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The reigning Super Bowl champion Eagles are
sending a 2026 fifth-round pick and 2027 seventh-rounder to
Minnesota for Howell and a 2027 sixth-rounder.
Wentz, who spent last season backing up Patrick Mahomes in
Kansas City, was the No. 2 overall pick by the Eagles in 2016.
He finished third in NFL MVP voting the following season but
tore his ACL in December and watched Nick Foles lead
Philadelphia to its first Super Bowl victory.
Wentz started for Indianapolis in 2021 and Washington in 2022.
He was a backup with the Los Angeles Rams in 2023.
McCarthy was selected 10th overall in the 2024 draft but sat out
his rookie season with a knee injury while Sam Darnold led the
Vikings to a 14-3 record.
The 32-year-old Wentz is 47-46-1 as a starter. He has completed
62.7% of his passes for 22,410 yards, 153 touchdowns and 67
interceptions with an 89.3 passer rating.
Wentz is the only quarterback in NFL history to throw for 4,000
yards in a season without any wide receiver on his team reaching
500 yards receiving. He did that in 2019, leading the Eagles to
an NFC East title.
Howell replaced Wentz as the starting QB for the Commanders in
2023. He played behind Geno Smith in Seattle last year before
going to Minnesota. Howell joins Tanner McKee behind Super Bowl
MVP Jalen Hurts in Philadelphia. The Eagles also currently have
Dorian Thompson-Robinson and rookie Kyle McCord.
Howell, a fifth-round pick in 2022, is 5-13 as a starter. He has
completed 62.6 of his passes for 4,139 yards, 22 TDs and 23
interceptions with a 77.5 passer rating.
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