Eagles Wentz

Carson wentz philly defense step up to upset san francisco and take nfc east lead philadelphia escapes san francisco with a much needed victory.

Eagles wentz. Wentz aware of hurts presence added pressure. Perhaps most important wentz held up handling 99 of the eagles dropbacks before a concussion suffered in the playoffs. Wentz will work behind an elite offensive line and with a solid group of. Ap a couple of unlikely players helped deliver the philadelphia eagles their first win of the season.

During his time at ndsu the team won five ncaa fcs. He played college football at north dakota state university ndsu and was selected by the eagles with the second overall pick of the 2016 nfl draft the highest selection ever for an fcs player. The eagles drafted jalen hurts in the second round in april and gave him his first snaps at quarterback sunday with mixed results. He finished 20 for 27 for 267 yards and three.

The eagles need to wentz to work out of his slump given they signed him to a four year 128 million second contract in the summer of 2019 with nearly 108 million of it totally guaranteed. Jared goff went first overall in the 2016 draft. Former eagles signal caller ron jaworski recently speculated that wentz might be feeling the pressure of having hurts sit behind him. Wentz s running has helped keep the eagles afloat in each of the last two weeks though.

He s rushed for 102 total yards and two touchdowns in that span and is the most effective running quarterback in the nfl according to pro football focus grading system. Philadelphia is committed to wentz who signed a four year 128. After taking off only three times in the first two games wentz has 16 rushing attempts in the last two. They played like it sunday in the eagles 37 19 loss.

Travis fulgham caught a go ahead 42 yard touchdown pass from carson wentz with 5 50 remaining and alex singleton returned an interception for a score to lift the eagles to a 25 20 win over the san francisco 49ers on sunday night. If we flash back to that fateful day in 2019 when the philadelphia eagles chose wentz over foles it really wan t much of a difficult decision.