Maybe Carson Wentz Isn’t The Problem

Carson Wentz leads the league in turnovers. Carson Wentz takes way too many sacks. Carson Wentz doesn’t know when to live to play for another down. Carson Wentz is wildly inconsistent with his accuracy.

 

However, if there’s anything we learned from the Bird’s 27-17 loss to the 3-7 Giants, it’s that maybe Carson Wentz isn’t the problem. Or, at the very least, he isn’t the focal point of their problems.

 

Wentz followed the offensive game plan exactly. He didn’t have a turnover for the first time all season, which is a miracle in it’s own right. He didn’t try to be a hero, another one of his biggest criticism’s this season. 

 

All Wentz did on Sunday was prove how poor Doug Pederson’s game plans are. Sure, Wentz wasn’t spectacular on Sunday afternoon, but he sure wasn’t the reason they lost. 

 

It’s beginning to look like not hiring an offensive coordinator was the biggest mistake of the Eagles offseason. That’s truly saying a lot, too, given that the Eagles drafted a back-up quarterback in the second round. 

 

Dougie P, What Happened My Man?

 

Sunday’s game epitomized the gripes fans have had with Doug Pederson since the Super Bowl. He’s allergic to running the football, even when it’s working. He is overaggressive to the point where you begin to question if he’s being aggressive just for the sake of holding up his M.O. I think that has been especially true this season.

 

We get it, you like to go for it on fourth down. We get it, you need to score points to win football games. We get it, the best way to score points is to keep your offense on the field. We get it. We get it. We get it.

 

Here’s an idea. Maybe the Eagles wouldn’t be so pressed about going for it on fourth down if they could actually convert on third downs! I mean, really? Not a single third down conversion? Not even one?

 

 

For someone who is as aggressive as Doug Pederson is, doesn’t his offense feel a bit…vanilla? Typically when you have a coach that is as aggressive as someone like Pederson is, they tend to have some tricks up their sleeves.

 

Not Doug Pederson.

 

He will call pass plays that either take too long to develop behind a shaky offensive line, or call for routes that are just never open. Don’t even get him started on having a play that is designed to have Wentz move out of the pocket. God forbid he plays to his quarterback’s biggest strength, which is throwing on the run.

 

 

Run The Damn Ball

 

I need to know what the running back room did to get Doug Pederson to hate them so much. Did they say something about his sweet ole mama or something? 

 

You want to know how many yards the Eagles running backs combined to rush for yesterday? 153. You want to know how many carries they got? 19 (nineteen!). That is eight yards per carry. You’re telling me you see your offense, which has struggled mightily through the air all year, average eight yards per carry and you still think, “We should chuck it 37 times.”

 

Miles Sanders was breaking off 5.7 yards per carry all on his own! Yet, Pederson still chose to throw the ball double the amount of times he called for run plays. I’m sick.

 

And now, my grand finale. Doug, stop trying to turn Jalen Hurts into Taysom Hill. Literally not a single person on the other sideline, in the stands, or sitting in their mother’s basement is fooled when you send Hurts into the game and put Wentz at wide receiver. 

 

He’s overcompensating for the fact that Hurts’ selection was so questionable. Stop trying so hard to make the pick seem worth it. The pick will never be worth it, unless Hurts turns out to be the second coming of Aaron Rodgers. 

 

You’re not fooling anyone.

 

Is Pederson’s Job Safe?

 

When the Eagles won the Super Bowl, everyone and their mother was handing out lifetime contracts to Doug Pederson. That’s what happens when you win a Super Bowl, especially in this town. 

 

Lo and behold, less than three years later, Philadelphians are calling for Pederson’s head on a stake. I don’t care that he won this franchise’s only Super Bowl. If he can’t turn this ship around, I will gladly take Eric Bieniemy from Kansas City to coach this football team.

 

Make no mistake about it, Doug. You’re coaching for your job these last seven weeks. The Eagles next five games are against the Browns, Seahawks, Packers, Saints, and Cardinals. Every one of those teams is well over .500 and a heck of a lot better than this sorry Eagles team.

 

Good luck.

 

By Matt Szczypiorski | November 16, 2020
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