Carson Wentz will have the opportunity to prove that he’s elite on Sunday when he goes head to head with New England Patriots star, Tom Brady for the first time in his career.
“It’s always cool to play a competitor like him, arguably one of the best ever,” Wentz said Wednesday. “Ton of respect for him and what he has done.”
If not for a league-leading amount of drops from his receiving corps, Wentz might be in the discussion for MVP. He’s definitely in the discussion for the NFL’s best quarterback and entered last Week as the second-highest-rated signal-caller in the NFL behind the Seahawks Russell Wilson.
Through nine games this season, Wentz has completed 62.7% of his passes, completing 190 of 303 pass attempts, for 2,060 yards, 15 touchdowns, and four interceptions. The Eagles have been successfully utilizing a heavy dose of Jordan Howard and Miles Sanders over the past few weeks.
A successful running game has always been the remedy for slowing down the Patriots and thus keeping their explosive offense off of the field.
Even with the uptick in explosive plays for the Eagles, Bill Belichick will attempt to take away the Birds beast weapons, and likely put the ball in Carson’s hands. For the Eagles, Sunday could truly be Wentz’s coming out party.
