Eagles’ defense doesn’t fear tough test vs Brown, Steelers

Wentz also has an impressive passer rating of 94.1. That started when Wentz admired Roethlisberger’s game as a teenager and spent time with the quarterback last spring.

There is the safety tandem of Malcolm Jenkins and Rodney McLeod, both signed through 2020 and drawing unsolicited praise from coaches such as Pittsburgh’s Mike Tomlin, who said Wednesday that they “are doing a great job”. Both players missed one game. They worked out together and went out to dinner. They’ll have to deal with Ben Roethlisberger, Antonio Brown, and DeAngelo Williams. At least it says WENTZ on the back.

The Eagles have been flying high with their rookie quarterback, but the Steelers will level them out on Sunday. The Eagles have the second-best point differential in the league and are somehow giving 3.5 points at home.

“This will be a good test for us”, head coach Doug Pederson said. The Steelers have great tradition, great history. They will also battle to show which team is the best in Pennsylvania. “I think I was thrust into a really good situation”. And I don’t think it’s going to entirely be his fault. Then he added: “Does it make or break your season? No, it doesn’t. But at the same time, it’s a good benchmark for us in our success of the year”. It was kind of hard to get excited about that victory or get an idea of what it meant when so numerous guys the Steelers would be fielding on week three of the regular season weren’t even on the field. Let’s not get carried away yet with any jibber-jabber of 10, 11 wins.

Wentz was slated to be Philadelphia’s No. 3 quarterback until Sam Bradford was traded to Minnesota.

Time of possession: Control the ball and control the amount of time the Steelers potent offense is on the field. This is far from the Steel Curtain days of decades ago.

And that could very well be playing into Philly’s hands with that strategy, because the Birds have been flat-out ridiculous ball hogs. “He knew exactly where to go with the ball and get it out of his hand”. Philadelphia is 5-2 ATS in their last 7 overall and 8-18-1 ATS in their last 27 vs. a team with a winning record while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 overall. They will need to finish them with touchdowns, though.

1 – Which one of the Eagles offensive players not named Carson Wentz should the Steelers defense be most concerned about this Sunday?

While the Cincinnati Bengals running game has been one of the biggest disappointments through the first two weeks, there is another area where the team is are eager to improve the numbers.

But Eagles are converting just 26.7 percent of their third downs. “We like his game a lot”. “I love how he can extend plays and improvise”.

That being said, the Eagles front seven should be able to help in that area. You have to score touchdowns and you can’t kick field goals.

“You definitely want to beat him up”, Moats said.

“No matter how much you prepare, no matter how much sleep you get, you’re still coming off a long college season, you’re coming off an offseason where there really isn’t an offseason because you’re working and training for the draft, right into an National Football League season, so the season gets really long, really quick for a rookie”, Roethlisberger said.

Carson Wentz will try to do to the Pittsburgh Steelers what Jacoby Brissett and the New England Patriots just did to the Houston Texans in prime time.