At Crossing Broad, we are completely off the Carson Wentz bandwagon.

Bob always hated the Eagles quarterback, as did Investor Mike. Kyle is a Nick Foles guy. Russ, Tim, Investor Jeff, and Phil are out. Anthony and I tried to give credit where it was due when Wentz won four straight games with practice squad receivers last season, to win the NFC East at 9-7.

Now, however, the Wentz “supporters” and/or neutrals in the CB camp have checked out entirely because there’s no way to justify anything the guy is doing right now. People will continue to make excuses for him, and here’s a running list compiled in our Slack channel Monday night that we are sharing this morning:

  • the receivers stink
  • Howie Roseman stinks
  • Doug Pederson is having a bad year
  • no offensive coordinator
  • gusty winds
  • the offensive line can’t block
  • injuries
  • sun glare
  • Frank Reich is no longer here
  • John DeFilippo is no longer here
  • bad free agent signings
  • the rain
  • dropped passes
  • Alshon Jeffery
  • poor play calling
  • Carson has to overcompensate for lack of talent around him (i.e. he’s pressing)
  • quick whistle blows dead a play where he escapes the pocket
  • no separation
  • no running game
  • shadow of Nick Foles lingering
  • drafting Jalen Hurts to create a QB controversy
  • kicker missing extra points
  • the refs stink
  • no fans in the stands
  • newborn baby at home

Print that out, fold it up, and put it in your back pocket for quick reference. You can whip this out for use in any future argument.

On a more serious note, a lot of these excuses were valid in the not-so-distant past. Some of them certainly still are. But with Carson we’re now beyond the pale, to a point where even when he does have good protection and open receivers he’s not hitting them, or not seeing them. He’s not executing. His mechanics are off. We’re trying to help him by pointing out the things that are out of his control and holding him back, but at some point you have to help yourself. I think it was Nietzsche who explained this as the first principle of charity.

“Help yourself and then others will help you.”

Anyway, if you have more Carson Wentz excuses you wanna add to the list, drop me a line and I’ll update this post. We’ll print out little booklets and hand them out at Lincoln Financial Field, free of charge, like the Gideons.