Marcus Mariota Trade Rumors: Eagles Reportedly Offered Multiple 1st-Round Picks

March 18, 2016   ·   Adam Wells   ·   Jump to comments

The Philadelphia Eagles and former head coach Chip Kelly reportedly made an aggressive push to land Marcus Mariota in the draft last year. 
During an appearance on The Herd with Colin Cowherd (h/t Liam Jenkins of Philly Sports Network), Fox Sports' Peter Schrager said the Eagles offered a first- and second-round pick in 2015, first-round pick in 2016 and any quarterback and defensive player on their roster to the Tennessee Titans for the No. 2 overall pick.  
There were rumblings before the draft that the Eagles might try to make a move up in an effort to reunite Kelly and Mariota, who knew each other well from their time at Oregon. 
Last April, NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reported the Eagles made a similar offer to Tennessee in an effort to select Mariota:
Kelly insisted leading up to and after the draft, in which the Eagles took wide receiver Nelson Agholor with the No. 20 pick, that the price to move up 18 spots for Mariota was too great, per&n...

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