Nick Foles sits third on this ranking of Philadelphia Eagles MVPs

Who’s been the MVP of the Philadelphia Eagles over these past ten years?

They’ve had two of the most puzzling careers in both Philadelphia Eagles and NFL history. Whether they’re teammates or wearing different jerseys, the conversations about Carson Wentz and Nick Foles will never end. One is a former second-overall selection in the 2016 NFL Draft that’s played at both an MVP level and so badly that it’s made even the most die-hard fan want to run him out of town. The other is a former Super Bowl MVP that might have been a shoo-in for the Pro Football Hall of Fame had he played his entire career in an Eagles jersey.

The comparisons between those two will live on in Eagles lore forever seemingly, but regardless of whose side you’re on (if you’ve picked a side), one thing is certain. It took both of their efforts to help this team win the Super Bowl at the end of the 2017-2018 season.

Philadelphia Eagles should find this to be interesting (if it doesn’t make them angry).

Recently, the stat guys over at Pro Football Focus listed their Most Valuable Philadelphia Eagles over the past decade per PFF WAR. The list stacked up like this. Carson Wentz sits at the top, followed by Michael Vick, Nick Foles, Malcolm Jenkins, and Zach Ertz

“PFF WAR” is a new stat engine they’ve introduced that’s a measure of several aspects of a player’s performance. Here’s an excerpt from their explanation of how it works.

"Step 1: Determine how good a given player was during a period of time (generally a season) using PFF grades.Step 2: Map a player’s production to a “wins” value for his team using the relative importance of each facet of play.Step 3: Simulate a team’s expected performance with a player of interest and with an average player participating identically in his place. Then, take the difference in expected wins.Step 4: Determine the average player with a given participation profile’s wins above replacement player, assuming a team of replacement-level players is a 3-13 team.Step 5: Add the terms in the last two calculations to get that player’s WAR."

Let’s settle something right now. Vick was gifted, but Wentz might be a better talent. There’s also no way Vick ranks higher than Foles did in terms of value. According to NBC Sports Philadelphia’s Reuben Frank, Foles is the greatest Eagles quarterback of all time. It should be easy to see why that’s the case. Then, there’s this. Carson Wentz hasn’t even won a playoff game yet. How is he ranked at number one?

Regardless of whether you swear by them or you can’t wrap your mind around how PFF comes up with some of the stuff they do, let’s be honest, they always make for a good conversation piece or a debate. This one may not fly depending on who you talk to though.