Carson Wentz can sling the football around with the best of them and despite a poor year from the weapons around him, the Eagles star still stood out statistically.
Wentz had a career year in spite of his receiving corps having no player with more than 500 yards through the air.
Even with the Eagles being among the league leaders in dropped passes, Wentz ranked No. 9 for the second straight season in the NFL for deep ball accuracy in 2019 according to the 2019-2020 Deep Ball Project.
“There are a couple rough spots with Wentz’s deep accuracy. He was sensational throwing to his left (finishing 2nd), but was closer to the bottom throwing to the middle (29th) and to the right of the field (26th). As a tight window passer he again finished 26th.
However, Wentz’s deep accuracy remains high in spite of a 31.37 completion percentage thanks to 12 Accurate Incompletions that came through the hands of his Hallmark Channel receiving talent. He stood out throwing 26-30 yards (5th) as well as 41+ yards (7th), and was great against edge pressure and outside the pocket (ranking 6th in both categories).”
Wentz ranking should be encouraging for Eagles fans, as he was one of the best long-ball throwers who was able to be successful without a true deep threat to depend on outside of the season opener.
The Eagles signal-caller should be land near the top of the rankings if the Eagles can secure a young deep threat in the NFL Draft.
