Every Philadelphia Eagles fans top 3 questions about this left tackle issue
2. There really isn’t any young and enticing option on this roster, is it?
Eagles vice president and general manager Howie Roseman has left much to be desired in recent years with his decision-making process. His handling of the salary cap has been questionable. His draft showings have been slightly worse. Then, he overpays for free agents to mask his draft snafus. That’s the formula, and the Eagles are paying for it constantly.
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Look at who he’s drafted. Can we make the argument that Carson Wentz was the lone home run?
Well, no. That wouldn’t be accurate. Wentz hasn’t won a playoff game. Then, there’s Dallas Goedert. That’s a nice find. Isaac Seumalo is another. He’s entrenched at left guard, and he’s already been given a contract extension. Josh Sweat may start in Week 1 versus the Washington Football team. Mile Sanders is a dual-threat and led all rookie running backs in all-purpose yards in 2019, but that’s four great picks out of 26 draft choices that Roseman made from 2016 to 2019. Throw out the current rookie class, and that amounts to a 15 percent success rate!
Among those selections that haven’t panned out, at least not yet, are 2018’s sixth-round draft choice Matt Pryor, who’s struggled to hold his ground versus Sweat while playing at left tackle (in his defense, he’s decent at guard). There’s also Jordan Mailata, who was taken in the same year as Pryor but one round later. Like Pryor, Mailata hasn’t shown that he can play left tackle consistently enough for a long stretch.
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If the Eagles decide they don’t want to pay Peters or a veteran free agent, Pryor or Mailata would be entrusted to protect Wentz’s blindside. Rookies Prince Tega Wanogho and Jack Driscoll could be in the mix down the road, but that idea won’t excite anyone, at least not right now. Are any of you confident about trotting them out there versus all of those pass rushers that Washington has? With that being said, we arrive at a very sensitive subject.