Nick Foles

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles (9) warms up prior to an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York)

(Matt York)

Nick Foles' immediate future with the Eagles is on hold after the quarterback suffered a broken collarbone Sunday in Houston.

According to people with knowledge of the Eagles' plans, Foles' long-term future was in doubt even before the injury.

Foles' play during the first half of this 2014 season in stark contrast to his Pro Bowl season of 2013 has "soured'' some in the organization, including general manager Howie Roseman, according to people familiar with the Eagles' plans. The sources requested anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak about the team's personnel.

In 10 starts in 2013 Foles threw 27 touchdown passes to just two interceptions, completed 64 percent of his passes and had a league-high quarterback rating of 119.2. This season, in eight starts Foles has thrown 13 touchdown passes and 10 interceptions and has a quarterback rating of 81.9.

"I think Howie is looking at quarterbacks,'' one of the sources told NJ Advance Media. "He's kind of soured on Foles, and I don't think he's alone. The organization isn't sold that he's the guy going forward.''

Keep in mind the people who wanted Foles in that 2012 draft are no longer with the team, one is the head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs and the other is the offensive coordinator for the New York Jets.

As previously reported by NJ Advance Media, Roseman and his scouts preferred Michigan State's Kirk Cousins over Foles during the 2012 draft, but Andy Reid, the Eagles' head coach at the time — with the recommendation of offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg — insisted on Foles. Cousins went the next day to the Washington Redskins early in the fourth round.

Current Eagles head coach Chip Kelly has never said a bad thing about Foles and praised him back to his days at Arizona when Kelly's Oregon teams played against him.

Kelly's actions, however, speak louder than his words. One of the first moves Kelly made upon being hired as the Eagles coach in 2013 was to re-sign quarterback Mike Vick to a new deal. He then traded up in the fourth round of the '13 draft to select quarterback Matt Barkley, of USC.

Tom Gamble, the Eagles' vice president of player personnel, also has no connection to Foles. He was in San Francisco, as the 49ers pro personnel director, when the Eagles selected the quarterback.

Now, as Mark Sanchez is ready to take over and attempt to lead the Eagles to a NFC East title, and perhaps more, Foles' future remains in limbo.

In his third year, Foles is eligible to have his contract re-done at the end of the season. He is currently scheduled to earn $620,000 in 2015.



"Let's just say the way things were going, he wasn't going to get a contract extension that's for sure,'' another person who had knowledge of the Eagles' evaluation told NJ Advance Media before Foles' injury. "Now, if he has a big second half, that could change.''

Foles isn't going to have any kind of a second half. His injury will keep him out anywhere from six to eight weeks, with the higher end more likely. There are only eight weeks left in the season.

And you have to start to wonder how much is left in Foles' career with the Eagles.

Follow Mark Eckel on Twitter at @MarkEckel08. Find NJ.com Sports on Facebook.Contact Mark Eckel at mjeck04@verizon.net.

