will Carson Wentz play today on " two broken ankles" game day thread

[Hoopsdoc]

Look, I like Wentz. He’s really impressed me with his toughness. And he gave us our best shot at winning.

But he had no business playing today. He should have been concentrating on getting healthy.

And I’m really starting to wonder if it wouldn’t be smarter to sit him and keep that high first rounder. If we lose the next 2, I KNOW it would be the smart move.

We HAVE to solve the quarterback position.

[Hoopsdoc]

He should have set today. And if they had a backup they trusted he likely would have.

They need to just cut Eason. This week has confirmed that they think very little of him.

[Butter]

He should have set today. And if they had a backup they trusted he likely would have.
I was thinking earlier I wished we had somehow kept brisket, then I saw him throw the stupidest pass in the end zone for a safety, purged that thought.

[Colts And Orioles]

He (Wentz) should have sat today. And if they had a back-up whom they trusted, he likely would have.




o


Agreed. He should have sat today for several reasons.


1) Wentz was not even close to being 100 % healthy today, and we may have done just as well (perhaps even a little better) if we had a healthy 2nd-string quarterback (Eason/Ehlinger/Hundley) taking the snaps.

2) This may or may not be a wasted season ...... if it does wind up being a wasted season, then playing Wentz with both of his ankles hurting with a team that already had an 0-2 record coming into this game made no sense at all.



We got the worst of both worlds today ...... Wentz played AND we lost the game. The risk-reward decision was highly questionable, at best.

o

[Colts And Orioles]

Kansas City is 1-2. Good teams lose games they should not. Bad teams win games they should not. The league is set up for teams to be close to parity. This is not to say that we are about to run off 14 straight, but to say why I am not throwing in the towel just yet. Now, if we lose three more before we win, we might think about sitting Wentz to save the first round pick.




o


Agreed. I'm not throwing in the towel, either. The Colts could still conceivably be something like 6-6 or 7-5 after 12 games, and that would probably put them right in the middle of the hunt for the division title ...... that said, an 0-3 start still screams that it may be getting late early (Yogi Berra.)

o

[Puck]

I think they are going to try and trade Mack.

For a ham sandwich? He coming off an injury and how good was he in the preseason?

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Hmmm

[Chromeburn]

o


Agreed. He should have sat today for several reasons.


1) Wentz was not even close to being 100 % healthy today, and we may have done just as well (perhaps even a little better) if we had a healthy 2nd-string quarterback (Eason/Ehlinger/Hundley) taking the snaps.

2) This may or may not be a wasted season ...... if it does wind up being a wasted season, then playing Wentz with both of his ankles hurting with a team that already had an 0-2 record coming into this game made no sense at all.



We got the worst of both worlds today ...... Wentz played AND we lost the game. The risk-reward decision was highly questionable, at best.

o

It would not have been better with the backups. Huntley has moved up over Eason and Huntley is terrible.

[Colts And Orioles]

o


Agreed. He should have sat today for several reasons.


1) Wentz was not even close to being 100 % healthy today, and we may have done just as well (perhaps even a little better) if we had a healthy 2nd-string quarterback (Eason/Ehlinger/Hundley) taking the snaps.

2) This may or may not be a wasted season ...... if it does wind up being a wasted season, then playing Wentz with both of his ankles hurting with a team that already had an 0-2 record coming into this game made no sense at all.



We got the worst of both worlds today ...... Wentz played AND we lost the game. The risk-reward decision was highly questionable, at best.

o






It would not have been better with the backups. Huntley has moved up over Eason and Huntley is terrible.





o


We'll never know that now. We have a loss and a game played by Wentz to show for the decision that was made.


o

[Chromeburn]

o


We'll never know that now. We have a loss and a game played by Wentz to show for the decision that was made.


o

We know it from their performance in training camp. Wentz is their best option.

[albany ed]

We know it from their performance in training camp. Wentz is their best option.

Wentz (especially Sunday) is the best option on a team with no capable backup. However, being the best option in this case still means losing the game. Wentz had absolutely no lateral movement ability. In some cases, a simple slide to the right or left would have given him more time, but he couldn't do it. If you really value the man and want him to be the QB, you want him to be healthy. They lost with him being way under par, and how many folks here were even surprised that he was so ineffective? He should have been rested for the week and much more healthy for the Dolphins. An immobile Wentz with a makeshift OL spells trouble. Let him get healthy, let Eason take the ferocious pass rush and let's see what Wentz can do when healthy and the O-line is in tact.

[Colts And Orioles]

Wentz (especially Sunday) is the best option on a team with no capable backup. However, being the best option in this case still means losing the game. Wentz had absolutely no lateral movement ability. In some cases, a simple slide to the right or left would have given him more time, but he couldn't do it. If you really value the man and want him to be the QB, you want him to be healthy. They lost with him being way under par, and how many folks here were even surprised that he was so ineffective? He should have been rested for the week and much more healthy for the Dolphins. An immobile Wentz with a makeshift OL spells trouble. Let him get healthy, let Eason take the ferocious pass rush and let's see what Wentz can do when healthy and the O-line is in tact.




o


It's not the same exact situation, but this post reminds me of what team owner Branch Rickey said to Ralph Kiner when Kiner requested a raise after leading the National League in Home Runs for the 7th consecutive season in 1952 ...... "Son, we finished in last place with you, we can finish in last place without you."

o

[Chromeburn]

Wentz (especially Sunday) is the best option on a team with no capable backup. However, being the best option in this case still means losing the game. Wentz had absolutely no lateral movement ability. In some cases, a simple slide to the right or left would have given him more time, but he couldn't do it. If you really value the man and want him to be the QB, you want him to be healthy. They lost with him being way under par, and how many folks here were even surprised that he was so ineffective? He should have been rested for the week and much more healthy for the Dolphins. An immobile Wentz with a makeshift OL spells trouble. Let him get healthy, let Eason take the ferocious pass rush and let's see what Wentz can do when healthy and the O-line is in tact.

I think he should have sat. He isn't healthy, I don't need to see him hobble out there to know he is tough. But he is still their best option at QB.

JMV is saying Eason will be let go once Ehlinger is healthy. Eason must have screwed up in some way.

[Spike]

I think he should have sat. He isn't healthy, I don't need to see him hobble out there to know he is tough. But he is still their best option at QB.

JMV is saying Eason will be let go once Ehlinger is healthy. Eason must have screwed up in some way.

If and when that happens, slot Ehlinger in at the number 2 spot. Fuck Hundley, not winning shit with him anyway.

[Chromeburn]

If and when that happens, slot Ehlinger in at the number 2 spot. Fuck Hundley, not winning shit with him anyway.

Hundley was awful in camp. The fact he has moved above Eason is telling.

[Spike]

Hundley was awful in camp. The fact he has moved above Eason is telling.

Eason must really suck! Wasted a 4th round pick on him.