Trading with the Cleveland Browns for the second overall draft pick would not be a good idea for the Philadelphia Eagles.

I don’t believe Carson Wentz or Jared Goff are franchise talents worth trading the farm for. Neither of them are Andrew Luck, and frankly I don’t think either of them are Jameis Winston, either.

Moving up never works. Every time someone trades up for a quarterback it is because that quarterback isn’t priceless. Andrew Luck was priceless, Jameis Winston was priceless, even Marcus Mariota was to some extent priceless. Robert Griffin III was not and you see how that worked out. Neither of these quarterbacks were priceless.

Another reason to avoid such a trade is the rest of the value. Let’s say the Browns can’t find a trade partner and take the other quarterback or another team trades up to grab the quarterback. This means that from spots three to eight such talents as Florida State cornerback Jalen Ramsey, UCLA linebacker Myles Jack, Ole Miss tackle Laremy Tunsil and Ohio State running back Ezekiel Elliot and defensive end Joey Bosa will all be available to begin falling.

Jack, Ramsey and Tunsil in particular are supreme talents that otherwise could not have been had, but if they begin to fall, the Eagles could end up jumping up to say number five where the Jacksonville Jaguars pick for a much cheaper price to get an elite game changing talent.

Otherwise they can sit tight and grab an Ezekiel Elliott or Ronnie Stanley to vastly improve their offense.

In the other scenario, the Browns can’t find a partner for the trade and opt to grab a Tunsil or Ramsey. Let’s say for the sake of this scenario they grab Tunsil. Now you have the Chargers who would love to get some extra picks and have zero need for quarterback sitting their with a quarterback still there.

That immediately makes it cheaper to get a quarterback, perhaps you could get away with trading your first and two thirds for the third overall pick. Or, you could hold off further and call the Cowboys on their bluff. Maybe the Cowboys get too tempted if Jalen Ramsey is still there and pass. Now you can jump up to the Jaguars for even cheaper.

In the long run it will pay for the Eagles to not jump at the opportunity to get the second overall pick. It will pay for them to wait.