As for Robert Griffin III, he looked pretty bad. One city exulted, another grimaced.
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He was the Eagles’ leading receiver in 2015 with 85 catches for 997 yards and eight touchdowns – courtesy of two different starting quarterbacks (Sam Bradford and Mark Sanchez).
That might come as a surprise to the Cleveland brain trust. The Browns said they didn’t think Wentz was worthy of the second overall pick.
“That’s why you keep him here”. Only the New York Giants, Jacksonville Jaguars, and New Orleans Saints gave up more points than the Cleveland Browns average of 27 points-per-game last season. The Eagles defeated the Browns, 29-10. The only question was whether that QB would be Wentz or Cal’s Jared Goff. Against better teams, the Eagles will be in trouble with that success rate.
Griffin spent four years with the Washington Redskins, with injuries derailing a career that appeared to be on the path of brilliance in 2012 as a rookie.
Griffin, 26, has suffered several injuries in his National Football League career and has earned a reputation for recklessly finding contact rather than avoiding unnecessary punishment. They forced Robert Griffin out of the pocket multiple times. Save a couple of deep passes, it was in control of the action.
At times, the offensive line struggled to protect Wentz.
“I like to listen to worship music before the game, kind of calm my nerves, and just go and have fun”, Wentz said. “But again, I thought we had our chances”.
Baltimore’s secondary is coming off a spectacular Week 1 performance against the Bills and Tyrod Taylor, holding him to just 111 yards passing. We have to score.
It’s not particularly easy to feel bad for Robert Griffin III; by all accounts, we should’ve already, but he’s got an impressive ability to act and speak in a way that makes it hard. However, his final run of the game proved to be a costly one. He connected on four out of five passes for 57 yards in the Eagles’ first drive, and ended that drive with a touchdown pass to Jordan Matthews. “I know that and I’m able to admit that so it helps me protect myself from myself”. There are not enough good things I can say about him. “He is a good quarterback”, Haden said.
Wentz was known as an effective running quarterback with the Bison.
Coach Doug Pederson made all the right calls in his first game in charge, including his bold decision to promote Carson Wentz in the first place.
“It wasn’t as if he was trying to take on a defender during a scramble or anything like that”, Jackson said. That patience impressed Haden. “She’s very anxious about me”.
The second half opened with a Cleveland field goal.
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“It’s been in development for a couple of weeks”, Allen said. He didn’t look like a rookie today by any means.
