The Facts: Foles barely missed a $1 million payment for participating in 33 percent of the team’s offensive snaps during the 2018 regular season. According to Field Yates of ESPN.com, the Eagles have paid Foles the extra $1 million in the form of a signing bonus.

Diehards Line: As PFT suggests, none of this apparently changes the looming ping-pong game that could result in the Eagles taking an aggressive approach to Foles’ potential trip to the open market. It starts with the Eagles potentially exercising a $20 million option for 2019. It continues with Foles paying $2 million to buy out of the option. It concludes with the Eagles potentially applying the franchise tag to Foles for 2019, presumably with an eye toward trading him. So maybe the extra $1 million, which as a practical matter cuts his buyout from $2 million to $1 million, is a prelude to a more contentious situation when the Eagles take full advantage of their right to keep Foles from cashing in as a free agent. "Thus," Florio summed up, "before praising the Eagles for taking care of Foles, let’s wait and see whether they play hardball with him at a time when he arguably has earned the ability to walk away unfettered."