3 Reasons Carson Wentz can not be blamed for Philadelphia Eagles slow start

2. His teammates need to step up when they have the opportunity.

In Week 1, Wentz led ‘The Birds’ back with his harm. In Week 2, he almost did the same thing, and after he led his team back in the fourth quarter versus the Atlanta Falcons in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, the defense lost the lead.

Wentz, again, gave his guys a shot. He led his team down the field and threw a beauty down the left sideline to Nelson Agholor. ’13’ dropped it. Now, to his credit, Agholor came back and made a more difficult catch later. That would give them a shot.

Philly’s comeback attempt fell short in Atlanta as a fourth-down completion to Zach Ertz wound up with the always-reliable Ertz running his route too short, making it impossible for him to turn upfield and reach the first-down yard to gain.

A week later, Wentz’s receiving corps would drop seven passes, including a sure touchdown throw to Dallas Goedert and a potential game-winner to JJ Arcega-Whiteside. We won’t even bring up the turnovers by his teammates and the three-man rush that got home at the beginning of the fourth quarter. In that one, his offensive line simply stopped playing, and Wentz got taken down.

Here’s one that got missed by a few pundits and casual fans.

Do you still think that everything is on Wentz? Really?