He’s played one National Football League game and already has had the President talk about him at a public appearance, sold more jerseys than any other player in the National Football League and electrified a city that two weeks ago was still planning to snooze through another season with Sam Bradford at the helm.
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“It’s very unfortunate, Robert came in and has worked extremely hard to learn our offense and earn the respect of his teammates”, Browns coach Hue Jackson told the team’s website.
“I was just excited to get this thing kicked off”. “He’s handled it really well”. He certainly looked good against the Browns, throwing for 278 yards and getting two touchdowns, but he’s yet to face a contending team.
One of the biggest defenses for former Eagles quarterback Sam Bradford is that he’s “never had help”. You can see center Jason Kelce communicating with his guards so that they can let the tackles know what happening, and everybody knows to be ready for Double A gap blitz.
Carson Wentz put on a pretty good performance, especially when you consider that this is his first real game in the NFL.
If Griffin gets ruled out of the season, then the Browns could bring in a veteran quarterback to serve as his replacement. “We were able to get a win, now we have to go out and get another”.
In fact, from 2000 through 2010, no Eagles back had 22 or more carries and averaged 3.5 yards per carry or lower.
Pederson is very aware of how distracting this sort of stuff can be.
Still, this is a beast the 23-year-old is encountering for the first time. Robert will do everything in his power to rehab and get healthy but Josh McCown is on this roster for a reason and we have great confidence in him.
“You’ve just got to keep hammering away and chiseling away and eventually something’s going to give”, Pederson said. He actually did a respectable job last season as it pertains to the stat line, but he dealt with injuries and had to miss a lot of time while the Browns tried to figure out how bad Johnny Manziel was on and off the field. “But the last few days, he’s handled it well”.
Carson Wentz will take the field again when the Eagles take on the Chicago Bears Monday night. On Sunday, Wentz received the fourth highest quarterback rating for week one only behind Andrew Luck, Drew Brees and Derek Carr.
The last to do it? “That’s always been my philosophy”.
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As usual, Obama made it clear that his football (and general sporting) allegiances lie with the city of Chicago, but he does so while pumping up Wentz’s newfound celebrity. “It is more of if the doctors say I’m good, the trainers say I’m good and my body feels good, then that is the goal, but it is not something where I’m saying, ‘All bets are off”. There are going to be mistakes.
