Philadelphia Eagles: 3 takeaways from a disastrously bad Week 1 loss
By David Esser
Carson Wentz did not look like a franchise QB.
People in the Philly area tend to absorb Carson Wentz of any blame when it comes to particularly bad losses, but I’m going to have to tell it how it is this go around. Wentz was absolutely atrocious, and it cost his team the game this week.
For what it’s worth, Wentz was under duress pretty much the entire afternoon due to the above mentioned offensive line unit, but he had his fair share of abysmal throws.
He was late on a throw to Jalen Reagor and on a throw to John Hightower, with both resulting in interceptions. Both picks turned into points for Washington, really shifting the momentum of the ballgame.
Wentz missed Reagor on a deep ball towards the end of the second half that would have resulted in a TD, he overthrew Greg Ward on an open crossing route, and repeatedly looked out of sync with his wideout options.
Wentz was phenomenal down the stretch last year with next to nothing to work with at WR, he undoubtedly gets credit for that. However, his Week 1 performance this year looked miles away from the player that he was in 2017, or even in 2019 for that matter.
Again, a lot of this can be attributed to the offensive line, but at some point you expect more from a passing attack going up against Ronald Darby.