PHILADELPHIA -- With the Philadelphia Eagles shifting their focus from free agency to the draft, we’re taking a position-by-position look at the state of the roster.

Today, we look at quarterbacks. We’ve already covered the offensive line, running backs, tight ends and wide receivers.

Key moves: The Eagles ended several weeks of speculation about the quarterback position by signing Sam Bradford to a two-year contract this month. They followed that up by signing free-agent Chase Daniel to a three-year contract. The Eagles completed their remodeling of the quarterbacks room by trading Mark Sanchez to the Denver Broncos.

Projected starter: That will be Bradford. New head coach Doug Pederson has been very clear about that. Bradford should be comfortable in Pederson’s offense, having played under offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur as a rookie in St. Louis in 2010.

Pederson also made it clear that Daniel’s role as a backup will include pushing Bradford. Daniel spent the last three seasons with Pederson in Kansas City, so he can help translate the offensive play calls for Bradford. He can also provide some on-field competition that should keep Bradford on his toes.

Pederson’s impact: At the NFL owners meetings this week, Pederson said he took the Eagles job with the idea that Bradford would be his starting quarterback. Pederson said he watched game tape from last season and saw Bradford improve over the course of the season.

In Pederson’s offense, Bradford will have more control on the field. Chip Kelly’s no-huddle system relied on play calls from the line of scrimmage and didn’t allow Bradford to change the play based on the defensive formation.

As a former quarterback, Pederson values the element of control for the guy running the offense on the field. He thinks Bradford has a good grasp of what he sees on the field and will benefit from being able to get the team out of an unfavorable play call. By huddling and having pre-snap time at the line of scrimmage, Bradford will be able to communicate with his teammates.

It was Arizona head coach Bruce Arians who critiqued Kelly’s hurry-up offense, saying it prevented the quarterback from taking a leadership role. In Pederson’s offense, Bradford will have every opportunity to assert himself.

In the pipeline: Daniel is an interesting story. He is older than Bradford. He has spent years as a backup to Alex Smith in Kansas City and Drew Brees in New Orleans. He has started only a couple of games and thrown a handful of passes during his NFL career.

Pederson and Kansas City coach Andy Reid say they believe Daniel can be an effective starter in the NFL. Given Bradford’s injury history, there is always the chance that they will find out this season. But going into training camp, Bradford is the No. 1 QB. Daniel is the No. 2 QB.

Draft outlook: All signs point to the Eagles taking a quarterback somewhere in this year’s NFL draft. Of course, their moving up from No. 13 to No. 8 in the first round led to speculation that they could have done so with an eye on a particular quarterback.

“I don’t know about that,” Pederson said at the owners meetings. That would rule out Cal’s Jared Goff, North Dakota State’s Carson Wentz and Memphis’ Paxton Lynch -- unless Pederson was bluffing.

Pederson did say the Eagles were hoping to land a young quarterback they could develop. Owner Jeff Lurie said the same thing.

The Eagles lack a second-round pick due to the trade that landed Bradford last year. They have two third-round picks and moved up near the top of the fourth round by trading DeMarco Murray to Tennessee.

One of those three picks -- the 77th, 79th and 100th overall -- should land the Eagles a quarterback. Penn State’s Christian Hackenberg and Mississippi State’s Dak Prescott could be available in that range. So could Ohio State’s Cardale Jones.

The Eagles have set things up so they can bring a rookie along slowly. Bradford has a two-year deal. Daniel is signed for three years. There will be no pressure on a rookie to play right away.