April 06, 2016
When the three best friends trio of Jeffrey Lurie, Howie Roseman, and Doug Pederson went on a cross-country tour of the top quarterback prospects in the 2016 NFL Draft, they apparently weren't done there.
According to Adam Caplan of ESPN, the Eagles will host North Dakota State's Carson Wentz, Cal's Jared Goff and Mississippi State's Dak Prescott in Philadelphia for pre-draft visits.
#Eagles still on QB evaluation trail: Christian Hackenberg private workout Friday. Wentz, Prescott, Goff also have pre-draft visits.
— Adam Caplan (@caplannfl) April 6, 2016
Prescott's visit had been reported previously (bookmark our pre-draft visit tracker here), but Wentz's and Goff's visits are new. The Eagles have recently been rumored to have heavy interest in Wentz, per NFL.com's Lance Zierlein (via Tim McManus of Philly Mag):
Lance Zierlein of NFL.com added fuel to the theory that the Eagles are hot after Carson Wentz during an interview with Harry Mayes and Rob Ellis on 97.5 The Fanatic Monday.
“Make no mistake about it, I still think the Eagles first and foremost are trying to find a way to get Carson Wentz. I know Doug Pederson loves him,” he said. “I know that from people behind the scenes, in the know. That’s who he wants and that’s who he likes. It’s just going to be tough — to move up that far is going to be a challenge.”
Though not necessarily impossible. Zierlein believes that Tennessee could be convinced to move out of the No. 1 slot. Similarly, he thinks Cleveland could also be swayed “if someone is willing to give up an RGIII deal.” (Washington surrendered the No. 6 overall pick, two additional first rounders and a second rounder to the Rams to move up four slots in the 2012 draft for Robert Griffin.)
“I think one or two could be for sale. For the first time in quite a while I do think there is at least a 50-50 chance that No. 1 or No. 2 is a potential trade-out spot,” said Zierlein. “Usually we talk about it a lot, it doesn’t happen, but I think it could happen this year because of the amount of excitement that Carson Wentz is generating in this draft.”
To read more on Wentz's fit with the Eagles, check out our Eagles only mock draft 3.0, when Carson Wentz was the Eagles' first round pick.
To read more on Goff's fit with the Eagles, check out our Eagles only mock draft 5.0, when he was the pick.
