Many scoffed when the Rams and Eagles traded up for two relatively obscure quarterbacks in 2016. But they are repaying their teams this seasonThey stood, almost anonymously, in a park by the lake on an frigid Chicago day in the spring of 2016. Jared Goff and Carson Wentz were barely more than 24 hours from becoming the top two picks of the NFL draft and there was no sense that either man was going to be anything special.They were probably the most obscure quarterbacks to stand one and two in the modern history of the draft. Few of those attending the pre-draft clinic and photo shoot had heard of Wentz just a couple months before. Quarterbacks from North Dakota State...
Who’d have guessed the Rams, Falcons, Eagles, Cowboys and Vikings would sit atop the NFC standings? Well, conventional wisdom has been wrong all seasonThe Rams, Falcons, Eagles, Cowboys and Vikings are lumped together in the NFC standings through the first four weeks of the NFL season. Not at all surprising. Meanwhile, the Panthers and Cardinals have begun to separate themselves from the pack. Another nailed prediction. The NFC is going just as we all thought it might – outside of the fact that almost every team is performing exactly opposite of what was expected. Related: Vikings shut down Odell Beckham and Giants to stay perfect at 4-0 Continue reading...
The question of whether or not the Rams chose wisely by drafting Goff over Wentz is not quite answered. But a picture is beginning to emergeI doubt I was the only one who went into this Sunday’s football spread expecting Carson Wentz and the Philadelphia Eagles to fall to Earth faster than the asteroid in Armageddon. After all, this was a rookie quarterback going against a proven defense and a veteran signal caller, Ben Roethlisberger, on offense. Plus, it wasn’t as though Wentz and company suffered much competition in weeks one and two. The Bears (who kept their losing streak going against the Dallas Cowboys) and woeful Browns hardly count as a challenge and are both likely already out of...