The Philadelphia Eagles have confirmed Carson Wentz will become the first rookie quarterback in franchise history to start Week 1.
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Wentz and Kelce are watching film together “looking for the different blitzes, different looks they’re going to give us in the game, how we’re going to handle them”. That should spell it out for you right there. It’s my first game as well, so butterflies will be going. And the Eagles really do have confidence in him. Carson is just an ordinary guy – who happens to be able to throw a pigskin really well – but whenever he can, he devotes his time to getting outdoors. We just take it one game at a time and one day at a time.”It’s clearly Pederson’s job to get the most out of Wentz, to nurture and develop the talent the team saw in the 6-5, 237-pound North Dakotan, whose blend of size, arm strength and athleticism is intriguing.The wins?” Only two rookie quarterbacks have been named their team’s starting quarterback heading into the regular season, and both come in the NFC East with Wentz and Cowboys rookie Dak Prescott.
“Everybody feels like this kid is ready to go and we drafted him to take on the reins and it’s something now we are prepared to do”. Needless to say, the backfield was a complete disaster, but Matthews made the most of his opportunity with 539 yards and six touchdowns on 106 carries. The optimism continued throughout training camp to the point that Pederson was comfortable trading Bradford one week before the season.
“Would the ideal situation be later than sooner?” Such an assumption was never actually the case as Cleveland ultimately traded the pick necessary for Philadelphia to draft him.
Wentz stayed away from anything controversial when talking to Browns media.
He also needs to get familiar with the starting offense. So now it’s Wentz’s turn to try to bring a city starved for a football championship its first Vince Lombardi Trophy. Pederson spoke with Wentz’s teammates to take their temperature.
“We have to make judgments on the individual players and we’re not always going to be right”, DePodesta said. “It’s still football. Still be the same guy”.
“Everyone knows their role”.
This makes Wentz the first rookie quarterback in Eagles history to start in the team’s season opener. “The goal is to win”, Wentz said.
This ranking is indicative of where the Eagles are right now, not a commentary on the Sam Bradford trade.
“Chase Daniel is a team player and he’s been a great mentor for Carson”. Pederson said that he planned for Daniel to be the backup and that Daniel understands the decision.
“That was the plan all along”, Daniel said. “I can’t wait till we get to Sunday”. Me talking about it is not going to change it.
Wentz is likely the most excited person in the Eagles locker room.
“The whole time all along I was just getting ready for whenever this time would come”, said Wentz, the North Dakota State standout who was the No. 2 pick in last spring’s National Football League draft.
This is not what the Eagles expected one week ago, or even what Wentz expected Saturday morning when he went hunting.
“And not so much just for the quarterback position, but we also have some other positions – DGB (Dorial Green-Beckham) is still learning the system, we have some young receivers, defensively how Jim [Schwartz] attacks, it’s very simple and basic to the extend of guys can play fast”.
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“My focus is on playing them”, Wentz said Wednesday.
