Great Wentz Article

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Terry Bradshaw was benched in 1974, his fifth year in the league. He came back pretty well from that.

When I think of surrounding an average QB with a team that made him look a lot better than he really was, Bradshaw is the first person who comes to mind. Can you imagine throwing as many TD passes as interceptions in your career? Yikes.

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Now read this article. Less Eliot Shorr-Parks and more facts.

https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelph...erback-records

Last year, Wentz became the first quarterback in NFL history to throw 20 or more touchdowns and seven or fewer interceptions in three straight seasons. Only Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson have done it twice.

Wentz’s 607 pass attempts that year was the fourth-most ever by a quarterback throwing seven or fewer interceptions. Only Brady (624 in 2015), Rodgers (610 in 2016) and Matt Ryan (608 in 2018) had more.

Wentz had thrown 35 interceptions in his career, or one every 58.7 pass attempts. That’s the second-best INT ratio in NFL history, behind only Rodgers (72.2). That’s with the NFL’s minimum requirement of 1,500 attempts.

Wentz is the third QB in NFL history to throw a TD in all 16 games in a season and finish with seven or fewer interceptions. Brady in 2010 and Ryan in 2016 also did it. Wentz was the only QB to throw a TD pass in all 16 games this year.

Wentz had a streak of 19 consecutive regular-season games with a touchdown pass coming into this season, second-longest in Eagles history behind his own 22-game streak set over 2016 through 2018 and the longest current streak in the NFL.

Wentz had an NFL-high 11 games last year with at least one touchdown and no interceptions. The only other QB who did that was Russell Wilson. Over the last three years, only Wilson (28) and Rodgers (25) have more such games than Wentz (23).

Wentz has had 23 games in his career with 30 or more attempts and no interceptions, most ever by a quarterback in his first four seasons. Derek Carr has also had 23.

Wentz’s 97 touchdown passes are ninth-most in NFL history by a QB in his first four seasons. Of the 28 quarterbacks with at least 80 TD passes in their first four seasons, Wentz has the best interception ratio. The only QBs in history to average a TD at least every 20 attempts and an INT less than every 50 attempts are Rodgers, Wentz and Dak Prescott.

The only QBs to throw for 4,000 yards with 25 or more TDs and single-digit INTs last year were Wentz, Mahomes, Wilson and Rodgers. Wentz is only the 13th QB in NFL history to have at least one season with 4,000 yards, 25 TDs and single-digit INTs.

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I love how they make it like Rodgers got pissed about the Packers drafting Love and decided to 'set the NFC on fire' and Wentz just got the 'yips' because they drafted Hurts. How about the Eagles drafting Jordan Matthews instead of Davante Adams or Donnel Pumphrey instead of Aaron Jones or Jamaal Williams. How about writing an article about how the CGM built a team that literally made a top QB get relegated to the bench. I see they referred to Eliot Shorr-Parks in this article which explains everything.

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Terry Bradshaw was benched in 1974, his fifth year in the league. He came back pretty well from that.

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The view from 30,000 feet.

This is not Wentz’s Eagles obituary. It can’t be. Getting rid of him is unlikely, so the Eagles have to find a way for him to be productive. It’s easy to say there’s no coming back from this—quarterbacks of Wentz’s stature are rarely, if ever, benched in what should be their prime, but that’s simply not the case. There is coming back from this because it benefits everyone that Wentz isn’t a sunk cost. Wentz’s Eagles career will go on, for better or worse.

https://www.theringer.com/nfl/2020/1...erback-problem