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| Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Tim Tebow (11) avoids a sack by New York Jets' Trevor Reilly (57) during the first half of a preseason NFL football game Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015 in East Rutherford, N.J |
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Tim Tebow made Matt Barkley expendable.
The
Philadelphia Eagles traded Barkley to the Arizona Cardinals on Friday,
clearing a roster spot for Tebow after he won a preseason competition
for the No. 3 quarterback job.
Arizona sent a
conditional seventh-round draft pick to Philadelphia for Barkley. A
person familiar with the deal said Barkley has to be on the roster for
six games for the Eagles to receive the pick in 2016. The person spoke
on condition of anonymity because that part of the trade wasn't
announced.
Barkley provides depth behind
Carson Palmer and Drew Stanton. Logan Thomas and rookie Phillip Sims
were competing for the No. 3 job. Sims already tweeted that he was
released.
The Cardinals were 6-0 with Palmer
as their starter last year and 5-6 without him, including a playoff loss
to Carolina. Stanton was 5-3 and Ryan Lindley was 0-3. Palmer missed
three games in September and the final seven games after tearing his
left ACL in mid-November.
Tebow outplayed
Barkley in the preseason and will play behind Sam Bradford and Mark
Sanchez unless coach Chip Kelly makes a surprise move this weekend.
Tebow
was 11 for 17 for 189 yards, two touchdowns and one interception
against the New York Jets on Thursday night. Barkley was 4 for 9 for 45
yards and one interception.
Tebow last played
in a regular-season game with the Jets in 2012. He was cut by New
England in training camp in 2013. He worked as a college football
analyst on the SEC Network last year, but got another chance to play in
the NFL when the Eagles signed him in the offseason.
The
2007 Heisman Trophy winner led Florida to the national championship his
junior season and was a first-round pick by Denver in 2010. He started
16 games during two seasons with the Broncos, including a playoff
victory over Pittsburgh in January 2012. Tebow was traded to the Jets
after Denver signed Peyton Manning.
"It's a
blessing to be able to play the game that I love," Tebow said after the
final preseason game.
"Sometimes when things are taken away, you realize
how much you really love it, and sometimes you love it more after that.
So it's not necessarily coming back, but the time away that makes you
love it more."
Barkley was a fourth-round pick in 2013. He completed 30 of 50 passes for 300 yards and four interceptions in four games.
Barkley
is the career leading passer in Pac-12 Conference and Southern
California history. He had 12,327 passing yards and 116 touchdowns for
the Trojans.
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