Carson Wentz has been one of the best at his position since entering the league in 2016 and despite the heavy criticism he’s faced over the past two years, the numbers show that the Eagles star is elite and just hitting his stride.
Wentz is considered a top-10 talent, but numbers talk and the Eagles star is on a career arc that could have him in Canton when things are all said and done.
The topic of conversation is sensitive for Eagles fans and Wentz pundits, but here are five stats that prove Wentz is elite and just getting started.
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1. Wentz is making history
Despite missing eight games the last two years and with one game still to go in 2019, Wentz already has the 9th-most TD passes in NFL history by a QB in his first four seasons. He’s now fifth in team history with 96 touchdown passes and can overtake Donovan McNabb in the next four years if he stays healthy.
Wentz has 35 career interceptions.
Wentz is the only QB in NFL history to record 95+ passing touchdowns and 35-or-fewer interceptions in their first 54 career games.
Of the 10 quarterbacks currently ahead of him in touchdown passes over their first four seasons, only Russell Wilson has also thrown fewer than 44 interceptions in his first four years, and only Wilson and Dan Marino have a higher passer rating.
After Sundays win over the Cowboys, Wentz is the first quarterback in NFL history to record 30+ completions and 0 interceptions in 3 consecutive games.
2. Wentz gets busy inside the 20
Wentz is a Red-Zone Machine. He’s a straight assassin in the red zone, better than a fighter pilot with a heat-seeking missile. Wentz has 56 touchdowns against one interception in the red zone in his last 37 games played. Those numbers put him in the company of all-time greats like Drew Brees, Tom Brady, and Russell Wilson.
Wentz’s average of 1.51 red-zone touchdowns per game tops the list.
3. Wentz shares something in common with Russell Wilson
Wentz has now gone 18 straight regular-season games with at least one touchdown pass going back to last season. Wentz is currently the leader for the longest active streak in the NFL.
And he’s 15 completions away from setting a new single-season franchise record for touchdown passes.
4. Wenz is a Comeback kid
Wentz increased his number of fourth-quarter comeback wins to six after his comeback over the Redskins, with 7 game-winning drives. In the fourth quarter and overtime of the last three games (all wins), Wentz has gone 3-0. His numbers passing are excellent as well, going 34-of-42 (81% completion) for 352 yards, four touchdowns, 0 interceptions and a passer rating of 133.3.
5. Wentz set to shatter every Eagles career records quickly
Wentz is currently fourth in franchise history 1,288 completions and is now fifth in attempts. He’s in the top-five now in yards (13,902) and will have all of Donovan McNabb’s career marks within the next four seasons.
Wentz is 167 passing yards away from setting a new single-season franchise rec for passing yards and 250 away from the Eagles first 4,000 passing yards season.
