But, Wentz is fortunate he had the rest of the Eagles on his team because it took the whole team to beat the Colts.
The Colts disrupted the Eagles backfield with 5 sacks and 9 tackles for a loss. One of those sacks was a strip sack and fumble recovery for Margus Hunt. Carson Wentz’s stat line of 25/37 with a TD and an INT is still a respectable outing, but he took 7 total hits and threw from very small pockets or had to scramble to keep plays alive on numerous occasions.
In all, the Colts defense has to consider this area of the game plan a win.
The Colts notched 11 first downs on the day, gained less than 175 total yards, averaged 3.6 yards per play, possessed the ball for 20 minutes less than the Eagles and played mindless football when it counted the most. For any team, 11 penalties is way too much, but when most of the penalties on the defense went for first downs and extended Eagles’ drives — in critical situations nonetheless — it makes it even worse.
The Colts played an awful game today, on the road, in one of the most difficult road venues in the leagues, yet still had multiple chances to put this game away. The Colts have themselves to blame for not starting the season 3-0 in a season they were expected to lose them all.
It wasn’t so much that the Eagles won as much as it was that the Colts lost. This better change next week as the Eagles meet the Titans. Of course it will. The Eagles are just too rounded a team to lose to Tennessee but the final score will be sort of like today. Eagles by four. 20 to 16.
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