Nick Foles is reportedly skipping Rams OTAs out of protest
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Nick Foles is reportedly skipping Rams OTAs out of protest
Former starting QB is apparently taking a page out of the Sam Bradford playbook
By Will Brinson
Nothing is easy for the Los Angeles Rams at the quarterback position, which has been a revolving door of passers under Jeff Fisher. That's why the franchise traded up to take Jared Goff with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft.
Goff is the starter because you don't trade tons of picks to draft a guy you're not playing in a season where you need to win more than eight games and make a playoff run. Everyone knows this, including Nick Foles, who is planning to skip OTAs as a sign of protest, according to Jim Trotter of ESPN.
While not technically a holdout, this is about as much of a holdout as someone who is currently slated to be a backup can pull off. Foles can skip the voluntary workouts and not be fined after all.
And it's not hard to blame Foles for being miffed. He was traded by the Eagles to the Rams in exchange for Sam Bradford (the rare "lose-lose-lose-lose" trade) last offseason.
Foles inked a two-year, $24.5 million contract with the Rams that featured a pretty stout amount of guaranteed money ($13.8 million).
Like Bradford, he couldn't have expected he would be the long-term solution for his team, but he probably expected to start/play prominently for multiple years.
Instead Foles was benched in his first season with the Rams and promptly shoved down the depth chart with the drafting of Goff.
At this point he might be behind Case Keenum on the depth chart, although it's all irrelevant with Goff expected to start the entire season barring injury or a really bad performance.
Which is why Foles holding out and/or skipping workouts is the ultimate exercise in futility.
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nick- ... f-protest/
Former starting QB is apparently taking a page out of the Sam Bradford playbook
By Will Brinson
Nothing is easy for the Los Angeles Rams at the quarterback position, which has been a revolving door of passers under Jeff Fisher. That's why the franchise traded up to take Jared Goff with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft.
Goff is the starter because you don't trade tons of picks to draft a guy you're not playing in a season where you need to win more than eight games and make a playoff run. Everyone knows this, including Nick Foles, who is planning to skip OTAs as a sign of protest, according to Jim Trotter of ESPN.
While not technically a holdout, this is about as much of a holdout as someone who is currently slated to be a backup can pull off. Foles can skip the voluntary workouts and not be fined after all.
And it's not hard to blame Foles for being miffed. He was traded by the Eagles to the Rams in exchange for Sam Bradford (the rare "lose-lose-lose-lose" trade) last offseason.
Foles inked a two-year, $24.5 million contract with the Rams that featured a pretty stout amount of guaranteed money ($13.8 million).
Like Bradford, he couldn't have expected he would be the long-term solution for his team, but he probably expected to start/play prominently for multiple years.
Instead Foles was benched in his first season with the Rams and promptly shoved down the depth chart with the drafting of Goff.
At this point he might be behind Case Keenum on the depth chart, although it's all irrelevant with Goff expected to start the entire season barring injury or a really bad performance.
Which is why Foles holding out and/or skipping workouts is the ultimate exercise in futility.
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nick- ... f-protest/