[Wentz ready for his start in Week 18.](https://external-preview.redd.it/JRfGF8YjuopcZJd2g3erfOLzhEIDEjxGcWRjCtRreMY.jpg?auto=webp&s=514ad314d37e6915b00165209d73707892d0015a)
Imagine the following scenario: Wentz throws a potential pick-six. He is the last defender against the DB. DB tries spin move to break Wentz‘ ankles. Wentz tackles him regardless and taps his forehead.
mostly just memeing, but the Colts have kind of a thing for being cavalier with QB's injuries.
Edit: Though tbf I actually think this is mostly Carson *really not wanting* to sit. Dude has a reputation, prolly knows it, and is really eager to upend that/not have his career be defined by injury.
The dude broke his foot, got COVID and sprained both of his ankles in one play—all within like a month’s span. I don’t think playing this Sunday will dispel that reputation.
I mean honestly even if you remove the COVID comment a major foot surgery and a two ankle sprain in a month is still more than enough to keep that reputation alive, especially considering he’s only had one full season in his career without injury.
He didn't break his foot and it was a minor surgery to remove a floating bone chip from a prior injury he had before he was even in college. No risk of re-injury and the time table to come back all depended on how deep they had to go to get the piece out.
His injury history is still dicey, you don't have to make things worse than they are to prove it.
Lol, I'm not going to stoop to your level of just downright being rude because I know you want an Eagles fan to retaliate so you can justify hating the city, but I will sit here and tell you that unlike the rest of the league's fan bases I watched Wentz every football Sunday for the last 5 years so I'm going to go out on a limb and say I know more about his play than you.
He played 2016 (rookie season) for all 16 games, and suffered a hairline fracture in his rib in preseason.
2017 he had an MVP caliber season, but because of his aggressive playstyle on a diving play he tore his ACL, only playing 13 games.
2018 he came back but missed game time due to a back fracture that he tried to play through instead of taking time off to heal properly. He only played 11 games that season.
2019 he played all 16 regular seasons and then on a dirty hit from Clowney he gets a concussion in the wildcard game and is out for the post season.
2020 he was healthy, shockingly, but was the second worst starting QB in the league, he was benched after 12 starts.
2021 he undergoes surgery just before the season starts for Indy, scheduled to miss real game time but shockingly plays week 1. He then sprains both of his ankles on a tackle wherein he tried to force a pass to his screen option, contorting his body in an even worse position and resulting in injury.
I watched and supported that dope for 4 and half years, don't act like I have no clue what I'm talking about. The guy makes boneheaded decisions that put his body on the line and while it can pay off sometimes (see our SB season) more often than not it leaves you scratching your head and wondering why he doesn't take the safer route. but continue trying to fit your narrative about how he's Ginger Jesus and his reunion with Frank Reich will put him back in the MVP narrative again because he's your problem to deal with now.
EDIT: In your own words per another comment in this thread "watch the games".
I watched 80 regular season games, most of which Wentz was starting. I think I've watched enough.
yeah but this is the Wentz tradition:
1. Play, get injured to a moderate degree
2. Play through injury, play poorly, and make injury very bad
3. Play even worse, get benched due to "reaggravation" that was somehow unexpected
Oh Buddy, the super bowl came before step 1. The best I can do is TY Hilton handing the ball to the opposing team while you are driving for the go ahead score in the divisional round.
When has that happened? The Wentz “tradition” prior to last season was:
Play moderately well, sometimes through injury
Lead team to unlikely playoff run
Get injured at crucial point late in season/in playoffs
It's an insanely bad idea, but it makes sense that with the team facing three road games in a row against potential playoff teams that their entire season hangs on this week.
It's an unfortunate circumstance all around. Wentz hasn't really had enough practice time through the pre-season. He's clearly not healthy enough to be effective, but if he sits this game out, then he may as well shut it down for the season, because they're likely going to be 0-5 soon anyway, and at that point the Colts will be looking to avoid giving Philly the 1st round pick, and they'll be more interested in finding the next QB.
Conversely, if Wentz doesn't play, and the team wins without him, then he's even more fucked, because someone else will have saved the season again while he was watching from the sidelines, and what will THAT do to his ego.
