Daily Norseman
Carson Wentz has now gotten all of our attention and hopes. His career has been interesting. He had success in Philadelphia although he did miss out on playing in the Super Bowl. He still has a ring though.
His first year he had 16 TDs and 14 INTs.
In 2017, he had 33 TDs and 7 INTs.
In 2018, he had 21 TDs and 7 INTs.
In 2019, he had 27 TDs and 7 INTs. In 2020, he had 16 TDs and 15 INTs while being sacked 50 times in only 12 games. This was his last year in Philly and they ended up benching him the last four games. There was not much he could do that year since their offensive line was in shambles. Their star right tackle, Lane Johnson only played 35% of the snaps. Their right guard, Brandon Brooks missed the season. Their left tackle Andre Dillard missed the season and they had to turn to 7th round pick Jordan Mailata. Dallas Goedert missed 5 games, DeSeand Jackson missed 6 games, Marquise Goodwin missed the entire season, Alshon Jeffrey missed the first 8 games. The leading receivers were Greg Ward, Zach Ertz, Travis Fulgham, Dallas Goedert, and Jalen Reagor. But Wentz got most of the blame because that it what happens to QBs.
His next season in Indy, 2021, he had 27 TDs and 7 INTs. After that he started 7 games in Washington in 2022, and 1 game in 2023 & 2024.
He seems very careful with the ball and completes about 63% of his passes. He needs protection like most QBs. He could be a sneaky good signing.
Hopefully, Darrisaw returns which would leave concerns with Jurgens, Jackson, and surprisingly or disappointingly Fries.
PFF grades …
Donovan Jackson (31st out of 69) 60.7 overall, 62.9 pass block, 58.2 run block
Will Fries (46th out of 69) 54.7 overall, 67.4 pass block, 54.1 run block
Ryan Kelly (4th out of 33) 77.1 overall, 82.4 pass block, 74.0 run block
Brian O’Neill (2nd out of 68) 82.0 overall, 77.6 pass block, 81.1 run block
Justin Skule (53rd out of 68) 51.5 overall, 48.4 pass block, 50.0 run block
Michael Jurgens 57.0 overall, 45.2 pass block, 71.0 run block
I expect Fries will start to come around since he has been recovering from injury. I hope Kelly will return soon. If Darrisaw returns and plays well then it makes them much better for the QB.
Bottom line. We got to get this DUBYA this week!
‘He’s wildly capable’: O’Connell backs Wentz, critiques McCarthy after ankle injury
In the meantime, O’Connell isn’t putting all the blame on McCarthy.
“We didn’t play well as a team. We didn’t play well enough. We didn’t coach well enough. There’s a lot of aspects of it that we missed the mark on but it is Week 2,” O’Connell said on KFAN-FM 100.3 Tuesday morning. “We are a 1-1 team with a chance to get right back...
