{"id":58617,"date":"2019-03-11T16:59:13","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T20:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=58617"},"modified":"2019-03-11T17:07:38","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T21:07:38","slug":"nick-foles-to-sign-with-the-jacksonville-jaguars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2019\/03\/11\/nick-foles-to-sign-with-the-jacksonville-jaguars\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Foles to Sign With the Jacksonville Jaguars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quarterback <strong>Nick\u00a0Foles<\/strong>\u00a0is expected to sign a four-year, $88 million\u00a0contract\u00a0with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/jaguars\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a> when the new league year begins Wednesday, per multiple reports. The contract will be a total of $50.1 million in guaranteed\u00a0money. Foles\u00a0has spent the last two seasons with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/eagles\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Philadelphia Eagles<\/a>.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Jaguars?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Jaguars<\/a> had Super Bowl MVP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/F\/FoleNi00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nick Foles<\/a> as their top target. Per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeGarafolo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@MikeGarafolo<\/a> he gets 4 years and $88M. Large.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet\/status\/1105208863060606979?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 11, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1>Nick\u00a0Foles to Sign With the Jacksonville Jaguars<\/h1>\n<p>Foles\u00a0is obviously a well-known quarterback due to having won a Super Bowl MVP award last year with the Eagles. Due in part to this, he was probably the best option available at quarterback in free agency. He\u2019s made a resurgence after having been relegated to\u00a0being\u00a0a league backup not too long ago, to now once again looking for a starting job.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Foles\u00a0started the first two games of the 2018 season due to<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/W\/WentCa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carson Wentz<\/a> <\/strong>still recovering from injury, and then he played the final three games of the regular season and two playoff games due to another injury to Wentz. In those five starts, he had 1,413 yards, seven touchdowns, four interceptions and a career-high completion percentage of 72.5%. His numbers went down in the playoffs, but he still helped the Eagles get a Wildcard win over the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/bears\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chicago Bears<\/a>.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Foles\u00a0played football in high school at Westlake in Austin, Texas. He started college at Michigan State as a redshirt freshman before transferring to Arizona, where he played the rest of his college career.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Foles was drafted by the Eagles in 2012 in the third round. He became the starter in 2013 after a breakout season which included a game with seven touchdown passes in one game, only two interceptions all season, and his lone Pro Bowl thus far. In 2015 Foles was traded to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/rams\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Angeles Rams<\/a> (then still in St. Louis), where he struggled heavily. In 2016 he went to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/chiefs\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> as a backup, where he got to start one game. Then in 2017 he returned to the Eagles, which eventually led to his Super Bowl win. 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