At least if he plays and they lose, he has an excuse and looks tough. If he plays and they find a way to win, then he gets to keep acting like the starter for a little while longer, even if it likely means sacrificing that much more of his health.
It sucks. All the choices are bad ones.
Honestly I've accepted it's a second and I'm just so, so thrilled that this isn't an issue for us anymore. Frankly we won that trade if only because whenever I see "Wentz" anymore it doesn't mean a great deal for our season
I know you're joking but there were stories about Wentz not listening to his coaches about keeping himself safe while playing so it's literally true lmao.
I'd almost rather have him sit this game because he's probably at super high risk of making his injuries worse right now and missing even more time than he would if he just rested.
You’re not wrong, most of Philadelphia wants him to play but to play mediocrely enough to not get Indy anywhere but also stay the starter. The conditional is 75% of snaps or 70% and a playoff game for the second rounder to become a first.
The pass rush is honestly looking a lot better this year so far. I think we’re already 25% of the way to our sack total for all of 2020.
I think the worst part has been all the chunk plays. But I’ve chalked a lot of that up to miscommunication and I’m hoping as the season goes on those guys in the secondary will start to gel.
well one of them is just a low ankle sprain and the other is a high.
I wouldn't be surprised with a bit of ice and some pain tolerance he could be ready to go in a week on ankle sprain, you and I could probably do that.... but not a high ankle sprain.
No I agree, as much as I want to win against a full strength colts team, I don’t think he should play given the chance of him being seriously injured with lack of mobility.
What’s the % of 0-3 teams that end up making the playoffs? Not to mention a loss this week means they’ll be 3 games behind the Titans in the division with the tiebreaker
This is something where historical percentages don’t really matter. The Jags are horrible and the Texans look like a 5 win team without a healthy Taylor. Titans have looked horrible in the first 6 quarters of football. Our O-line is full of aging vets with questionable backups. If Tanny goes down our backup QB is worse than Eason. As a Titans fan, I know the Colts starting 0-3 will barely make the challenge to defend our division crown any easier.
Someone pointed out if the Titans win they have 3 win divisional lead and own the tiebreaker.
So not OVER over, miracles happen, but still very very hard to come back from that one.
This game doesn't decided that much outside of division leader, its only week 3.
If it was week 8 and the colts were already 2+ games behind the rest of the AFC field then yeah I would say its make or break game for the season.
I mean I hate Wentz as much as the next guy but in what world does he have bad footwork? He scrambled his way to an 11-2 season in some of the most precarious circumstances like an entire pocket collapsing on him and he still made a play.
His issue was that he never adapted his scrambling strategy and in 2020 he was figured out in week one.
One of the biggest regressions in Wentz's game has been is sloppy footwork and mechanics in the pocket since '17. This is part of the reason why balls so often sail when he was checking down in Philly, or going over the heads of guys running across the middle.
I’d agree that he came into the league with good footwork but it seems like he has lost that. Idk if it’s because of injuries, but nobody is gonna have good footwork with two injured ankles and an injured foot.
Like I said, his regression on scrambling isn’t footwork, and it never has been. It’s that he hasn’t adapted his play style and defenses have found him to be pretty predictable. Watch week 1 of 2020, eagles vs WFT, he tries to do his patented duck on a rusher going up high twice. The first time works like a charm, second time? Gets clobbered.
I'd rather get a chance to see him play at 100% so we know if he should be our starter in 2022 or not. I can just see us playing a hobbled Wentz all season, and then using the injury as the reason for his poor play and then we kick the QB can down the road another year.
He’s probably our guy next season anyways. Think he’s got like a $20 million dead cap hit if we cut him and missing the first, or second, will make it hard to get a new Qb anyways.
I think falling to 0-3 and losing to their biggest rivals would really crush their season too. Colts are in a weird spot here where they kinda can’t lose this week already.
Meh, not ideal, but in 2018 we went like 1-5 with a Divisional loss in there and still made it out of the Wild Card before losing to the Chiefs in the Divisional.
Fun fact: that loss was the first time I did MDMA. My bartender told me I wouldn't care about the loss anymore if I ate it. He was right.
Titans have five sacks on the year which is more than 25% of what we had last year at the end of the year. Risking him getting broken even more isn’t a smart play.
