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Eagles QB Carson Wentz likely inactive for Week 1

By Tyler Dragon NFL.com

When the Philadelphia Eagles open up the season against the Cleveland Browns expect the No. 2 overall pick to be in street clothes.

Doug Pederson and the Eagles plan on grooming Carson Wentz at a slow pace.

"Typically, the third quarterback is down," said Pederson, according to the Philly 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."

The bit of information is a preliminary announcement that Sam Bradford and Chase Daniel will start the season atop the QB depth chart. Both underwhelming, but the Eagles spent a sizable amount of money on the two quarterbacks this offseason.

When Philadelphia drafted Wentz the team gave indications that they'd like to bring him along slowly. While there's talk that he won't see the field Week 1, the door is not closed on the entire season.

If the Eagles get out of the gate 0-3, Wentz could make his first start in Week 5 after the team's bye week. But it's believed that the Eagles would prefer Bradford to hold down the fort for a while. Bradford should be helped by Philly's relatively soft schedule. The team checks in at No. 26 on its schedule strength.

Wow! Good call by a large group of posters [hi tab] who said we had to draft that guy.

Their soft schedule starts week 2 right ?

I like the way you think...

He'lol be injured by then anyways.

Seems a little early to be making declarations like this.

Yeah, I thought so too. Either Pederson doesn't like what he's seen from Wentz and is trying to light a fire under him, or he's trying to protect him and keep expectations low.

Or Pederson knows it's best to sit a young QB and let him learn so he is ready to play before he is thrown to the wolves.

j/c:

The Eagles are paying Bradford $22M guaranteed ($12.5M this year) and Chase Daniel $12M guaranteed ($7M this year)

The minute Wentz was drafted by the Eagles I assumed this was the scenario if they kept all three quarterbacks for Week 1.

We're already declaring Wentz a bad pick because he's sitting Week 1 behind those two?

Hope you are right, Delsie. I would like to see us get off on somebody first week. Just hope we get ready.

How about MOST posters that said we shouldn't draft him!

But, it means nothing. Carson Palmer sat out his first year, Rogers sat out what, 3 years or was it 4.

And let's talk about the many guys that were thrown in before they were ready and how they faired..

Gloating doesn't become anyone. Gloating too early is even worse.

You mean the QBs who have actually been through an NFL training camp are ahead "Right now". Amazing. Who'd have thought a team would like to see a guy play in full pads before bumping him up the depth chart? And haven't you advocated for not rushing rookie QBs onto the field?

If you could stick to football and leave the seemingly personal vendetta out of the pure football forum that would be great.

As usual, your reading comprehension is lacking.

And once again, it's your inability not to gloat that gets you in trouble.

And worse yet, you have NOTHING to gloat about.

or maybe week 4 after the Steelers/Eagles game in week 3

Since the Browns passed on him, I'm sure he will become a hall of famer haha.

From what I read about both Goff and Wentz about being pro ready, I think Goff was the only one you could expect to be thrown into the fire right away. It would be very smart for the Eagles to sit him the whole year, but I highly doubt that happens.

Doug Pederson explains why Carson Wentz could be inactive this season
Updated: July 18, 2016 — 12:30 PM EDT

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Eagles rookie quarterback Carson Wentz, shown rolling out to throw a pass during mandatory mini-camp practice, might be sitting out on game days.
by Zach Berman, STAFF WRITER @zberm

If all goes as planned at quarterback for the Eagles this season, coach Doug Pederson will keep rookie Carson Wentz inactive on game days. Pederson plans to start Sam Bradford and dress Chase Daniel as his backup, and the restriction of 46 active players on game days would likely mean that Wentz will be one of the seven players inactive.

“Typically, the third quarterback is down,” Pederson said during a June interview. “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.”

Pederson will not need to worry about inactives until 11:30 a.m. on Sept. 11, so it’s all speculation at this point. But the topic offers insight into how the Eagles plan to bring Wentz along this season. When Pederson was asked in the spring if he’d allocate series in games for Wentz -- as Andy Reid did for Donovan McNabb in 1999 -- Pederson said he couldn’t see that happening with Daniel on the roster as the backup.

