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is this the right approach ...... not being active for games this year? Do you go from this to starting the following year?
July 18 at 1:48 AM a king’s ransom — first-, second-, third- and fourth-round picks — for the right to take quarterback Carson Wentz second overall in April’s NFL draft doesn’t mean the team will be in any hurry to get him on the field. In fact, according to Coach Doug Pederson, Wentz is likely to be “deactivated” on game days this season.
It remains to be seen how active Eagles fans are in their disapproval of this potential situation, particularly if the quarterbacks currently above the rookie on the team’s depth chart struggle. However, Philadelphia is paying Sam Bradford and Chase Daniel a huge amount of money to be the present, if apparently not the future, at the position, and it wants a return on that investment while Wentz learns the ropes.
“Typically, the third quarterback is down,” Pederson told Jimmy Kempski of the Philadelphia Voice. “It’s hard right now to look down the road, but if we had to play this week, Carson would be down. He’d be the third quarterback. He’d be deactivated. That’s probably the direction we’re heading, I would think is going that route. Obviously barring injury and, as you know, how this game is, but typically the third quarterback, whoever that is, is down on game day.”
As Pederson noted, NFL teams typically only allot quarterbacks two of the 46 active game-day spots from their 53-man rosters, even if they have more players at that position, to make room for players at other positions deemed more likely to get into games and help their teams win. In that scenario, Wentz’s only hope to be active on game days is to either pass Bradford or Daniel on the depth chart, or more likely, for one of that pair to suffer a major injury.
While Eagles fans might be hoping their team quickly moves on from Bradford, who has never thrown for more than 21 touchdowns in five NFL seasons (not counting the 2014 campaign he missed entirely with a knee injury), Kempski noted that Philadelphia is actually hoping for big things from the former No. 1 overall pick. That way, he could be traded for a high draft pick or two, recouping some of what went to the Browns to secure this year’s No. 2 selection.
The Eagles would be delighted to get a quality pick in exchange for Bradford, not only because of the chance to land a top prospect, but because the 2017 draft will reportedly be held in Philadelphia. At the same time, they would also love to keep Wentz away from NFL defenses for a year, given that he played at the Football Championship Subdivision level at North Dakota State and presumably faces a sizable learning curve.
However, this plan sets up Pederson and the Eagles’ front office to come under fire from Eagles fans, not known as the most mellow group. That is because Bradford has not shown much cause for optimism in recent years that he will be anything but a middling quarterback without the ability to submit transcendent performances, while Daniel, with two starts in six seasons, hasn’t shown enough to rise above career-backup status.
Meanwhile, Wentz possesses the kind of size and athletic ability that gets fan bases excited — and impatient. The sight of the 6-5 specimen in street clothes on the sidelines at Lincoln Financial Field could have many in Philadelphia wondering why the team gave up so much to acquire a highly touted player who doesn’t play.
Carson Wentz likely to be ‘deactivated’ on game days, Eagles coach says
July 18 at 1:48 AM a king’s ransom — first-, second-, third- and fourth-round picks — for the right to take quarterback Carson Wentz second overall in April’s NFL draft doesn’t mean the team will be in any hurry to get him on the field. In fact, according to Coach Doug Pederson, Wentz is likely to be “deactivated” on game days this season.
It remains to be seen how active Eagles fans are in their disapproval of this potential situation, particularly if the quarterbacks currently above the rookie on the team’s depth chart struggle. However, Philadelphia is paying Sam Bradford and Chase Daniel a huge amount of money to be the present, if apparently not the future, at the position, and it wants a return on that investment while Wentz learns the ropes.
“Typically, the third quarterback is down,” Pederson told Jimmy Kempski of the Philadelphia Voice. “It’s hard right now to look down the road, but if we had to play this week, Carson would be down. He’d be the third quarterback. He’d be deactivated. That’s probably the direction we’re heading, I would think is going that route. Obviously barring injury and, as you know, how this game is, but typically the third quarterback, whoever that is, is down on game day.”
As Pederson noted, NFL teams typically only allot quarterbacks two of the 46 active game-day spots from their 53-man rosters, even if they have more players at that position, to make room for players at other positions deemed more likely to get into games and help their teams win. In that scenario, Wentz’s only hope to be active on game days is to either pass Bradford or Daniel on the depth chart, or more likely, for one of that pair to suffer a major injury.
While Eagles fans might be hoping their team quickly moves on from Bradford, who has never thrown for more than 21 touchdowns in five NFL seasons (not counting the 2014 campaign he missed entirely with a knee injury), Kempski noted that Philadelphia is actually hoping for big things from the former No. 1 overall pick. That way, he could be traded for a high draft pick or two, recouping some of what went to the Browns to secure this year’s No. 2 selection.
The Eagles would be delighted to get a quality pick in exchange for Bradford, not only because of the chance to land a top prospect, but because the 2017 draft will reportedly be held in Philadelphia. At the same time, they would also love to keep Wentz away from NFL defenses for a year, given that he played at the Football Championship Subdivision level at North Dakota State and presumably faces a sizable learning curve.
However, this plan sets up Pederson and the Eagles’ front office to come under fire from Eagles fans, not known as the most mellow group. That is because Bradford has not shown much cause for optimism in recent years that he will be anything but a middling quarterback without the ability to submit transcendent performances, while Daniel, with two starts in six seasons, hasn’t shown enough to rise above career-backup status.
Meanwhile, Wentz possesses the kind of size and athletic ability that gets fan bases excited — and impatient. The sight of the 6-5 specimen in street clothes on the sidelines at Lincoln Financial Field could have many in Philadelphia wondering why the team gave up so much to acquire a highly touted player who doesn’t play.
Carson Wentz likely to be ‘deactivated’ on game days, Eagles coach says
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