I am sorry to insult Quez Watkins, but it must be said that he looked more like Jalen Reagor on Sunday afternoon in Chicago. For whatever reason, the Eagles were force feeding him touches while Miles Sanders turned into permafrost due to inactivity, the strategy resulting in a grand total of:

  • two Quez rushing attempts for four yards
  • four Quez receptions for six yards
  • a fugazi sequence leading to a Jalen Hurts interception

It was almost as if Shane Steichen and Nick Sirianni were trying to turn Quez into college Tavon Austin. Manufactured touches and Dana Holgorsen-esque running plays, one of which took place during a crucial part of the game when the Birds were trying to kill the clock. I am not sure why a guy who ran the ball five times for 12 yards in college is getting any carries at the NFL level, but what do I know?

There was also this:

It was indeed sub-optimal! It was midway through the third quarter, just after Haason Reddick jumped on that loose ball and gave Philly possession, still up 17-13. The Eagles responded with a three-and-out which took less than two minutes off the clock.

Probably the worst play of the bunch, however, was this:

Two things can be true here:

  1. that wasn’t a great pass
  2. it was a lazy route

Quez barely gets head turned and the ball is in Chicago possession before he even registers what’s happening.

Just a bizarre game from him overall. He saw a bunch of targets and ran a couple of sweeps that went absolutely nowhere. He’s had a decent year so far, with 300+ yards and three touchdowns, which is good for a WR3 playing behind two high-volume studs in A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith. But he’s played the fourth-most snaps among all skill position players on the team (571, 58%), so he’s gonna have the ball come his way and be expected to do something with it.

One thing worth noting is that he’s from Alabama and played at Southern Miss, so maybe he was just like Jalen Hurts out there. Maybe he was cold. Maybe his hands were numb. The temperature may have frozen the Eagles playbook as well.