Some thoughts about Hurts/Wentz:

Personally, I loved the Hurts draft pick: Yes there were a lot of talented players still on the board. But investing in a back up QB is one of the most important things for a franchise. Eagles fans should know this better than anyone(s/o BDN)šŸ”½
Look at the Saints both ā€˜19 & today, Brees goes down but theyā€™ve invested in backups at the position: Teddy, Taysom, Jameis. Having a suitable backup QB has kept them in the hunt both last year & this year regardless who is the QB

Look at the Steelers last season...continued šŸ”½
Pittsburgh was a completely different team last year w/o Big Ben, and w/o a suitable backup QB. Now Ben is back and they are undefeated.

Patriots every single year, regardless of having Brady, invest in back up QBs (Jimmy, Brissett,etc.)

Good franchises = Invest in QBsšŸ”½
Iā€™ve been a fan of Wentz and Iā€™ve defended him...a lot. There are some things he does, that very few QBs could do. There have also been so many injuries to this team, making it tough to evaluate. But these past 2 weeks have been rough. Canā€™t make excuses for Wentz at the momentšŸ”½
Making the QB change is tricky though...midseason, still in the playoff hunt (lol), Carson contract (yikes), but I think we can all see the Eagles need a spark & his play is currently hurting the team. As a fan Iā€™d like to see what Hurts has, but I also understand itā€™s not easyšŸ”½
But this brings me back to my initial point...Eagles received so much backlash & criticism for the Hurts pick. I know it was high, and I know it was a surprise. Although I was happy, Iā€™ll admit I too was very surprised. Weā€™re now in a position where our ā€œfranchise QBā€ looks badšŸ”½
And as an Eagles fan Iā€™ll say Iā€™m thankful my team was smart enough & forward thinking enough to make an investment in a back up QB, the most important position on the field, so we are even able to have this discussion of replacing Carson with someone weā€™re excited about/futurešŸ”½
I donā€™t think we see the change this week, probably not next week either, but for all the laughter on Draft Day, Iā€™m thankful we at least have the option to make a change. Iā€™ll be very excited for Hurts when we see him and Iā€™ll continue to be optimistic for Carson if we donā€™t..šŸ”½
If you made it this far, thanks for reading šŸ˜‚ I know most of you hate Eagles fans to begin with (donā€™t blame you). I have so many more thoughts about this but Iā€™ve rambled long enough. Some of you who were laughing at the Eagles picking Hurts are now begging for him to step inšŸ”½
Maybe thatā€™s just how bad Wentz has been or more so how hypocritical talking Twitter heads can be šŸ˜‚ Either way...Go Birds

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