Spadaro: Eagles 'Typically Do Not Order Jerseys' For Players On One-Year Deals
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) --- If you want to go to the store and purchase a DeMarco Murray or Byron Maxwell jersey, no problem. Plenty are available as of April 8th at the Eagles Pro Shops in Cherry Hill, Philly, and Lancaster, according to Eliot Shorr-Parks.
But what if you want to rep the jersey of new Eagles quarterback Sam Bradford? Well, those you have to purchase online. Bradford jersey's are not available at those Eagles Pro Shops.
Why?
"With Bradford, as well as somebody like Walter Thurmond, one year contracts. Typically, the Eagles have not ordered jerseys,"Eagles Insider Dave Spadaro explained Wednesday afternoon on the 94WIP Innes And Bruno Show. "You contact Nike with a minimum order, of whatever it is---a couple of hundred jerseys---and they will see if they can make the jerseys."
Bradford is the starting quarterback, though. Not a fringe-starting cornerback, like Thurmond.
"No doubt, no doubt," Spadaro said. "It is available. Sam Bradford is available online. Sam Bradford, if there is a large demand for Sam Bradford---I think right now the Pro Shop---not in cahoots with Chip Kelly---but the Pro Shop is taking the approach that, look we just don't do it with one-year contracts unless there is high demand.
Listen: Dave Spadaro on the 94WIP Innes And Bruno Show
"They know that DeMarco Murray has a five-year deal and he's gonna be here for awhile," Spadaro continued. "They went out and ordered jerseys. There is no conspiracy theory here. If the Eagles extend Sam Bradford, then there will be jerseys of Sam Bradford. The expectation right now, as their business decision, the fans are not rushing out to buy Sam Bradford jerseys."
The aforementioned conspiracy is, of course, the Marcus Mariota theory. Many have speculated that Chip Kelly will find a way to acquire his former college quarterback in the NFL draft some way, some how.
Related: Eliot Shorr-Parks discusses the Bradford Jersey situation on Innes and Bruno
"I would have a pretty good sense of what's happening," Spadaro said. "When I found out about Nick Foles...I was floored, stunned, shocked. I certainly would know before Fanatics or the Pro Shop would know.
"If Marcus Mariota drops, by some crazy full-moon scenario and he's there at [No.] 15 then you think about it," he continued. "But the expectation, fully, among people in the NFL is that Marcus Mariota will be a top one-to-six pick and in that case the Eagles will not attempt to move up."