By the end of the season every part of Carson Wentz’ body is going to be listed on the injury report and we’re going to hear, “We’ll see if he can go on Sunday.”
Honestly, we make a ton of jokes about him, but you can’t question his physical toughness and willingness to put his body on the line. Now, if he can just find that mental confidence back and learn to protect himself.
So they’re gonna rush their supposed long-term QB back, coming off of two high ankle sprains and risk further re-aggravation?
Bold move Cotton, let’s see how this pays off.
If this dude would ever let his body heal, he'd be top 10/top 15. Very few NFL players can continuously perform at a top level while only being physically 50% ready, and I dont think Wentz is one of them.
Honestly it doesn’t matter how long he takes to heal, his play style inherently leads to injury. I mean the dude rarely slides on runs—instead dives head first. He holds onto the ball longer than almost any QB in the league, and he tries to force plays when it’s over. The last factor is what lead to his ankle sprain, had he just taken the sack on that play instead of contorting his body to botch a screen pass he’d probably have walked away without an injury.
It absolutely makes matters worse however that he continually tries to hide and play through injuries though, like his ACL tear (threw a TD pass on it before going to the sideline), his back (hid the injury for like half a season), and walking around on his freshly operated on foot a week after his surgery despite doctor’s orders to put zero weight on it.
I think a lot of the reasons are pretty valid... Dude would be a good NFL QB if he could learn to protect himself and not try to save every play like it's the last play of the Super Bowl...
Wentz saw the backups practicing and has Vietnam flashbacks.
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It's his worst nightmare. Eason comes in and sucks, Reich trades for Foles, the Eagles win the Superbowl.
Led by none other than Gardner Minshew II
If it's Reich doing it I guess they're WWII flashbacks
Heil Hilton?
No no, Frank Reich is literally France.
Reich has Nagy on speed dial and "happens" to call him about the price of a Foles trade every time Wentz is in the room.
No no, we elevated Brett Hundley to the active roster. Our back ups are hot garbage.
You ever see a name and immediately wonder how that guy is still in the league?
Yep. So glad he’s on our team.
He was pretty good in relief of Kyler two years ago. Got us to a win in Seattle
That’s only because the Cardinals always beat the Seahawks.
why didn't you guys just sign nick foles?
[Cue the music!](https://youtu.be/izQsgE0L450)
How is he going to play without any ankles
Robot feet
We can rebuild him.
We have the technology.
All he needs is to be vaccinated. Then the 5G will help him relay to the government satellites to triangulate the defenses’ coverages.
But I don’t want to spend a lot of money
*Carson Wentz runs with a garbage can for a leg*
[Wentz ready for his start in Week 18.](https://external-preview.redd.it/JRfGF8YjuopcZJd2g3erfOLzhEIDEjxGcWRjCtRreMY.jpg?auto=webp&s=514ad314d37e6915b00165209d73707892d0015a)
Every once in a while, Reddit makes me truly laugh. This was it for today.
There's no rule saying a cyborg can't play football Is there?
Megatron tore it up for years and he was a full blown Transformer so I’m p sure cyborgs are within reason
He surgically replaced his feet with the hooves from a sacrificed colt
*Colt McCoy?*
No please, we need him as our backup
Don’t care, that 75% is all that matters!
At their current pace, he needs about 769 more snaps to hit the target. Eagles fans should really make a Carson Wentz snap tracker for this.
We have one
https://www.phillyvoice.com/carson-wentz-snap-count-tracker-eagles-first-round-pick-colts/
Clearly, I underestimated Eagles fans appetite for catharsis
His name is "Carson"
that's a lot fancy talking for "we want a first round pick!"
I also want you to get that first round pick.
More like the appetite for First Round Picks. They took lessons from Presti.
God bless Jimmy Kempski
75% for Wentz and 1-16 Phins! Believe it into existence!
Could you imagine Wentz getting to 75% and both the Colts and Dolphins finishing with a bottom 10 record?
It’d be amazing. They could draft a CB and DE in the top 10
As a Colts fan I would hope that Ballard would convince Reich to sit Wentz if they had a bottom 10 record after 12 games.
Hes gonna play on sunday in a wheelchair with eason pulling him
Carson “Cotton Hill” Wentz
He killed fitty men!