More than anything this spring, Pederson was emphatic about the order at quarterback. It remained a hot topic throughout the offseason program, and considering the investment the Eagles made in Wentz, it will likely continue as there’s more exposure to Wentz’s development and how Bradford performs.

But Pederson has never swayed from his desire to have Bradford as the starter, Daniel as the backup, and Wentz developing as the third-string quarterback. And unless injury or performance changes opinions in August, Wentz will not likely be eligible to enter the game in Week 1.

“I wanted Sam on this roster way back even when I was hired,” Pederson said. “One of the first things I did was evaluate his game last year and really liked what I saw. All intentions were, and are, he comes in being the No. 1, being the starter. My feelings haven’t changed there whatsoever.”http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/sports/eagles/Doug-Pederson-explains-why-Carson-Wentz-could-be-inactive-this-season.html

And once again, you are completely missing the point.

If we drafted the guy at #2 and didn't start him, he would be called a bust. Drafting a QB at #2 means you think he can be a starter. We drafted a kid in the 5th and people are calling him a bust. Fickle fans.

I'm curious to see if Goff starts.

That wouldn't happen because we have to start them since we have 2 or 3 QBs go down with injury every year.

That team is going to crash and burn. I cannot wait till they finish with the worst record in the NFL. We'll finally have a QB.

Whoa - first time through woke me up.

Starts with this headline:



Then the next text was this:

OK,, Whats your point.., Explain it.

Never mind, you won't....

So how can he get all the hype, get drafted high, and then not play? Obviously going to bring him along, obviously needs time, maybe lots of it. Injuries might change it all.

Point is a seeming disconnect for me between hype, ability, and how ready to play in the NFL. Hope he has a great career. Thought highly of him, but still seems like a lot of splainin' going on. I get why, but somehow think he might have gone lower in the round at least.

Takes some hair to do it this way. Hope it works out well.

You are still on this?

I am NOT saying Wentz is a bust. I am NOT gloating and there is nothing to gloat about.

I was referring to the posters who insisted that Wentz was more NFL ready than any qb in years. That is experience in an NFL offense and his intelligence would make him a day one starter. When some of us debated that, we were ripped to shreds.

I don't recall anyone saying that. I think the narrative of all the QBs was, if there was someone more ready than others to start Week 1, it was Goff. Where so many liked Wentz was his physical traits, intelligence, etc. knowing that he would need time.

And let's be honest to the board....you aren't referring to "posters", you are referring to EO. You called him out. Don't generalize now.

Of course you don't recall it. I was calling out tab. I think I said that. However, there were others such as bone, Grimm, KWhip, etc that were saying the same things.

He probably hopes he's inactive. Lol. Their schedule gets weaker after that and Sam Bradford can take the reigns. I bet they start Wentz after it, even if Sam plays "okay" somewhat.

Ok, but that's not what you said.. And I'm sorry Vers, but it did sound a lot like gloating.

If I took it wrong, sorry, but I don't think I did.

I'm only still on this because you responded to my last post telling me I still don't get it.

Don't doubt if the FO thinks that as well ... let Bradford fail (and if he doesn't, that's great!) ... then bring in Wentz against weaker teams with little expectation

Wentz gives the Eagles the best chance to win IMO. Could be bad for us when he does get his chance.

I read it the same way

Okay.........that sounds like something you would say. I could have sworn you ripped me a new one when I questioned how well Wentz processed information post-snap. If I am wrong.....I apologize.

Now, do you wanna apologize for the crap you made up about me? Such as, I didn't like Crow, Gipson, and Skrine? I called for us to draft Crow. I have defended him on many threads. I rightfully pointed out that Skrine got beat a lot his first year, but I praised how much he improved. I was probably the first guy to laud Gipson. I posted an article in which Jauron said he should have been drafted early on.

As far as the ego stuff and woe is me stuff...........grow the hell up.

Has the thought of worrying more about what you say instead of what I say ever occurred to you?

That's exactly what someone says when they are caught....

I guess your answer is no.