The Facts: Friday marked a week since a number of media outlets, including this one, reported that a trade of Wentz seemed near. Not that near, it turned out. Why is Wentz still not traded? In conversations with a number of league sources, obvious and not so obvious reasons emerged. Bottom line, league sources doubt Eagles GM Howie Roseman has been offered a first-round pick of any sort for Wentz, this year or in the future.

Diehards Line:As Daily News staffer Les Bowen notes, the haul from a Wentz trade is the only mitigation Roseman can get from the disaster of having to deal away a healthy 28-year-old QB he handpicked as the future of the franchise, saw play for three years, then rewarded with a $128 million contract extension. If Roseman walks away with a mid-round pick this year and a conditional second or something down the road, he has seriously marred his legacy and probably has deepened the hole the Eagles have to climb out of, in terms of acquiring talent. Whatever the case, this probably can’t go on past March 19, when the Eagles owe Wentz a $10 million roster bonus that will increase the $33.8 million 2021 dead cap charge for trading him to $43.8 million. The first figure would be more dead cap money than ever incurred in the history of the NFL. The second figure would be nearly double the highest dead cap figure ever incurred (Jared Goff, $22.2 million). Meanwhile, Bowen adds that nobody knows exactly what teams have offered for Wentz. NFL sources believe the only confirmed bidders are Chicago and Indianapolis, and Wentz is not the only QB property on the market. As Profootballtalk.com points out, any leverage the Eagles currently possess instantly evaporates if the Colts address their needs elsewhere. While there’s no indication that the Colts are preparing to pivot toward another veteran quarterback, if the Eagles push too hard and wait too long, the Colts will have no choice but to make other plans. ... Stay tuned.