“I can’t wait till we get to Sunday”. “And to do that, sometimes you have to do things like this that aren’t so easy to do”.
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The Vikings threw a wrench into those plans when their starting quarterback suffered an injury and they decided that Bradford was their best choice of replacement.
The Eagles were originally expected to redshirt Wentz’s rookie year in the National Football League, but saw this as an opportunity to move forward with the franchise, while also acquiring a first-round pick in 2017. My last article on the Browns makes it clear that Griffin isn’t necessarily the future at quarterback in Cleveland and if two of the top picks becomes a reality for the Browns, they may be able to finally find a long term quarterback. This decision comes shortly after the Eagles traded veteran quarterback Sam Bradford to the Minnesota Vikings.
“At that time he wasn’t the right person for us”, Jackson said. “We have to make judgments on the individual players and we’re not always going to be right”, Browns chief strategy officer Paul DePodesta told Tony Grossi of ESPN Cleveland.
And heading into the opening game of the season, fans are ruminating about former North Dakota State quarterback Carson Wentz, who will start for Philadelphia on Sunday.
Doug Pederson did acknowledge that Wentz’s throwing motion was something the Eagles have worked on. Eight days later, the team signed Chase Daniel to an expensive contract (3 years, $21 million) for a backup quarterback, which seemed questionable.
Griffin didn’t get on the field at all a year ago, Kirk Cousins keeping the job, and was released when Washington was unable to trade him. “It was an opportunity to play a handsome game in a league where it’s not guaranteed and there’s no entitlement of you having that opportunity”. He studies. He pays attention to detail. But at the same time, we rely on the people around him for input all the time.
Neither team limited its offseason makeover to changing head coaches and quarterbacks.
“A great opportunity for him”.
The Eagles added four players to the practice squad to fill out the 10-man squad. “So everybody’s going to have their opinion obviously, that’s just the way this business is, but we’re very comfortable with Carson and the direction he’s headed”.
Even with Bradford, the Eagles were a borderline playoff team.
There have been teams that succeeded behind rookie quarterbacks – Atlanta with Matt Ryan and Baltimore with Joe Flacco in 2008, Indianapolis with Andrew Luck and Seattle with Russell Wilson in 2012, to name a few – but I just don’t see it with the Eagles.
Do you think Carson Wentz will pass for a lot of yards in week 1? “At the same time, we’re trying to build something great”. The Eagles wouldn’t have mortgaged a bevy of draft picks to trade up to No. 2 if that wasn’t the case. “The confidence that we both need to have in each other is huge”.
With that said, Pederson also mentioned Wentz’s running ability, something Sam Bradford didn’t bring, and also said he doesn’t want to “harness” or hold back Wentz’s deep passing ability. “We feel like we had to find ways to improve this football team in an unconventional manner”.
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“I think Carson Wentz can be whatever he wants to be”.
