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Jackson, Murray. Lance, Allen, Hurts, Daniel Jones, Fields,  Everyone except Jones got hurt.  Allen played through his injury.  The other side of the equation is how dynamic these guys are.  And given the way, the college game is now played, more and more dual threat quarterbacks are gonna come to the NFL. Keeping them healthy over a 17 game season and playoffs is, to put it mildly, a challenge.

The Niners have shown that there will be a premium for capable back-up QBs.  Fivethirtyeight had a recent piece about how the fact that the Eagles have overdrafted QBs has helped them:

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how...rterbacks/

Perhaps the world can be forgiven for not imagining a future where Wentz would lose his job, or that just two short years later, Hurts would lead the Eagles to the NFC championship game. After all, Wentz was coming off a solid year in 2019 (6.7 YPA, 27 touchdowns, seven interceptions for a 62.8 QBR) and had led the team to the wild card while staying healthy. Perhaps more importantly, he’d just signed a $128 million extension the previous June. Most viewed Hurts as either an expensive insurance policy taken out against another Wentz injury, or an upscale version of the New Orleans Saints’ do-everything gadget player Taysom Hill. But no one gave the notion that Wentz could suddenly turn into a pumpkin any real credence … until it happened the very next season. In 2020, Wentz led the league in sacks (50), tied for the lead in interceptions (15) and ranked 28th in QBR. By the end of the year, Hurts was starting; soon after the season, coach Doug Pederson was fired and Wentz was traded.

BC

Wentz is a strange case.  Having a great rookie year gets hurt they go on to win the Super Bowl and he’s never the same. Yes I’m sure part of it was injury. But the rest of it’s just really hard to fathom. He’s somewhat gifted athletically, but just doesn’t seem to have whatever it takes. I have seen some indication that he’s not particularly well, regarded by his teammates – which is something of a death-knell for a quarterback.

Correction – it was his second season. He did have a solid first season as well.

[lex24]

Jackson, Murray. Lance, Allen, Hurts, Daniel Jones, Fields,  Everyone except Jones got hurt.  Allen played through his injury.  The other side of the equation is how dynamic these guys are.  And given the way, the college game is now played, more and more dual threat quarterbacks are gonna come to the NFL. Keeping them healthy over a 17 game season and playoffs is, to put it mildly, a challenge.

The Niners have shown that there will be a premium for capable back-up QBs.  Fivethirtyeight had a recent piece about how the fact that the Eagles have overdrafted QBs has helped them:

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how...rterbacks/

Perhaps the world can be forgiven for not imagining a future where Wentz would lose his job, or that just two short years later, Hurts would lead the Eagles to the NFC championship game. After all, Wentz was coming off a solid year in 2019 (6.7 YPA, 27 touchdowns, seven interceptions for a 62.8 QBR) and had led the team to the wild card while staying healthy. Perhaps more importantly, he’d just signed a $128 million extension the previous June. Most viewed Hurts as either an expensive insurance policy taken out against another Wentz injury, or an upscale version of the New Orleans Saints’ do-everything gadget player Taysom Hill. But no one gave the notion that Wentz could suddenly turn into a pumpkin any real credence … until it happened the very next season. In 2020, Wentz led the league in sacks (50), tied for the lead in interceptions (15) and ranked 28th in QBR. By the end of the year, Hurts was starting; soon after the season, coach Doug Pederson was fired and Wentz was traded.

BC

Wentz is a strange case.  Having a great rookie year gets hurt they go on to win the Super Bowl and he’s never the same. Yes I’m sure part of it was injury. But the rest of it’s just really hard to fathom. He’s somewhat gifted athletically, but just doesn’t seem to have whatever it takes. I have seen some indication that he’s not particularly well, regarded by his teammates – which is something of a death-knell for a quarterback.

Correction – it was his second season. He did have a solid first season as well.