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Trade time!

Eagles receive:
Orcas S18 1st round pick
Orcas S18 4th round pick
QB DeShone Kizer (80 overall, 24 years old)
LG Alex Cappa (80 overall, 22 years old)
LE Will Clarke (76 overall, 26 years old)

Orcas receive:
WR Ted Ginn (89 overall, 35 years old)
Eagles S17 1st round pick (15th overall)
Eagles S18 7th round pick

Broncos receive:
WR Demaryius Thomas (86 overall, 31 years old)
LG Andy Christensen (87 overall, 36 years old)

Eagles will incur a $3.65 mil cap penalty to turn $21.44 mil in cap hits into $4.14 mil cap hits

Orcas will incur a $1.45 mil cap penalty to turn an $8.57 mil cap hit into a $10.0 mil cap hit

Broncos will incur a $1.02 mil cap penalty to turn $4.65 mil cap hits into $14.9 mil cap hits

This is really two trades where the Orcas and Eagles swap picks and WRs and then the WR originally going to the Eagles along with a G are then sent to the Broncos.

The Eagles and their planned UFA signings, which were already having the cap in mind, would have put them well into negative cap territory with them still having to deal with six draft picks. They needed to cut down on some costs, and one way was to send out some high-priced veterans.

Ginn, a surefire hall of famer, has been a shell of his former self since QB Chris Leak left. He has seen the end zone 9 times, but he has just 1107 yards the past two seasons while remaining in the #1 role. He and QB Taysom Hill just weren't anywhere near the match that he and Leak were. Christensen was a solid G for the Eagles with a nearly 5:1 block:sack ratio in his three seasons there, but he missed six games last season and simply wasn't worth his price tag of over $9 mil.

The Eagles get a ton of cap relief and a future 1st and Day 2 pick, but they also get some very good young players back. Kizer had back-to-back 80+ passer ratings his first two seasons in the league and was a QB of the Year finalist after S15. He will be a huge improvement over soon-to-be-released backup QB Kyle Lauletta playing behind a QB in his contract year with an injury history. Cappa is arguably the prize coming back to Philly. He was one of the bright spots for an uncharacteristically lackluster Broncos team as he had 15 blocks against 3 sacks as a part-time starter as a rookie. He could be Christensen's immediate replacement. Clarke has been quite productive as a rotational DE for the Broncos. Despite no starts, he has 6 sacks in three seasons there.

The Orcas are swinging for the fences here forgoing the 4-5 years of Demaryius Thomas, who has yet to miss a game in his career, for one season of injury-prone Ginn. Thomas has outproduced Ginn the past two seasons in everything but TD total, but Ginn has a higher ceiling, and that ceiling is what they are looking for in a #2 WR as they hope that one of Jameis Winston/Marcus Mariotta emerges this season as the permanent starter. They also land a mid-first as they hope to add more blue-chip talent to their team in the hopes of being a Super Bowl contender.

The Broncos had a rare losing season last year, and the main culprit was an injured and anemic offense. While they gave up some key backups and a potential long-term starter, G Andy Christensen should be a worthy rental for a Broncos team trying to figure out if HB Kenyan Drake is the future. The bigger get is WR Demaryius Thomas who instantly becomes their best WR since Keary Colbert from long ago. The Broncos now have a very solid group of pass-catchers.

All teams understood the parameters, financial impact, history of players, and what all teams hoped to accomplish with this trade. It is now official.