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Everyone Needs to Relax About Carson Wentz

By Brandon Thornton

Aug 11, 2016; Philadelphia, PA, USA; (original photo converted to black and white) Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz (11) stretches during warm ups before action against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Lincoln Financial Field. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports
Aug 11, 2016; Philadelphia, PA, USA; (original photo converted to black and white) Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz (11) stretches during warm ups before action against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Lincoln Financial Field. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports /
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Everyone needs to take a second and relax about rookie quarterback Carson Wentz.

Yes everybody, rookie quarterback Carson Wentz was injured in the pre-season opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Let some of you tell it, the future is now ruined.

Everybody pause for a second.

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With Wentz going down, the Philadelphia faithful are now in a frenzy. Given that Philly is a big market, naturally the attention has spilled over to the national media is as well. There are some who are saying the Philadelphia Eagles may have made a mistake trading the farm for a guy who now is starting to be labelled as “fragile”. Playing his hard-nosed style hasn’t eased concerns either, but let’s all pump the breaks and take a chill pill.

For starters, it was week one of the pre-season. Secondly, he’s a rookie who’s still going through the growing pains that comes with being a new player in the NFL. It doesn’t happen for anyone overnight. He’s also going to be starting the season as the third quarterback on the depth chart. He’ll be on the inactive list on game days as he should be.

Around draft time, the thinking was that Jared Goff was the finished product whereas Wentz had all of the upside. In simpler terms, Goff was ready to start week one, and Wentz was going to be a project that takes time to develop. So having said that, Wentz sitting for a bit is no big deal.

History shows that it works. Haters will say that history will also show that giving up everything to acquire one guy doesn’t work either; however, in those instances, the player was expected to produce right away. That isn’t the case with Wentz.

Here’s the point put in it’s simply way. It’s way too early to tell if the Eagles made a mistake trading up (twice) to get Wentz. He played in about a quarter and a half of week one of a preseason game with guys who ultimately won’t make NFL rosters. It’s too early to make a decision.

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Success stories like Cam Newton and Andrew Luck have given everyone the expectation that rookie quarterbacks should be able to be thrown into the lion’s den without a spear and compete. For whatever reason, it’s become taboo to have a guy sit and learn the pro game. Aaron Rodgers did it, and things are working out pretty well for him (shout out to Olivia Munn).

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So in conclusion, everyone needs to learn how to be patient and let the kid develop. Rome wasn’t built in a day. For those non-history buffs that only respond to NFL related metaphors, Bill Belichick’s New England Patriots went through some growing pains as well.

For now, lets just sit back and watch the Eagles go through yet another season of wild mediocrity. Lest we forget the unofficial motto for Philly fans: “maybe next year”.

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