Eagles opponent clearly didn't learn from Carson Wentz disaster
It seems like some teams didn’t pay attention to the end of the Carson Wentz era with the Eagles.
It is only fitting for the Philadelphia Eagles that their most recent trip to the Super Bowl in the era after Carson Wentz coincides with the end of one of the craziest contracts in the NFL.
Not only did Wentz costs millions of dollars for numerous teams, but the exchange of draft picks for such poor production from an expensive player like Wentz will be studied in sports management books for decades.
Wentz has finally become a free agent after far too many years of looking out of his element, and the Eagles can rest assured knowing they were way ahead of the curve.
Well, the Eagles were ahead of the curve on Wentz if you ignore the massive contract they gave him prior to the start of his fourth season.
Retrospect is important in defining this deal as a whole, but the Eagles didn't have a ton of options in such a situation. Wentz was a talented regular season performer and looked like the real deal (if he could ever make it to a healthy postseason performance).
Quarterback is the most important position on the field, so it did make sense to shell out for a guy that looked like a sure thing to keep the team in playoff contention for a long time to come.
That same player never really showed up after he was paid, and an apparent bad attitude for the rest of his time with the Eagles made Wentz the poster boy for waiting on quarterbacks that have question marks in their game or character.
However, it seems like the Giants didn't give the Wentz history lesson much thought when they extended Daniel Jones.
The Giants have all but ensured a clear ceiling for themselves going forward with a ridiculous deal for their starting quarterback:
Now, Jones may not be as bad as the average Philly fan thinks, but acting like he is worth anywhere near $40 million per year is lunacy.
The Giants were smart to get that cap hit a bit lower during the regular season to leave room to keep weapons coming in, but this looks dangerously close to the cardinal sin the Eagles committed a few years back: paying a mediocre quarterbacks.
At least the Eagles saw flashes of greatness from Wentz. Even his terrible last few years shouldn't be enough to erase those moments.
What have the Giants seen from Jones to tie their ship to him for the next two years at such a cost?
Jones had a decent 2022 in the categories that don't truly matter or exist; interception rate, completion percentage, win rate (the bar is low in New York), but the basic analysis of Daniel Jones outside these areas tells you that he isn't even in the top-12 for quarterbacks, yet this deal says otherwise.
And, just because the Jones fans love to use basic stats without nuance or context involved, here is how Jones' career stacks up against Carson Wentz over the same period:
Jones 2019-present: 11,603 passing yards, 1,708 rushing yards, 72 touchdowns, 76 turnovers, on 64% passing
Wentz 2019-present: 11,977 passing yards, 820 rushing yards, 89 touchdowns, 78 turnovers, on 62% passing
Do you see where the lunacy begins?
Choosing to give 2019-present Carson Wentz $40 million per year as a way to compete with the juggernaut Eagles is a bold choice. We wouldn't bank on this one working out well.
