![]() He struggled to remain consistency in 2020, leading the league in interceptions thrown, total turnovers, and sacks. Wentz also led the team to a Wild Card playoff game, where he was ultimately concussed and knocked out of the game. Wentz rebounded in 2019, becoming the first quarterback in Eagles franchise history to throw for 4,000 yards in a season. He finished with a record of 5-6 as the team’s starting quarterback before being shut down due to a back injury. Wentz's 2018 season ended early due to injuries as well. The Eagles would go on to win the Super Bowl with Nick Foles as the team’s quarterback. Even missing the last few games of the season, he still finished second in passing touchdowns and the third highest QBR. Wentz kept up the pace in 2017, earning a Pro Bowl nomination however he tore his ACL in Week 14, playing against the Rams. In his first season, Wentz threw for a rookie-record 379 completions. The Eagles invested multiple picks to trade up and acquire him. Wentz would be drafted with the second overall pick by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2016 draft. It’s the lowest 2H mark by any Eagles QB through three game since Doug Pederson had a 19.2 rating in 1999.Completion Percentage Completion PercentageĬarson Wentz measured in at the 2016 NFL combine with a hand size measurement of 10-inches (78th percentile) and a towering height of 6’-5”, making him one of the tallest quarterbacks in the NFL. After halftime he’s completed 55 percent of his passes with no TDs and 4 INTs. Wentz’s passer rating after halftime is now down to 42.8 - worst in the NFL by far. The last Eagles QB with those numbers through three games is Mike Boryla in 1976.ġ0. Wentz is the first NFL quarterback with three or fewer TDs, six or more INTs and below 5.6 yards per attempt through three games in 13 years - since Drew Brees in 2007. But with his six INTs in just 132 attempts, Wentz is now at one INT every 53.3 attempts and now trails Rodgers (73.4), Dak Prescott (58.3), Colin Kaepernick (56.4), Russell Wilson (56.2), Tom Brady (55.5) and Derek Carr (55.0).ĩ. Coming into the year, Wentz averaged one INT 58.7 attempts, second all-time only to Aaron Rodgers (one every 72.2 attempts). In just three games, Wentz has dropped from 2nd-best in NFL history in interception percentage to 7th-best. Only four Eagles quarterbacks since 1980 have had a lower passer rating through three games than Wentz: Randall Cunningham as a rookie in 1985 (34.1), Bobby Hoying in 1998 (60.4), Doug Pederson in 1999 (57.7) and Donovan McNabb in both 2000 (62.0) and 2003 (51.1).Ĩ. He’s the first NFC quarterback to do it since Brett Favre in 2005.ħ. Wentz is the first QB to open a season with three straight games with multiple interceptions since the Colts’ Andrew Luck in 2015. The last former Pro Bowler to hold that distinction is Michael Vick with the Eagles in 2012.Ħ. The last QB with three or fewer TDs and six or more INTs through three games is DeShone Kizer of the Browns in 2017. Brian Sipe in 1981, Drew Bledsoe in 1995 and Tom Brady in 2009 also had three or fewer TDs through three games on 130 or more attempts.ĥ. ![]() Wentz is only the fourth QB in NFL history to throw more than 130 or more passes through three games with three or fewer TDs. ![]() He’s the first Eagles QB to throw multiple 3rd-down interceptions in a game since Matt Barkley against the Cowboys in 2013. Wentz threw more 3rd-down interceptions Sunday (2) than he threw in 20 combined (1). Among 33 NFL quarterbacks who’ve thrown at least 45 passes this year, Wentz ranks last in the NFL in passer rating (63.9) and yards per attempt (5.6), tied for last with Kirk Cousins in interceptions (6) and 29th in completion percentage (ahead of Mitch Trubisky, Cousins, Dwayne Haskins and Jeff Driskel).Įagles Overreactions: Carson Wentz's Fourth-Quarter Drive Doesn't Mean He's Backģ. He’s the first to throw multiple INTs in each of the first three games of a season since Sonny Jurgensen against the Cards, Giants and Browns in 1962.Ģ. Carson Wentz is the first Eagles quarterback to throw two interceptions in three straight games since Ron Jaworski against Washington, the Chargers and Vikings the last three weeks of 1985. If you're fragile after the Eagles' winless three-game start? Don't read this.īut if you want to know just exactly how historically awful Wentz has been so far, take a peek at 10 Carson Wentz Stats that will make you sick!ġ. NBC Sports Philadelphia has got that, too. ![]() Which leads us to this: How bad has Carson Wentz been? Positive or negative? Oh, we've got stats for all of that. 10 Wentz stats that will make you sick originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
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