Josh Innes: 'Eagles Are Closest Philly Team To Contending'
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- There are plenty of reasons to be optimistic about things in Philly Sports.
The 76ers and surprising Phillies have the first overall picks in their respective draft, the Flyers overachieved into the playoffs and have a talented farm system, and the Eagles just drafted a franchise quarterback for the first time since 1999.
Which major Philadelphia sports team (sorry, we're excluding the Union for now) is the closest to contending for a championship? Josh Innes addressed that question on his Friday afternoon show on 94WIP.
"I think the team that is closest to being a true contender -- and I know it's hard to quantify contender," Innes said. "Because in some cases you could say, is just getting to the playoffs being a contender? Is just winning a wildcard being a contender? Is winning a division a contender? But right now, based on the setup of all the teams and what they have moving forward, I believe that the Eagles are the closest team to being a quote-unquote contender.
Listen: Josh Innes' Open on Friday, May 20th
"I believe that. I think the number two pick, taking the quarterback is a huge deal," he continued. "The defense is not only solid, or going to be solid I believe -- I do believe in Jim Schwartz, he'll build a solid defense -- they are young. You start looking at the guys they've invested in for the future, young. Fletcher Cox is going to sign hopefully before the start of camp. Guess what? He's young. Hell even Malcolm Jenkins is relatively young. And they're going to add onto that defense...And you've got a division in which Tony Romo and Eli Manning are going to be out before you know it."
