying to get younger, quicker.
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com