Notebook: Eagles pick up Wentz's fifth-year option
Reuters
Published Apr 29, 2019 05:26PM ET
Notebook: Eagles pick up Wentz's fifth-year option
The Philadelphia Eagles said Monday that they have exercised the fifth-year option on quarterback Carson Wentz for the 2020 campaign.
Wentz will make more than $20 million in 2020, though exact figures for fifth-year options won't be firmed up until a later date.
Wentz, the second overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft, has passed for 10,152 yards, 70 touchdowns and 28 interceptions in 40 career games. He finished third in MVP balloting in 2017 and passed for a franchise-record 33 touchdowns in 13 games before tearing the ACL in his left knee.
Wentz returned from the injury to play in 11 games last season and passed for 3,074 yards and 21 touchdowns against seven interceptions.
Wentz, 26, is the Eagles' undisputed starter after Super Bowl-winning backup Nick Foles departed for the Jacksonville Jaguars this offseason.
--The Detroit Lions exercised the fifth-year option of offensive tackle Taylor Decker.
Decker has started all 40 games in which he has played since being the No. 16 overall pick of the 2016 draft.
--Tight end Jacob Hollister is on the move, traded from the New England Patriots to the Seattle Seahawks for a conditional 2020 draft pick, per reports.
Hollister made the 53-man roster as an undrafted rookie in 2017 out of Wyoming and played in 23 games over two seasons with the team.
--Field Level Media
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