The Eagles traded with the Browns to move up in the draft and get Wentz.
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Its great to have him out there, he said.
The 26-year old quarterback will be out three-four weeks at best, with the potential of eight weeks or even the entire season. How many no-name wideouts has Brady turned into potent weapons seemingly out of nowhere?
It’s been a whirlwind few days for Carson Wentz, who on Sunday enjoyed one of the most successful opening-day National Football League debuts by any rookie quarterback in National Football League history.
On the right side of the formation, he had Jordan Matthews and Nelson Agholor. White, who sat out last season because of a stress fracture in his left shin, pulled up on a route rather than cut to the right flat. The Eagles will take on the Bears in Week 2’s Monday Night Football matchup, and while the rookie will already be under pressure to follow up his surprisingly spectacular debut – Wentz went 22-for-37 with 278 yards and two scores in the win – this will not help in slowing the hype train. Including his stint in Cleveland last season, McCown boasts a 2-17 record in his past 19 starts. Who knows – Sunday was too small a sample size. To add extra sweetness to the victory, the Eagles had acquired the pick used to draft Wentz from Cleveland, a team with a historically awful quarterback situation. He has a maturity about him that even if it’s not crunch time, he’s always treating it like it is. “You’ve just got to keep hammering away and chiseling away, and eventually something’s going to give, and it just opens up the rest of the game plan”.
And as RG3 walked around the practice field Wednesday, still wearing his orange No. 10 jersey, all he could do was offer advice and encouragement to Cleveland’s other quarterbacks, receivers and teammates who are going forward without him. But it needs either a hall of fame defense, or a hall of fame quarterback.
Carson Wentz fever isn’t just limited to his Philadelphia Eagles jersey, back on campus, his college gear is also selling like insane. Just ask tight end Zach Ertz. “I was pretty excited that he had the faith in me to call the fourth-and-4 play and put us in that situation”.
“Carson is a special, special player”. He didn’t start for over a year until the Browns gave him the opportunity, and it ended up being both an terrible return performance for him, and a game that sends him away from the picture for a couple of months.
His two touchdowns were the most in a players first start for the Eagles since Kevin Kolb in 2009.
That being said, there’s no harm in pontificating just a little bit. “This business is short-lived”. That is just the nature of the business when you are involved in a high-power position in the NFL. “It’s another game week, another set of circumstances”. “If you thought Robert was the guy, then you probably need to do some more homework because he hasn’t made it through a 16-game season”.
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“To be fair to Robert, he’s young in his career”, said Brown.
