Why the Eagles Should Trade Saquon Barkley and Rebuild

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Oct 29, 2026
Uh, till I was asking what I trade or what the Eagles trade Barkley.
If he's healthy, I think they're going to trade Barkley.
He's not healthy.
I think it would be malpractice to me.
Look, I'm not going to question the Eagles brass.
Okay.
Because Howie Roseman's incredible.
Like Howie Roseman.
So good.
But I would trade everyone.
If I was Philadelphia, I would unload anyone and everyone I could.
if i'm philadelphia because it kind of feels like
this is the end like they held it together last
year with kind of duct tape
and and they kind of kept that group together for one more run
Saquon Barkley ran for 2,000 yards
and the history of running backs after they run for 2,000 yards
is brutal and last year
this year next year i i just don't think there's going to be a lot
of productivity coming from Saquon Barkley for the rest of his career.
He got a ring.
The Eagles won a championship.
He'll always go down as one of the great Eagle running backs
who carried them to a title.
So I don't want to downplay what
the Eagles have accomplished under with Saquon Barkley.
But yes, I would be trading Saquon Barkley.
I'd be shopping anyone and everyone,
to be quite honest, if I'm the Eagles.
I'm looking to start over again.
And it might not be with Jalen Hurts.
You've heard Debro here on this show talk about it
for months now that he does not think
the Eagles will have Jalen Hurts
as their starting quarterback next year, and Nick Sirianni
may not be the head coach next year.
So I would trade everyone.
I would look at anyone and everyone
who you could get draft capital for and try to go
into the draft armed to go get your next guy,
to go get your quarterback, because there
are multiple quarterbacks.
first round graded talented quarterbacks
who are going to be in this draft coming up in april as
many as five or six quarterbacks could be taken
in the first round coming up next april so that
wouldn't be horrible to go ahead
and do that, the Eagles should grab Kirk Cousins, I don't hate that
I mean look, the Raiders should be shopping Kirk Cousins, I said
that I said yesterday, the Raiders
100% should be shopping Kirk Cousins, he could bring back a third
or a fourth round pick, he could be
your starting quarterback, he could be the guy for you going forward
or at least a guy who could be
a stopgap if you're the Eagles
and you're going to move off Jalen Hurts, you could trade for Kirk
Cousins, and then after trading for Kirk Cousins he's
the guy, much like he's doing right now to be
the placeholder until the kid whoever you draft
in the first round in April is ready, Mendoza
is going to be, you know, Mendoza is a project
let's just call him that, okay, I'm not a huge
fan of Mendoza, I wouldn't have taken him first overall
but I'm not a talent evaluator, I'm just
I've watched a lot of football
in my days, I'm very worried about him being able to read
NFL defenses, I don't think he's nearly as athletic
as people think he is, we'll see, we'll see what
the kid looks like, okay, I I've been wrong before, I probably might
be wrong again, and Clint Kubiak
is a really good head coach
but I would shop in the next two weeks, I would be shopping, I would
be playing Kirk Cousins with the intention
of shipping him somewhere, I'm showcasing him because
Mendoza is going to play like we talked about yesterday, I think
the raiders have a pretty good
shot of losing the next five games
and that would be a nine game losing streak for the raiders they'd
go from three and oh to three and nine
and the year would have just completely and totally fallen apart
Thank
you.