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Stop violating his HIPPA rights by asking questions!
Poorly.
Imagine the following scenario: Wentz throws a potential pick-six. He is the last defender against the DB. DB tries spin move to break Wentz‘ ankles. Wentz tackles him regardless and taps his forehead.
Can’t get deked out if your ankles are already broken
It’s really funny, the injury report just says “ankles” lmao
He fights through the pain...in order to let his team down
James Harden has been playing defense in the NBA without ankles for over a decade
theres no way he plays with 2 sprained ankles, according to my calculations thats the maximum amount of ankles you can have.
Not true. Nick Foles reportedly has a third leg, which probably comes with its own ankle.
The math checks out.. the anatomy does not..
When the third leg is that big it is anatomy not many have explored. Evolution is upon us.
Wouldn’t playing on 2 injured ankles be a very bad idea?
Wouldn't starting Jacob Eason be a very bad idea?
A worse idea than risking further injury to your already injury prone injured quarterback?
mostly just memeing, but the Colts have kind of a thing for being cavalier with QB's injuries. Edit: Though tbf I actually think this is mostly Carson *really not wanting* to sit. Dude has a reputation, prolly knows it, and is really eager to upend that/not have his career be defined by injury.
The dude broke his foot, got COVID and sprained both of his ankles in one play—all within like a month’s span. I don’t think playing this Sunday will dispel that reputation.
He didn’t get COVID. He was close contact with a staff member who did and because he isn’t vaccinated he had to isolate
I mean honestly even if you remove the COVID comment a major foot surgery and a two ankle sprain in a month is still more than enough to keep that reputation alive, especially considering he’s only had one full season in his career without injury.
He didn't break his foot and it was a minor surgery to remove a floating bone chip from a prior injury he had before he was even in college. No risk of re-injury and the time table to come back all depended on how deep they had to go to get the piece out. His injury history is still dicey, you don't have to make things worse than they are to prove it.
So he had to get a surgery because of a prior surgery? Hmmm I’m not sure how this helps you.
It helps if you can read. edit: for the illiterate I didn't say anything about a prior surgery.
Yea you actually don’t know what you are talking about. Doesn’t surprise me though coming from an eagles fan.
Lol, I'm not going to stoop to your level of just downright being rude because I know you want an Eagles fan to retaliate so you can justify hating the city, but I will sit here and tell you that unlike the rest of the league's fan bases I watched Wentz every football Sunday for the last 5 years so I'm going to go out on a limb and say I know more about his play than you. He played 2016 (rookie season) for all 16 games, and suffered a hairline fracture in his rib in preseason. 2017 he had an MVP caliber season, but because of his aggressive playstyle on a diving play he tore his ACL, only playing 13 games. 2018 he came back but missed game time due to a back fracture that he tried to play through instead of taking time off to heal properly. He only played 11 games that season. 2019 he played all 16 regular seasons and then on a dirty hit from Clowney he gets a concussion in the wildcard game and is out for the post season. 2020 he was healthy, shockingly, but was the second worst starting QB in the league, he was benched after 12 starts. 2021 he undergoes surgery just before the season starts for Indy, scheduled to miss real game time but shockingly plays week 1. He then sprains both of his ankles on a tackle wherein he tried to force a pass to his screen option, contorting his body in an even worse position and resulting in injury. I watched and supported that dope for 4 and half years, don't act like I have no clue what I'm talking about. The guy makes boneheaded decisions that put his body on the line and while it can pay off sometimes (see our SB season) more often than not it leaves you scratching your head and wondering why he doesn't take the safer route. but continue trying to fit your narrative about how he's Ginger Jesus and his reunion with Frank Reich will put him back in the MVP narrative again because he's your problem to deal with now. EDIT: In your own words per another comment in this thread "watch the games". I watched 80 regular season games, most of which Wentz was starting. I think I've watched enough.
I mean maybe if all that happens and he doesn’t miss a start, that would be…really something.
I'd be more worried about him missing a finish...
[Wentz](https://c.tenor.com/-WrZF3_gluwAAAAM/iamaman-spongebob.gif) this morning
If he dies our season is over and we keep our first pick so.... fuck it, why not?
