It’s times like these where you actually hate the idea of a salary cap. As a Philadelphia Eagles fan, you want to believe in your heart that, had there not been one, both Nick Foles and Carson Wentz would have both been in the green, black, white, and silver for the remainder of their careers.
Well, maybe that’s a stretch, but we would have been able to confirm that they’d both be Eagles for the 2019 regular season. A hefty salary for a backup quarterback and cap concerns would make that an impossibility, so here we are in a situation that you’re very well aware of and doesn’t need to be explained again.