Here are things:

Carson Wentz is a very good quarterback.

Dak Prescott may also be a very good quarterback.

Thus far, Carson Wentz has undeniably played better than Dak Prescott, or any rookie quarterback in the history of football.

The prospect of Carson Wentz and Dak Prescott duking it out in the NFC East for the foreseeable future is a fun one.


All of those things can be true. But, if you’re this doofus from PresnapReads.com, you can invoke Carson’s good name for your clickbait drivel even though you have no other point to make besides Dak Prescott played well against the Bears.

After reading that Tweet, one might think that the accompanying link builds a convincing case for why Prescott has been more impressive than Wentz. Nope! Just this, in a long, complimentary article on Prescott and how he played against the Bears (very well!):

That was his first drive of the game. Look back on those plays. Notice anything? Seriously, look back and see if you can recognize a trend that I haven’t mentioned so far in this article. Did you see it? On all but one of those plays, Prescott set the protection for his offensive line.

During a week when fellow rookie Carson Wentz was compared to Peyton Manning pre-snap and Aaron Rodgers post-snap, Prescott’s control of his offense has barely been mentioned, if at all.

For a fourth-round pick who had played in just two games, Prescott’s acumen diagnosing defenses and altering his offense to take advantage of what the defense is doing was spectacular in this game. He repeatedly identified linebackers to anchor the protection off or directed his running back to the right spot. He even executed full-blown audibles, communicating with all 10 of his teammates through hand signals while aggressively calling out a different play.

That’s it. That’s the only time Wentz is mentioned in the lengthy article. Clickbait at its finest, and for what reason? Did Fahey just want the clicks – and our collective scorn? – or does he actually believe that Prescott – medicore twice, really good once – has been more impressive than Wentz, who has done what Fahey is describing here in all three games. You’ve never seen a quarterback make pre-snap reads like that before, what, this season, when Carson Wentz pioneered that sort of thing? Fuckouttahere.

I like John Barchard’s* take on this, even if he did respond to his own Tweets like a lunatic zoo animal encountering his first mirror:

*Barchard is our partner with Liberty Podcasts, and former Crossing Streams co-host, so I might be a bit biased here, but his work ethic and determination to succeed in radio and podcasting with BGN Radio is downright impressive. I first met him two years ago when he was trying to gain traction for his Eagles podcast, and now he’s a WIP host and guest on their morning show talking about the Eagles. Put some respeck on that name.