But we did a lot of the same stuff [at North Dakota State]. I felt like I could get out of bounds. “So really just adjusting to the speed of the game and I thought I [adjusted to] that pretty quickly”. So it’s easy to look at one performance.
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The Eagles’ rookie quarterback got a shout-out from Barack Obama earlier this week at an appearance in Philadelphia, with the president saying VP Joe Biden – an Eagles fan from across the border in DE – had urged him to get on the “Wentz Wagon”.
In his eight starts in 2015, McCown had a 93.3 rating as he completed 63.7 percent of his passes, threw for 12 touchdowns and only tossed four interceptions. But the Browns opted to keep McCown, and it was the right decision by the organization, as his veteran leadership on and off the field can help move the team in the right direction.
Wentz passed the inside blitz test with straight A’s.
“But it’s nice to get in there and start getting a rhythm going and feel everything out”. And then they got Christmas given to them when the Vikings had their misfortune [losing quarterback Teddy Bridgewater to a knee injury] and they were able to [trade Bradford]. “He’s big, athletic, strong-armed”. He’s very poised. Doesn’t get flustered. He’s very comfortable running their offense even though he only played a little bit in the preseason. “We’ll develop him over time”. It is exciting to be mentioned that way but at the same time, listen, we’re onto Chicago, it’s another game week, another set of cirumstances, it’s Monday Night Football, it’s the national spotlight, there’s more media attention.
Houston Texans signal-caller Brock Osweiler signed a $72 million deal in the off-season to leave the Super Bowl-winning Denver Broncos. That’s going to take care of itself. “I think it was something unfortunate that happened”.
So the Cleveland Browns traded their No. 2 overall draft pick to Philadelphia, and the Eagles used it to select quarterback Carson Wentz, who shined in his new team’s Week 1 win over those same Cleveland Browns.
Wentz was at the NovaCare Complex early Thursday with fellow quarterbacks Chase Daniel and Aaron Murray preparing for the Bears, Pederson said.
On Monday, there is only one game on the schedule, as the Philadelphia Eagles take to the road to face the Chicago Bears. “That’s just another testament to his maturity and his ability to go out and implement things that he saw in practice and go on to do it in a game”, he added.
Bears cornerback Deiondre’ Hall breaks up a pass intended for Texans wide receiver Will Fuller.
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Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin did not have an update on injured linebacker Ryan Shazier on Tuesday, but he did say several other players that missed a season-opening victory at Washington might be ready to play Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals. “It’s a game”, he said before the win over the Browns, as if that explained everything. “He made the throws that he needed to make”.
