GOFF VS WENTZ - WEEK 1
PostPosted:3 years 6 months ago
PARAM wrote:No, the team changes year to year. So let's look at just 2 years. The SB year of 2017 and the following year, 2018. Wentz had a damn good team around him....obviously....they won the SB. He was 10-2 while Foles was 6-1. The following year Wentz was 5-6, while Foles was 4-1. For the other 2 years plus of his career, Wentz is 16-18. I don't know, what does that say to you? It certainly doesn't say "Wentz is elite" to me.I don't and have never attributed the team record to the QB. Never will.
FWIW, that former NFL QB pointed out more Wentz mistakes, than coaching mistakes. About his feet, he said, "they're probably working on that" and I took that to mean, it's obvious his footwork sucks so they're probably trying to correct it. He complained about some of the route designs but in the same breath said, "but Wentz is missing guys by yards". I guess we hear what we want to hear. You heard, "it's poor coaching, it's poor design, it's a little bit Wentz". I heard, "Wentz is off and his footwork needs coaching. Play design could be better".
JT said that he didn't like the shuffling that Wentz does but that he has to assume they're teaching him to do that. It's just an example of how and what they're possibly teaching and how it's not actually a good thing. Same thing with the route design. He clearly broke down the interception and showed a part of the problem was the design/coaching. Yes, he also pointed out that Wentz could have thrown the ball to a better spot which is why I said that these are all things adding up to poor results.
Coaches have to sometimes save a player from himself. I don't think the Eagles have done that with Wentz. I think McVay finally learned it with Goff. The Eagles need to apply the same type of thing and probably more so with Wentz and his injury issues. Get the ball out of his hands quickly, simplify his reads, put him in a position where he isn't faced with a high risk play.
When they don't, I don't consider it good coaching. But, if you tinker enough with a guy, he's going to be off his game. Which is what it seems is going on with Wentz. He is missing throws that he didn't used to miss. His timing is just a tad slow. His decision making isn't as sharp as it could be. His footwork is presumably being worked on. All of which may indeed need it but when play design is questionable, I'm hesitant to put it all on Wentz.