The Eagles Offensive Struggles (Clearly) Don’t Start or End With Carson Wentz

It was a fantastic day for the Anti-Wentz brigade, as the Eagles offense looked as dreary as the weather in Sunday’s loss to the Seahawks. Yes, there is a small and loud portion of our fan base who actively roots against our franchise quarterback and unfortunately, 11 had his worst game in an Eagles uniform. It’s frustrating to see on the field. It’s frustrating to hear online. But none of it is shocking. The only thing more perplexing than Wentz’ struggles are people who are surprised by it.

So, the Eagles went to play on Sunday without their top three receivers, their leading rusher and their all-pro tackle. Then, the replacement for the all-pro tackle got replaced and the guard next to him had to leave early with anxiety.

The leading receiver (not Ertz) was Greg Ward, who was signed off the practice squad to simulate Russell Wilson in practice. Aside from him, Jordan Matthews was the only other receiver to muster any production. He’s still settling into his new home in Philadelphia as he’s been on the team for 13 days.

In the backfield, Jay Ajayi spelled Miles Sanders when needed. It was Ajayi’s first time playing organized football in over a year.

The offensive line got killed as Wentz was constantly under pressure. Might have something to do with the fact Andre Dillard was making his first start at right tackle since he was 14 in place of Lane Johnson. Dillard obviously struggled and was replaced by Big V. Since Vaitai was playing out at tackle, Matt Pryor was thrust into his first NFL action at guard after Brandon Brooks left with anxiety.

But all that aside, yeah Wentz played pretty poorly!!

Right now, the Eagles are putting a test in front of Wentz without a #2 pencil to fill in the answers, then fans are wondering why he doesn’t get a 100% on the test.

Since we so often compare Wentz to Cowboys quarterback, Dak Prescott, let’s do that once more and flip the script. What Wentz played with today would be like if Dak was without Amari Cooper, Michael Gallup and Randall Cobb at receiver. Take Ezekiel Elliot out of the backfield. And for good measure, substitute La’el Collins and Zack Martin on the line.

Imagine showing up to your SAT without a pencil or a calculator. No reasonable tools to complete the task at hand. That’s what Carson Wentz is essentially doing every Sunday these last few weeks, and really, for this entire season.

Does Wentz need to play better? Absolutely. His mechanics were off, he missed timely throws. His throw to JJ Arcega-Whiteside was maybe the worst we’ve seen from a technique standpoint.

But it’s the health of the Eagles roster, not Wentz performance to the Eagles making a late December run.