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Over the past few years in the NFL, quarterbacks, which the team has thrown away, have found new teams and thrive.
Geno Smith revived his career with Seattle Seahawks, Baker Mayfield with Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Sam Darnold with Minnesota Vikings, and this year, Daniel Jones with Indianapolis Colts.
The Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles told Pakinomist Digital that it doesn’t surprise him that veteran -quarterbacks are successful with another team after first fought.
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Philadelphia Eagles Quarterback Nick Foles (9) throws a thread in the third quarter of a NFC Divisional Playoff football match against New Orleans Saints at Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, on January 13, 2019. (Chuck Cook/USA Today Sports)
“No, it does not surprise me to see quarterbacks leave teams where they fought and have success in another organization. Not all organizations are run like Kansas City Chiefs or Philadelphia Eagles or Buffalo Bills or Baltimore Ravens, these premier teams that have been pretty solid for a while,” Foles Pakinomist said.
Foles cited leadership from owners and coaching staff who were good teachers as a sign of a great team.
“Top-down management from ownership, just buying in and having big GMs and good coaches. Must everyone always get together? No, but they have to be big their jobs. So what I always saw was really solid, built a large closet room, and the coaches were big teachers,” Foldes said.
“The best teams I was on were the coaches amazing teachers. When I was with Kansas City Chiefs in 2016, amazing teachers when I was with Eagles in (2017)” “said Foldes. “Big teachers in the game and then a dressing room that buys into it.”
Foldes mentioned New York Giants as a team that has fought and brought the success Saquon Barkley and Daniel Jones have had since left the organization.
“I mean, Giants have shown years in and years out that they are fighting. They are trying to figure it out, see what happened to Saquon Barkley going to Philadelphia, everyone said, ‘Oh, he had an injury here, he is not what he was, he is getting older.’ He becomes the best player in the NFL, “Foldes said.
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Daniel Jones from the Indianapolis Colts warms up before the game against the Denver Broncos at Lucas Oil Stadium on September 14, 2025 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Michael Hickey/Getty Images)
“Daniel Jones goes to the Indianapolis Colts, wins the starting job, and he is a guy that fits Shane Steichen’s system. He can run what he can solve the protection, he can control the game when it needs to be checked, he does it at a large level.”
The disposable Pro Bowler said that if an organization is stable, it allows for a quarterback just to focus on football.
“Why I say it’s these quarterbacks, better situations where they are able to just play quarterback and everything around them is pretty solid and they just go their stuff.”
Foldes’ former Eagles teammate, Carson Wentz, started for Minnesota Vikings instead of the wounded JJ McCarthy and praised him for how he played in the team’s 48-10 win over Cincinnati Bengals in week 3.
“I always love to watch these quarterbacks move to different teams and have success. The guys like Carson Wentz playing with Minnesota yesterday. My topic last week was Carson wanting a great game because Minnesota is a solid franchise,” Foldes said.
“He went out there and did his job, he didn’t have to run around and do crazy things, he just did his job and his team took care of the rest, so I’m excited about these QBs that are in healthy situations.”
Minnesota Vikings Quarterback Carson Wentz (11) warms up before the game against Atlanta Falcons at the US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on September 14, 2025. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
Foles played 11 seasons in the NFL and looked at first -handed look at how different teams worked when he played for six different teams. He played five seasons with Eagles (two different Stints), a season with the then st. Louis Rams, one with Kansas City Chiefs, two with Chicago Bears, one with Jacksonville Jaguars, and one with Indianapolis Colts.
He was named the Super Bowl Lii MVP for his incredible performance with Eagles in their Super Bowl -victory over New England Patriots.
Across 71 games (58 starts), Foldes had a record of 29-29 with a career ending percentage of 62.4%and threw in 14,227 yards and 82 touchdowns with 47 captures.
