Eagles

Report: The Eagles Do Right By Nick Foles

By Russ Joy

Published: Jan 19th, 2019 · 10:39 AM EST

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Time to hop into the time machine: It’s Week 17. Nick Foles is about to once again rally the troops and lead a ragtag Eagles team into the postseason. Unbeknownst to many, Foles is about to hit a $1 million incentive in his contract; one that’s triggered by him playing in 33% of the team’s snaps while also making the playoffs. The question was whether or not he’d need to play the entire game and if there were any lasting effects from Week 16.

The previous week against Houston, he took this cheap shot from Jadeveon Clowney and missed only one play:

Nick Foles misses one play after the big hit by Jadeveon Clowney on the Alshon Jeffery reception, but leads the Eagles down the field for the game-winning field goal. Eagles win it 32-30! pic.twitter.com/WM3NszqaWc

— Kansas More Chaints (@AdrianFedkiw) December 23, 2018

Back to Week 17: Foles takes a hit in the fourth quarter against Washington and misses the remainder of the game. That incentive? Poof.

Eagles’ QB Nick Foles has a $1 million incentive if Philadelphia goes to the postseason AND he plays 33 percent of team’s plays. His bruised ribs that prevented him from finishing today’s game now mean he played 32 percent of Eagles’ plays – 1 percent short of $1 million. Ouch.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) December 31, 2018

But now it appears the Eagles did the right thing:

Source: the Eagles have paid QB Nick Foles a $1M signing bonus to account for the incentive he missed out on by just four snaps earned by Philly making the playoffs and Foles playing 33% of the snaps. Philly does right by the clutch QB.

— Field Yates (@FieldYates) January 19, 2019

No brainer. It’s good to see the Eagles are doing right by the only man to quarterback the franchise to a Super Bowl, something Randall Cunningham, Donovan McNabb, Jeff Garcia, Mike McMahon, and even Carson Wentz cannot claim to have done.