Philadelphia Eagles: 3 Negatives from Week 7’s victory that must be fixed

Several issues surround this Philadelphia Eagles team despite a Week 7 win.

The Philadelphia Eagles lead the NFC Least division. Oops! That should say the NFC East, but here’s the thing. If the ‘Birds’ want to remain atop a weak division, they’ll need to clean up a few things. Some of their issues have plagued them all season. Others were dormant but reared their ugly heads once again during Week 7’s matchup with the New York Giants.

Here are three negatives that Eagles fans may have noticed from an exciting win.

1. The Philadelphia Eagles’ franchise quarterback still thinks he’s Superman.

Another week passes and this team’s personnel seems to change weekly. The backups, more often, are being asked to step up, but somewhere in Carson Wentz‘s mind, all of that has translated to him believing that he needs to do everything. He doesn’t, but no one seems to want to tell him that.

Wentz’s ‘gunslinger’ mentality is hurting his team’s chances, but several of his turnovers this season have come as a result of forcing the ball into tight passing windows that aren’t there or disappear rapidly. He’s also wrecking this team’s field position thanks to sacks.

Just take his second-quarter interception in Week 7 as an example. On a 2nd and 15 play, ’11’ tossed one into double coverage. There’s no need to try to get all of the yardage needed for a 1st down conversion in one play or try to create a play where there isn’t one. Just throw the ball away and live to fight another down.

Can anyone think of five times this season when he’s rolled out and thrown one into the end zone towards an intended target that has had receivers draped all over him? Just take a look at this one.

Sure, considering what’s gone on with the offensive line and with all of the injuries, it’s hard to place a ton of blame on ’11’, but throws like this are inexcusable.