The Playoffs Matter
The coaching has not been great, the injuries have absolutely depleted the offensive line, offensive weapons and most recently the secondary, and the quarterback has been maddening, sometimes awesome, but super maddening.
Carson Wentz has had a crazy year. The Eagles are in first place and the fanbase is split on whether they should bench the quarterback. Honestly, there’s a good reason for it. Wentz is leading the league in interceptions through eight weeks with 12 and is only posting a 73.2 passer rating while completing 58.4% of his passes. He has also fumbled seven times and for some unknown reason refuses to throw the ball away under pressure. However, he has also tossed 12 touchdown passes, has led multiple fourth-quarter comebacks, even if they haven’t all ended in wins, and put a team of misfits on his back to lead the division halfway through the season.
So, what is the deal with Wentz?? Is he good? Is he terrible?? Is he elite??
Honestly, this season has not answered the Carson Wentz question. But the second half of the season should, barring any injury to him or offensive weapons. The offense is getting healthy as fellow blogger Quentin Rodriguez wrote about last week and the division should be the Eagles to lose at this point in the season.
The Eagles have a lot to fix during the bye, but nothing is more important than fixing Carson Wentz.
Making the playoffs is incredibly important for Carson Wentz, he is in year 5 and has yet to play a full postseason game. In order to assess the future of the team, we need to know what the quarterback can do in the postseason, even if it is with a 6-9-1 division winner. Wentz put the team on his back last season to get the Birds into the playoffs and unfortunately was knocked out after nine plays in the playoffs against Seattle. He is going to need to be better and get some help in the second half of the season to get the Eagles to the playoffs again. Even in the dreadful NFC East, Wentz has to be better to win it.
The offense is going to be healthier in the second half of the season with Sanders and Reagor coming back, Goedert getting his legs back, Fulgham and Ward continuing to thrive and the offensive line is getting healthy and will hopefully stay healthy (cough, Peters and Johnson cough).
If the offense stays healthy, Wentz should have a big second half and remind people that he is the franchise quarterback we thought he was in 2017.
Pederson said this week that the Eagles haven’t had continuity on offense since 2017, I am of the belief that they’ve found the continuity and if they stay healthy, Wentz is poised for a big second half of the season and FINALLY a full playoff game or playoff run…
And if not, we are in trouble.
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