Eagles tight end L.J. Smith might have dropped a big hint regarding the team’s looming turmoil at the quarterback position.

Slapped with the franchise tag, Smith can’t participate in any voluntary or mandatory workouts until he signs the one-year tender offer worth $4.522 million.  Asked about whether he’ll sign the tender, Smith said, “I’ve never been the type to [sit out].  I know what it takes for me to be ready, but me sitting at home and not working out with whoever the starting quarterback is, I’m not really cool with that.  I just have to talk to my agent and see what he thinks we should do.”

But why is there a question in Smith’s mind about who the starting quarterback is?  It’s one thing for the guy who drives a cab in Philly to talk like that — it’s another thing for one of McNabb’s teammates on offense to say it.