The Philadelphia Eagles are apparently in the quarterback market again and are looking at a pair of players from the Pac-12.
According to a report, the Philadelphia Eagles are interested in Brett Hundley of UCLA as their next quarterback, but are much more interested in orchestrating a reunion in the City of Brotherly Love between head coach Chip Kelly and Oregon’s Heisman Trophy winner, Marcus Mariota.
sources say #Eagles have interest in Brett Hundley, but also tell me they'll "explore every option" to move up for Marcus Mariota #NFLDraft
— Cecil Lammey (@CecilLammey) January 22, 2015
Kelly coached Mariota for one season at Oregon before leaving to take the Eagles’ job.
That Philadelphia appears to be in the market for a quarterback is a major change from last offseason, when it appeared the Eagles were ready to hand the keys to the franchise over to Nick Foles, who had a historical 2013 campaign.
Foles led the NFL with a 119.2 passer rating in 2013 and had just two interceptions against 27 touchdowns, starting 10 games in which Philadelphia went 8-2.
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The Eagles went on to win the NFC East, but lost at home to the New Orleans Saints in an NFC Wild Card Game.
Foles had 10 interceptions and 13 touchdowns in eight starts this season before going down for the year with a broken collarbone.
Philadelphia was 6-2 with Foles in the lineup, but were just 4-4 with backup Mark Sanchez at the controls and missed the postseason despite a 10-6 record.
In three seasons with the Ducks, Mariota threw for 10,796 yards and 105 touchdowns with only 14 interceptions while leading Oregon to the College Football Playoff national championship game.
Last season, Mariota threw for 4,454 yards and 42 touchdowns with four picks while completing 68.3 percent of his passes. He also rushed for 15 touchdowns and 770 yards.
Hundley was a three-year starter at UCLA and threw for 9,966 yards and 75 touchdowns with 25 interceptions. Last season, he completed 69.1 percent of his throws for 3,155 yards and 22 scores with five picks. He scored 10 touchdowns on the ground, as well, finishing with 644 yards rushing.
Kelly was 46-7 in four years as head coach at Oregon, taking the team to the 2010 BCS Championship before losing to Auburn on a late field goal.
The Ducks were 12-1 in Kelly’s final season in 2012, with Mariota starting at quarterback as a redshirt freshman.
In two seasons in Philadelphia, the Eagles are 20-12 in the regular season under Kelly and lost their only playoff game.
But the quarterbacks combined to throw an NFL-high 21 interceptions and the rushing attack went seriously backwards as well. The Eagles led the league with 160.4 yards per game in 2013, but mustered only 124.5 a contest in 2014, dropping from first to ninth in the NFL.
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