BALLER MOVE: Add in 2QB Leagues
ROSTERED: 15% of Leagues
ANALYSIS: Carson Wentz's 2020 season was bad. Bad for him, bad for you if he was ever in your lineup, and generally bad for public health. Philly chose to trade him and now he's an Indianapolis Colt, and I have to say, that melts away 90% of the concerns I might've still had about him from the offset. Let's recall: the Eagles either (a) chose to ignore their dire needs at wide receiver for years or (b) their front office couldn't fix a rather straightforward problem. For that prime stretch of Wentz's career, his go-to receivers were either: a slew of mostly underwhelming running backs, finnicky deep-threat receivers, or the admittedly awesome one-two tight end punch of Zach Ertz and Dallas Goedert. However, the fact is, going with an elite TE duo over backs or receivers really limits the ceiling of how much damage each guy can do unless they have the space and opportunity to aggressively prioritize targeting your big guys on the field, which is why you don't often see a pair of tight ends put up 1,000-yard seasons in the same year like wideouts do.
Thankfully, now he can start fresh with the pieces in place for a significant bounce-back season. There's a reliable TE duo in Jack Doyle and Mo Alie-Cox, who don't have to be his only choices; a killer backfield combo of Jonathan Taylor and Nyheim Hines who present a lethally effective balance of running/receiving, the dynamite scoring threat of Zach Pascal, a potential seventh-round gem in rookie Mike Strachan; and Michael Pittman Jr., many folks' top choice for Sophomore Breakout POY. Plus, they will eventually get T.Y. Hilton back from the IR, which can't hurt. In their Week One loss to the Seahawks, Wentz went 25-38 (65.8%) for 251 yards passing, two touchdowns, and zero picks. While he did lose a fumble and took three sacks, he also continued to run as he has before if the situation demands it, taking four carries for 23 yards. From 2017-2019, putting yardage aside since he missed eight games in that stretch, Wentz combined for a total count of 81 passing touchdowns, 635 rushing yards (one TD), and only 21 interceptions.
Now, granted, Wentz has some super pesky fumbling issues that really wreaked havoc in a year where he started throwing a ton of picks, but I think even if the fumble-woes persist that the INT nightmares of 2020 will subside or at least start trending towards his career average. If there's one detail that you do hope gets carried over into 2021, it'd be the running. He kicked into next gear in that department when everything else was going wrong, rushing for 276 yards in just 12 games (23.0 per contest) with five touchdowns on the ground, toppling the career-high of two that he set as a rookie. If I was to give a logical projection, I'd say that if you end up starting Carson Wentz on any given day for any given reason, you're going to be just fine. If I was to give a bold prediction for Carson Wentz, I think I'd call him this year's Comeback POY.
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