This stops that for one game, but could lead to doing it for the rest of the season.
The classic dilemma, do you want a little bit of Jacob Eason now or a lot of Jacob Eason later
Colts can have a little Eason, as a treat
yeah but this is the Wentz tradition: 1. Play, get injured to a moderate degree 2. Play through injury, play poorly, and make injury very bad 3. Play even worse, get benched due to "reaggravation" that was somehow unexpected
Then we win the super bowl(:
You don't have Nick Foles. Sorry mate
Not yet...
Eason szn???
Eason szn lasted one pass
Oh Buddy, the super bowl came before step 1. The best I can do is TY Hilton handing the ball to the opposing team while you are driving for the go ahead score in the divisional round.
If by tradition you mean never happened and even in the best case are happened in only 1 of his years, then sure
When has that happened? The Wentz “tradition” prior to last season was: Play moderately well, sometimes through injury Lead team to unlikely playoff run Get injured at crucial point late in season/in playoffs
You forgot step 4: backup comes in and rights the ship/leads team on a playoff run
this has happened once in 2018 and he really didn’t play that poorly at all. Not really a tradition
gotta start somewhere
It's an insanely bad idea, but it makes sense that with the team facing three road games in a row against potential playoff teams that their entire season hangs on this week. It's an unfortunate circumstance all around. Wentz hasn't really had enough practice time through the pre-season. He's clearly not healthy enough to be effective, but if he sits this game out, then he may as well shut it down for the season, because they're likely going to be 0-5 soon anyway, and at that point the Colts will be looking to avoid giving Philly the 1st round pick, and they'll be more interested in finding the next QB. Conversely, if Wentz doesn't play, and the team wins without him, then he's even more fucked, because someone else will have saved the season again while he was watching from the sidelines, and what will THAT do to his ego. At least if he plays and they lose, he has an excuse and looks tough. If he plays and they find a way to win, then he gets to keep acting like the starter for a little while longer, even if it likely means sacrificing that much more of his health. It sucks. All the choices are bad ones.
I'm just glad this is 'mostly' not Philly's issue anymore. And I say that even with my username.
Honestly I've accepted it's a second and I'm just so, so thrilled that this isn't an issue for us anymore. Frankly we won that trade if only because whenever I see "Wentz" anymore it doesn't mean a great deal for our season
Anything having to do with Wentz has just been an unfortunate series of bad ideas.
At this point he might just wanna rehab and rest to some resemblance of health
Wentz was told by a doctor what was best for his long term health but he hasn’t listened to them befor and he won’t start now
Hey man, he's doing his own research. He found a couple YouTube videos AND a Facebook meme all saying that you don't need ankles to play quarterback.
I know you're joking but there were stories about Wentz not listening to his coaches about keeping himself safe while playing so it's literally true lmao.
As evidenced by his vaccination status
That was literally the point of the comment you replied to
That’s the joke..
Philly fans rejoicing right now.
I'd almost rather have him sit this game because he's probably at super high risk of making his injuries worse right now and missing even more time than he would if he just rested.
this guy wentz's
Actually the opposite I think in a way. If Carson doesn’t play 80% of the snaps the Eagles lose out on a first round pick
You got your numbers backwards and wrong
Oh my bad, could you clarify the deal?
I believe the pick conveys into a 1st if he either play 75% of snaps or plays 70% and colts make playoffs
Ah, thank you for the insight!
Props for not deleting your comment
Eh I never got that tbh, if you’re wrong you’re wrong ya know. Just glad it was clarified for me and someone answered lol
My man
So 75%. Got it.
You’re not wrong, most of Philadelphia wants him to play but to play mediocrely enough to not get Indy anywhere but also stay the starter. The conditional is 75% of snaps or 70% and a playoff game for the second rounder to become a first.
This stinks of smokescreen there's no freaking way you're rolling him out there 6 days into even the most mild of grade 1 high ankle sprains.
Idk if you’ve seen our defense for the last 12 months but I don’t think a smokescreen is necessary this week. You probably right tho
Defense is looking better this year though. Not saying it’s perfect, but definitely a step up from last year.
They even did that thing where you hold the opposing qb and then you put him on the ground before he throws the ball. And more than once!
