Over a year after the Eagles traded CJ_Wentz, owner Jeffrey Lurie thanked the QB for 2017, but admits he wishes things would have ended differently.
“Probably played at an MVP level. There’s no way we’d be a No. 1 seed going into the playoffs if it weren’t for Carson. I doubt we would have been able to win the Super Bowl if we didn’t have the No. 1 seed. It’s hard to know. But that was the best of Carson. That was the best of Carson. When we drafted Carson, that’s what we hoped for; it was an MVP-level quarterback.”
There’s no questioning how great Wentz was for the Eagles in 2017. In 13 games that season before tearing his ACL and LCL in Los Angeles in December, Wentz lead the Eagles to a quick 11-2 start, throwing 33 touchdowns with just 7 interceptions. It was just his second NFL season but it looked like Wentz would dominate for a decade.
While he played well at times in 2018 and 2019, before bottoming out in 2020, Wentz never regained his MVP-like form. “Not every quarterback and not every player is able to sustain that level of play,” Lurie said. “You have injuries, you’ve got lots of factors. It didn’t end how we envisioned it to end. But I’m always thankful.”
The Eagles sent Wentz to Indianapolis last February and in return got an eventual first-round pick that they’ll use next month. Wentz wasn’t even in Indy long enough to see the Eagles use that pick; he was moved to Washington earlier this offseason.
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