Eagles quarterback Sam Bradford, embroiled in a stare-down with the front office, stormed out a meeting last month and demanded a trade in a temper tantrum that caught his agent by surprise, according to ESPN's Sal Paolantonio.

Bradford returned to the team on Monday for this week's voluntary minicamp following the trade demand and a brief absence. And his agent, Tom Condon, has been on a media tour, trying to rehab his client's crybaby image.

Paolantonio reported what he was told happened after the Eagles traded up to get the No. 2 pick in the draft, with the intention of selecting Carson Wentz.

"When the trade was made, Doug Pedeson, Howie Roseman, and Jeffrey Lurie had a meeting with Sam Bradford," Paolantonio said on 97.5 The Fanatic on Wednesday. "This is way before Sam had any sort of conversation with Tom Condon. In that meeting, he did not like the idea that the Eagles had traded up to No. 2 and expressed his displeasure, rather emphatically. He walked out of the meeting and told them he was leaving and he wanted to be traded and was leaving to go home to Oklahoma.

"He left the campus at NovaCare rather abruptly, went back to Oklahoma and perhaps on the phone in the car on the way to the airport, he called Tom Condon and told him what he was going to do and Condon was sort of stuck trying to figure out what to do with Sam Bradford."

Leading up to the draft, the Denver Broncos (who eventually drafted Paxton Lynch at the end of the first round), the Jets (who grabbed Christian Hackenberg in the second round) and the Buffalo Bills were quarterback needy, but Condon was unable to strike a deal.

"[Bradford] wanted to force his way out," Paolantonio said. "They thought they had a plan. The plan was to get him traded to the Denver Broncos. But, the Eagles weren't playing. They weren't going along with the plan.

"Then, John Elway -- at the insistence of Tom Condon -- calls Howie Roseman and says, 'What do you think?' And Elway calls Roseman who says, 'I'm not of a mind to trade this guy and if I am, it's going to cost a lot. Probably two No. 2 picks.' Elway hangs up the phone and says, 'Okay, we're moving on, because he is not worth it and I need to rebuild my team from a lot of players leaving. I just won the Super Bowl. I'm in the Hall of Fame, I don't know about you, but I know what I'm doing.'

"Now, during the draft, Tom Condon's left holding the bag and must figure out what he's going to do with Bradford. The Jets weren't interested. I know Todd Bowles wanted no part of Sam Bradford. The Bills were going in a totally different route. That quickly dried up."

Paolantonio says Condon and Bradford continued to seek a trade partner before ultimately deciding to have Bradford return to the Eagles.

"On Sunday night after the draft, I was speaking to Condon on the phone," Paolantonio said. "He said he was going to call Bradford. Then they go dark. For a week, nothing happens. No phone calls returned. No texts returned to the organization from Sam Bradford.

"They continued to make another round of calls around the league. Nothing goes on. No possible trade options. They waved the white flag. On Sunday night before Bradford comes to NovaCare, Condon called him and asked what he was doing and Bradford said, 'I'm going in.' So, it was evident that Sam Bradford was driving this situation. Not his agent."

Current and former players have said that they understand Bradford was treating the situation as business, but these revelations could further fracture the quarterback's relationships with the fans.

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