Jaguars Give Up on Nick Foles Experiment
By Chris Vazquez, @CVazquez613
March 18, 2020
Well that did not go as expected. After just one season, the Jaguars decided that the Nick Foles experiment was a fail and shipped off the former Super Bowl MVP to the Chicago Bears for a fourth-round pick.
QB trade: Jacksonville is trading QB Nick Foles to Chicago for the Bears’ compensatory fourth-round pick, sources tell ESPN.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 18, 2020
Bears’ coaches such as Matt Nagy have worked with Foles in past and know him well.
The Bears also reworked the contract of Foles, who still has three years remaining on his deal.
Nick Foles already has restructred his contract with the Bears, per source. He still has three years left, still has $21 million guaranteed left, but Foles now has the ability to void the deal after either of the first two years depending on his performance. Deal includes upside.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 18, 2020
In his only season with the Jags, Foles went 0-4. He completed a shade under 66% of his passes while throwing 736 yards, three touchdowns, and two interceptions.
The narrative that Nick Foles can't play a full season continues as he broke his collarbone in the season opener on a touchdown pass against the Chiefs.
In Chicago, he will have a chance to compete for the starting job against Mitchell Trubisky while the Jaguars will trot out Gardner Minshew as their starter. The Jaguars appear to be in full tank mode in attempts to try and land the No. 1 pick in next year's draft for Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence.
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