A week and a half ago, the Eagles were able to reach an agreement with Sam Bradford that will pay him $36 million over the next two seasons, assuming he remains with the team. About a week later they signed Chase Daniel to a three-year deal worth $21 million, with playing time and performance incentives worth up to $36 million.

Those two deals put the Eagles presently at sixth in the NFL in salary cap allocated to the quarterback position in 2016. To note, the below figures do not include Daniel's incentives. (Positional spending via overthecap.com):

Team QB cap number, 2016 Team QB cap number, 2016 Saints $32,022,865 Texans $18,134,521 Giants $25,438,400 Bears $18,050,000 Steelers $25,259,805 Colts $16,680,000 Falcons $25,036,474 Patriots $14,950,154 Ravens $24,500,000 Bengals $14,270,413 Eagles $23,600,000 Rams $13,123,734 Lions $22,500,000 Dolphins $12,765,000 Chargers $22,205,000 Jaguars $10,383,128 Cowboys $22,045,000 Browns $9,507,949 Redskins $21,753,000 Buccaneers $8,192,029 Panthers $21,450,000 Titans $6,659,455 Cardinals $21,080,000 Bills $5,960,474 Packers $20,280,908 Vikings $5,646,379 49ers $19,265,753 Raiders $4,468,037 Chiefs $19,074,106 Jets $2,260,570 Seahawks $18,992,000 Broncos $538,196





That number will come down some after the Eagles either trade or release Mark Sanchez, which is a near certainty. If they trade him, subtract $4.5 million from the Eagles' number above. If they release him, subtract $3.5 million.

However, in 2017, the Eagles' quarterbacks (Sanchez not included) are currently going to count for the most money on the salary cap of all quarterback groups in the NFL, and by a wide margin.

Team QB cap number, 2017 Team QB cap number, 2017 Eagles $31,190,000 Bengals $16,435,413 Cowboys $25,240,000 Bears $16,000,000 Ravens $24,550,000 Patriots $15,108,513 Falcons $24,440,000 Rams $14,136,486 Cardinals $23,875,000 Jaguars $9,821,983 Panthers $22,416,000 Browns $9,782,889 Lions $22,000,000 Titans $7,325,090 Packers $21,510,908 Buccaneers $6,913,985 Dolphins $20,300,000 Redskins $3,600,000 Giants $20,240,000 Vikings $2,797,721 Texans $19,765,146 Saints $2,677,438 49ers $19,365,753 Raiders $1,709,210 Chiefs $18,869,106 Bills $1,333,334 Seahawks $18,800,000 Jets $753,424 Chargers $18,500,000 Broncos $628,196 Steelers $18,200,000 Colts $0

That money is going to an average-at-best starter who has been in the league for six years and has never won more than seven games in one season, as well as a career backup with 77 career pass attempts.