This Doug Pederson and Carson Wentz stat is very disheartening

Here’s something about the Doug Pederson and Carson Wentz era that you’re not going to like if you’re an Eagles fan.

One thing was apparent when the Philadelphia Eagles made Doug Pederson the 22nd head coach in team history, well the 21st if you’re refusing to count Pat Shurmur‘s one game as interim head coach in 2015 (thank goodness he didn’t get promoted). What everyone watching Pederson’s hire knew was this. ‘Dougie P’ was going to need a franchise signal-caller to hitch his wagon to. In 2016’s NFL Draft, he went with a ‘Wentz Wagon’ as Philly took Carson Wentz with the second-overall selection.

That led to a 7-9 record as Wentz set the NFL record for most pass completions by a rookie quarterback with 379. ’11’ would go on a tear during his sophomore campaign, throwing for 3,296 yards and a team-record 33 touchdown tosses, while picking up another 299 yards with his legs. Wentz seemed to have mastered the NFL game before tearing his ACL in Week 14. You all know how that season ended.

That’s where the Wentz fairy tell turns to as Meek Mill would say ‘Dreams and Nightmares’. Coming into his third season, the question was how would ’11’ bounce back? Again, if you’re an Eagles fan, you know how things ended.

Though Wentz was decent statistically (3,074 passing yards and 21 touchdowns versus seven interceptions in 11 games, something seemed off. Wentz would again finish the season on the team’s IR (injured reserve), Philly would fail to successfully defend their Super Bowl title, and for whatever reason, ever since then, it’s just felt like there have been more ups than downs in Philly.

There are a lot of stats in there, and as a nation that plays Fantasy football and follows Pro Football Focus, we all love numbers. Here’s something we all can agree on though. The most important team stats, if you want to call them that, are as follows: points scored, points given up, and wins and losses. That’s where the Eagles fan base has found frustration with a franchise quarterback and a head coach that have both, honestly, been doing a job.

That’s where Eagles fans can find one haunting stat (if you want to call it that), and it’s one that has troubled the franchise and its’ fan base over the past two seasons.

In their last 17 games together, going back to 2018, Carson Wentz and Doug Pederson are 8-9, one game below .500, and had they not had the good fortune of playing the winless New York Jets and two divisional opponents twice who have seemingly struggled for five years over that span, the Washington Redskins and the New York Giants, the loss total might be higher.

Sure, a lot goes into wins and losses, and fans and the Eagles organization can rest well knowing this will work itself out. Sure, every loss can’t be placed solely on Carson Wentz and Doug Pederson’s shoulders, but here’s the thing about football.

Quarterbacks and coaches have win-loss totals attached to their names for a reason, and for the sake of the emotional health of an entire fanbase, this has to get figured out swiftly. This team is too talented to play average football.