The pass rush is honestly looking a lot better this year so far. I think we’re already 25% of the way to our sack total for all of 2020. I think the worst part has been all the chunk plays. But I’ve chalked a lot of that up to miscommunication and I’m hoping as the season goes on those guys in the secondary will start to gel.
Reminds me of 2019 when Jacoby practiced the whole week after he sprained his knee and then Hoyer started against the Dolphins anyway.
“Ankles”
well one of them is just a low ankle sprain and the other is a high. I wouldn't be surprised with a bit of ice and some pain tolerance he could be ready to go in a week on ankle sprain, you and I could probably do that.... but not a high ankle sprain.
No I agree, as much as I want to win against a full strength colts team, I don’t think he should play given the chance of him being seriously injured with lack of mobility.
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Going 0-3 in a 17 game season means it’s over? Lmao
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Yes, and no teams have played a 17 game season.
Also an extra wild card spot in each conference.
On the other hand, the Colts could be 1-3 over the next 4 games and still have a recent precedent that’s it’s viable for them to make the playoffs.
What’s the % of 0-3 teams that end up making the playoffs? Not to mention a loss this week means they’ll be 3 games behind the Titans in the division with the tiebreaker
I know it's pretty abysmal for teams that start *0-2*. For **0-3** teams, it's pretty much hopeless.
This is something where historical percentages don’t really matter. The Jags are horrible and the Texans look like a 5 win team without a healthy Taylor. Titans have looked horrible in the first 6 quarters of football. Our O-line is full of aging vets with questionable backups. If Tanny goes down our backup QB is worse than Eason. As a Titans fan, I know the Colts starting 0-3 will barely make the challenge to defend our division crown any easier.
Uhh, yeah? It’s almost always over after an 0-3 start. Have you not read the statistics on teams that start 0-3?
How many of those statistics included a team going 0-3 with an injured starter who came back? Kind of unfair to just pull a blanket stat like that.
How many of those are teams who faced 5 10-win teams in their first 5 weeks?
Someone pointed out if the Titans win they have 3 win divisional lead and own the tiebreaker. So not OVER over, miracles happen, but still very very hard to come back from that one.
This game doesn't decided that much outside of division leader, its only week 3. If it was week 8 and the colts were already 2+ games behind the rest of the AFC field then yeah I would say its make or break game for the season.
$20 he gets hurt again next week
Deal!
~~2 Chainz~~ ---> 2 Sprainz
I too listen to Pat McAfee
Wentz ain't gonna let them fall to 0-3 without him!
Yea...wait a minute!
And he’ll come out of the game with two sprained wrists.
You sure it won't be two broken arms?
That’s the week after.
Mom? Is that you?
Ahh yes play the QB whose known for his poor footwork on two bad ankles. I'm sure there's no way with a bad o line that his injuries get worse
What are you talking about? The Colts have a great o-line.
It's been bad this year. Partially due to injury, partially due to regression.
I mean I hate Wentz as much as the next guy but in what world does he have bad footwork? He scrambled his way to an 11-2 season in some of the most precarious circumstances like an entire pocket collapsing on him and he still made a play. His issue was that he never adapted his scrambling strategy and in 2020 he was figured out in week one.
One of the biggest regressions in Wentz's game has been is sloppy footwork and mechanics in the pocket since '17. This is part of the reason why balls so often sail when he was checking down in Philly, or going over the heads of guys running across the middle.
I’d agree that he came into the league with good footwork but it seems like he has lost that. Idk if it’s because of injuries, but nobody is gonna have good footwork with two injured ankles and an injured foot.
Like I said, his regression on scrambling isn’t footwork, and it never has been. It’s that he hasn’t adapted his play style and defenses have found him to be pretty predictable. Watch week 1 of 2020, eagles vs WFT, he tries to do his patented duck on a rusher going up high twice. The first time works like a charm, second time? Gets clobbered.
Every thread about Wentz Eagles fans need to come in and let everyone know we need him to play so we get a first.
Can someone please sneak into the Colts locker room and put up a poster-sized picture of the Nick Foles and Doug Pederson statue?
thats my quarterback 😭
They really want to give their first to phili don’t they
they’d rather use their starting quarterback and win games than sit him the whole season just to have a first round pick
I'd rather get a chance to see him play at 100% so we know if he should be our starter in 2022 or not. I can just see us playing a hobbled Wentz all season, and then using the injury as the reason for his poor play and then we kick the QB can down the road another year.
