December 18, 2016 12:15PM | Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 1,860
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The 42 attempts and against a top 5 defenses in the NFL.
And you probably haven't actually been watching much or know what you'd be seeing if you did. You wouldn't see that Wentz, as a rookie starting from game one, has the 6th most passing attempts of any QB in the NFL. More than Palmer, Manning, Brady, Luck, Rivers, Stafford, etc. You wouldn't know that the Eagles have dumped the whole enchilada on his shoulders and he also has no help. And like other top rookie QB's before him who have been cast in similar situations and predictably seen their shares of rookie struggles, he's demonstrated that he can play and play well at the NFL level in an NFL offense as "the man."
We can sit here and throw our hands up and pretend we're looking at similar things or can't know if we are or not, even though we're not. Some will do it to avoid being judged too harshly by a partisan jury. Or, we can admit Carson Wentz has demonstrated things we only wish Goff had to this point. It's a choice and I know which one you and many others will make.
I wouldn't have traded up to draft either one as high as they were drafted either. But, I can also use my eyes and brain to see which team that did that thus far looks to have done better than the other and STILL hope like hell Goff ends up being the next Joe Montana.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/18/2016 12:19PM by 9er8er.
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