Carson Wentz: Wentz tosses three picks in loss to Bengals

Veteran safety Malcolm Jenkins echoed how a core group of veterans felt about those portrayals, suggesting you consider the source (s). “But it seemed liked seven”.

Wentz was only 15 of 31 for 164 yards with a passer rating of 48.3 as the Bengals (4-7-1) took control. We’ve got a rookie quarterback.

The Bengalshost the Eagles (5-6) on Sunday at Paul Brown Stadium.

Andy Dalton threw a pair of touchdown passes and Cincinnati finally got its depleted offense moving without receiver A.J. Green. The hope of a win might have been lost well before that, with the Eagles reaching the low point of the season with four games remaining against teams with winning records.

Jordan Matthews, meanwhile, sprained his ankle in a November 28 Monday night loss to the Packers. A full 2.5 games behind both the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens headed into Week 13, the Who Dey nation will have to wait at least one more year before they break the longest NFL Playoffs victory drought in the league. With a 3-0 lead, the Bengals went on an eight-play, 81-yard drive that included two third-down conversions. But the last few games, it’s come back. I was a little antsy at the start of the game, getting those first reps. “I ran the first play instead of the second play”.

“I thought it was the right move”, said Fisher, a second-round pick who has only played this year as an extra tackle.

Pederson can only work with the talent he’s got, which admittedly isn’t very much.

“That’s a lot of pressure, you know what I’m saying?”, Graham said.

Matthews leads the Eagles in just about every pertinent receiving category. Green suffered a strained hamstring on the first series November 20 against the Bills and Bernard tore his ACL in the closing minute.

For just a moment, it looked like 2015 again.

The bigger problem may be from hiring a guy in Doug Pederson and offensive assistant Frank Reich who are supposed to be helping Wentz improve as the weeks go by. None of these backs have produced great numbers and on Sunday the Eagles showed their obvious weakness in this area. “And Whit and I were stout on the outside. You can tinker and get really bad [results]”.

“I think it was a combination of things where he had time to throw the ball and the receivers got open and ran good routes and we did some different things today”, said tight end Tyler Eifert, who caught two passes for 25 yards and a touchdown just before halftime.

Or is it Pederson and his coaching staff, who can not figure out how to win the guys they have? Dalton’s 130 passer rating is his highest for a full game since November 5, 2015 with a 139.8 in the Thursday night win over Cleveland. Cincinnati, which started the day 27th in scoring at 19 points per game, had that many in the first half and scored the most it has all season. They gave up 53 rushing yards, their best since holding Denver to 52 on September 25. Wentz’ next drive ended quickly with linebacker Vontaze Burfict picking off the rookie. Green has an injured hamstring, which he suffered during their game against the Buffalo Bills on November 20, and he has been a major loss for the team.

“What is he? Six-8?” Cincinnati was missing two of their best offensive players. “I didn’t know that”.

Pederson is a first-year coach; Wentz is a rookie quarterback. Pederson called a draw play on third and 9 from Cincinnati’s 32-yard line, and Smallwood was stuffed for a 1-yard loss. When the Eagles traded former second-round pick Eric Rowe, the excuse was that they were deep at the position, but after Sunday’s embarrassment, nearly anything would help. “That quarterback is fast”.

Earlier in the press conference, Pederson said “I didn’t see any quit in the guys”.

“When they get ready to go deep, they have seven-man protect”, defensive tackle Fletcher Cox lamented to reporters after the loss. He made good plays, though.