NFL MVP watch: Week 1, Philadelphia Eagles QB Carson Wentz vs 5 favorites
After Week 1, here are Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz’s numbers compared to five legitimate and potential NFL MVP candidates.
Fire up Carson Wentz‘s bandwagon. After a couple of tuneups and 13 missed games over the past two seasons (that includes the playoffs), the ‘Wentz Wagon’ is rolling again. Despite a slow start, the Philadelphia Eagles rebounded and put up 25 second-half points en route to a 32-27 win. Philly rolled, and just like that, ‘Mercedes Wentz’ is officially back in the NFL MVP discussion.
It wasn’t always pretty. Things started a little slowly. That was expected, and that would have been okay had his team not fallen into a 17-0 hole early. Things got rolling as Wentz found the returning DeSean Jackson for a bomb early, but the Washington Redskins tacked on a field goal at the end of the first half. Philly and D.C. went to the break with the ‘Birds’ on the wrong end of a 20-7 score.
Who knows what Doug Pederson said at halftime, but it worked. Things completely changed in the second stanza, and Wentz shined. Don’t look now, but he’s back in the MVP discussion. Let’s compare his numbers to five other guys who have been mentioned as preseason candidates.
Naturally, they’re all quarterbacks. After all, hasn’t the NFL MVP become a quarterback’s award anyway? We’ve got a guy whose stock has fallen, some familiar faces, and a guy who’s seemingly jumped into the conversation out of nowhere. In no particular order, here they are.