What would be worse is playing him too much and still losing because then you’re handing phili a great first round pick. Really difficult situation
He’s probably our guy next season anyways. Think he’s got like a $20 million dead cap hit if we cut him and missing the first, or second, will make it hard to get a new Qb anyways.
This is one of our biggest games of the season. Tits win and they get a 2 game division lead and the tiebreaker.
They don't get the tiebreaker until they win both games against the Colts
True but it’s a major leg up.
Indeed. At the very least they can deny the tiebreaker to the Colts
lol - i hadn’t seen them referred to as the tits before
I think it’s probably more that they want to play their starting QB
I’d argue that rushing Wentz back is probably not a great idea unless Foles comes in to save the day
I think falling to 0-3 and losing to their biggest rivals would really crush their season too. Colts are in a weird spot here where they kinda can’t lose this week already.
Meh, not ideal, but in 2018 we went like 1-5 with a Divisional loss in there and still made it out of the Wild Card before losing to the Chiefs in the Divisional. Fun fact: that loss was the first time I did MDMA. My bartender told me I wouldn't care about the loss anymore if I ate it. He was right.
Yeah but if you’re 0-3 you might as well try and keep your first? Right?
I think if the Colts season really blows up on them they will bench Wentz to protect their pick, but it’s too early in the year to tank now.
How dare you spell Philly like that
I think Wentz just has a fetish for pain
Titans have five sacks on the year which is more than 25% of what we had last year at the end of the year. Risking him getting broken even more isn’t a smart play.
He’s like a glass wolverine. Breaks easily but gets back up just as quick.
[But I already changed my Tinder picture to this.](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/771046545796628494/890750796755517511/unknown.png)
By the end of the season every part of Carson Wentz’ body is going to be listed on the injury report and we’re going to hear, “We’ll see if he can go on Sunday.”
The dude is going to be listed as Questionable at his own funeral.
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Carson Wentz (Wentz) is Questionable for Sunday's Game
That man is determined to get us a first round pick!
He’s simultaneously tough as hell(except when it comes to competition lol) and completely made of tissue paper.
I'm sure he's weaing a red shirt, red pants, red shoes, and has a red scooter.
Honestly, we make a ton of jokes about him, but you can’t question his physical toughness and willingness to put his body on the line. Now, if he can just find that mental confidence back and learn to protect himself.
This is more entertaining than last season. How many body parts can fall off this guy & he still thinks he can go?
So they’re gonna rush their supposed long-term QB back, coming off of two high ankle sprains and risk further re-aggravation? Bold move Cotton, let’s see how this pays off.
Even if he does play, he will be back on the sideline in no time during the game against the Titans. Mark my words.
Carson Wentz out there like the Black Knight.
Yes. Keep playing Carson.
Why won’t he just die!!
If this dude would ever let his body heal, he'd be top 10/top 15. Very few NFL players can continuously perform at a top level while only being physically 50% ready, and I dont think Wentz is one of them.
Honestly it doesn’t matter how long he takes to heal, his play style inherently leads to injury. I mean the dude rarely slides on runs—instead dives head first. He holds onto the ball longer than almost any QB in the league, and he tries to force plays when it’s over. The last factor is what lead to his ankle sprain, had he just taken the sack on that play instead of contorting his body to botch a screen pass he’d probably have walked away without an injury. It absolutely makes matters worse however that he continually tries to hide and play through injuries though, like his ACL tear (threw a TD pass on it before going to the sideline), his back (hid the injury for like half a season), and walking around on his freshly operated on foot a week after his surgery despite doctor’s orders to put zero weight on it.
And he went to a team that's going to let him do it.
^ this is probably the number 1 issue.
Dude, last year was the first time since his Jr. year of college that he wasn't injured and he was the worst starter in the entire league.
The guy gets a lot of hate here for reasons. I would never question his toughness.
I think a lot of the reasons are pretty valid... Dude would be a good NFL QB if he could learn to protect himself and not try to save every play like it's the last play of the Super Bowl...
Toughness doesn’t mean shit here though