It’s no secret that Colt McCoy, the incumbent starter for the Cleveland Browns, can be had in a trade. The Browns drafted Brandon Weeden in the 1st round of the 2012 NFL Draft to replace the mediocre McCoy and immediately shopped him on draft day with no results. They have reportedly lowered their asking price and will accept “minimal compensation” in order to give McCoy “new team, a new opportunity, to spare him the ignominy of being released,” according to both ESPN Cleveland and NFL.com.
Colt McCoy’s younger brother Case, currently a quarterback at Colt’s alma mater The University of Texas, fell victim to a fake Twitter report that Colt had been traded to the Philadelphia Eagles and tweeted “Good luck Brandon (Weeden)! Fan of you, but my brother’s pulling the lucky straw on this one! Cleveland is only going downhill” before realizing that it was fake and apologizing. It’s definitely possible that tweet is also the sentiment being felt by McCoy as he hears his name in trade talks, that the Browns are “only going downhill.”
Even if McCoy hasn’t actually been traded yet, it’s looking more and more likely that he will be by Training Camp. The Browns already have a veteran backup in Seneca Wallace, who has a lot more experience than McCoy, while McCoy might make Weeden feel uneasy, even if only a little, about his job security if he struggles as a rookie and would fetch more in a trade.
One name that keeps coming up is the Green Bay Packers, which makes sense since the drop off from Aaron Rodgers to Graham Harrell is incredibly significant. McCoy might not be a starting caliber quarterback, but he can be a solid backup. He’s still young, experienced, and cheap and would be an obvious upgrade over Harrell.
That being said, the team from the fake report also makes a ton of sense, the Philadelphia Eagles. Michael Vick is one of the most injury prone quarterbacks in the league, if not the most injury prone and while Mike Kafka has earned praise for his performance this offseason, McCoy is significantly more experienced and has more talent. It might be worth a 7th round pick for the Eagles to acquire someone like McCoy since Vick figures to miss another 2-4+ games this season again. McCoy is a good fit for Andy Reid’s scheme as well, so my money is on McCoy wearing an Eagles uniform by the start of the 2012 NFL season.
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