1 hour ago, Bacarty2 said:

I'm a fairly rational fan so when I see his high throws, I ask why, and if it was needed. I then go, o, probably needed 90% of the time. 

Very Very rarely do I say, Wow, he randomly threw that ball way to high

Yeah I remember watching those swing and screen passes with an air traffic warning notionally thrown 'to' a guy 3 yards away and thinking that needed to be there, good eye.

It's getting to be as annoying a tendency as late stage McNabb firing balls into the dirt like he hated a particular blade of grass or something.

On 8/18/2020 at 8:35 AM, Saltpeter said:

Actually shocked a decent number of folks in the thread acknowledged Wentz's issues with throwing high. I'm sure the "you don't know football" reinforcements are coming, though.

Being I’m family yes he tends to throw high at times. Hopefully those get less and less as the season goes on, however long that may be

1 hour ago, NoDak Eagle said:

Being I’m family yes he tends to throw high at times. Hopefully those get less and less as the season goes on, however long that may be

Being as I'm not family, all Quarterbacks throw high sometimes. The only real issue I see from your nephew is the fumbles, but I'm confident he'll get better at that as well.

This is what happens when everyone wants to crown the guy from day 1. Five years later, and they've never really worked on his weaknesses.

2 hours ago, greend said:

Being as I'm not family, all Quarterbacks throw high sometimes. The only real issue I see from your nephew is the fumbles, but I'm confident he'll get better at that as well.

The fumbles are a major concern because they happen way too often. The high passes, yeah sure perhaps more than some but I think can be fixed a little easier than the fumbles. The high passes that get me are the simple swing passes that he sails. 

On 8/20/2020 at 5:05 AM, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

I 100% agree. You either help the team or you don't. 

One thing is for sure, errant high passes that gets your WRs lost for the game/season doesn't help the team.

On 8/20/2020 at 4:36 AM, PoconoDon said:

A different perspective - A WR gets paid millions of dollars to get absolutely blown up on every single play of his career without complaint if that's what it takes. That's called doing his job. Can't handle that job? Do something else that's less scary.

Yeah, I somewhat agree.  But it sure would be nice to ... for once ... have throws that are more on point than not.  To have a QB in the mold of a Brees or Brady or Rodgers or Wilson.    They all throw high (or in the dirt) at times too ... just not as frequently.  

1 hour ago, time2rock said:

Yeah, I somewhat agree.  But it sure would be nice to ... for once ... have throws that are more on point than not.  To have a QB in the mold of a Brees or Brady or Rodgers or Wilson.    They all throw high (or in the dirt) at times too ... just not as frequently.  

I'm not making excuses for a QB throwing poorly or for keeping the guy around if he can't improve. I just think it's counter productive to cast blame on others as a justification for not doing one's job. 

For this team, I hope Carson's accuracy improves and the receivers stay healthy and ball out.

Most accurate QB this team has ever had and we are still gonna rip him apart. That being said I acknowledge he does have issues with throwing high but, it's not that freaking bad

4 hours ago, EaglesRocker97 said:

This is what happens when everyone wants to crown the guy from day 1. Five years later, and they've never really worked on his weaknesses.

Kinda hard when he gets injured and needs time to heal. 

4 hours ago, Portyansky said:

Kinda hard when he gets injured and needs time to heal. 

I think people forget that 2 of his 4 off seasons have been hampered by recovery from serious injuries and 1 of those off seasons was his rookie year. 

If he’s throwing high man maybe it relaxes him man.  
 

10 hours ago, PoconoDon said:

I'm not making excuses for a QB throwing poorly or for keeping the guy around if he can't improve. I just think it's counter productive to cast blame on others as a justification for not doing one's job. 

For this team, I hope Carson's accuracy improves and the receivers stay healthy and ball out.

Agreed 100% on everything.

14 hours ago, EagleVA said:

One thing is for sure, errant high passes that gets your WRs lost for the game/season doesn't help the team.

Carrying a team of WRs from the practice squad to win the division does help the team though.  So personally, I get over the fact that he’s sails a high pass once in awhile. 

On 8/22/2020 at 8:26 AM, hputenis said:

Carrying a team of WRs from the practice squad to win the division does help the team though.  So personally, I get over the fact that he’s sails a high pass once in awhile. 

Yeah, I've never paid much attention to his high throws either, he usually calms down after the 1st Quarter.

BTW, I think Wentz is primed for a monster year provided that the left side of the OL holds up and he doesn't do the macho thing due to being bulked up, he'd better take that bulk to the turf otherwise he's gonna get busted up.

5 minutes ago, EagleVA said:

Yeah, I've never paid much attention to his high throws either, he usually calms down after the 1st Quarter.

BTW, I think Wentz is primed for a monster year provided that the left side of the OL holds up and he doesn't do the macho thing due to being bulked up, he'd better take that bulk to the turf otherwise he's gonna get busted up.

I don't want him turning into Jim Everett out there.

 

7 hours ago, brkmsn said:

I don't want him turning into Jim Everett out there.

 

I don't think he'll pull a Chris Everett but we don't want a He-Man either.

On 8/21/2020 at 6:46 PM, time2rock said:

Yeah, I somewhat agree.  But it sure would be nice to ... for once ... have throws that are more on point than not.  To have a QB in the mold of a Brees or Brady or Rodgers or Wilson.    They all throw high (or in the dirt) at times too ... just not as frequently.  

Rodgers and  Brady are both below Wentz in completion percentage. And that's with the crap we had at receiver last year. Wentz "high throws" are not the problem everyone thinks they are

9 hours ago, greend said:

Rodgers and  Brady are both below Wentz in completion percentage. And that's with the crap we had at receiver last year. Wentz "high throws" are not the problem everyone thinks they are

They all had crap receivers last year. But I agree --- the high throws can be frustrating to watch, but a game rarely comes down to one. 

With all of the new offensive minds, and receiver options I think it’s best to take a wait and see to all of this. This is basically the first camp Carson has attended where he wasn’t rehabbing something since 2017. I’m just hoping he can regain his form. He’s still a strong presence in the red zone and on 3rd down. As long as Carson does the things he needs to do to protect himself the Eagles should be fine. 

2 hours ago, EazyEaglez said:

With all of the new offensive minds, and receiver options I think it’s best to take a wait and see to all of this. This is basically the first camp Carson has attended where he wasn’t rehabbing something since 2017. I’m just hoping he can regain his form. He’s still a strong presence in the red zone and on 3rd down. As long as Carson does the things he needs to do to protect himself the Eagles should be fine. 

He's probably trying to figure out how this deep ball thing works again. Having to remind himself what it feels like to throw it so deep. 

The mental gymnastics folks go through to justify Wentz's accuracy issues is laughable at this point. Dude flat out just needs to fix it, end of discussion. If not, he's not who you think he is.

1 hour ago, Saltpeter said:

The mental gymnastics folks go through to justify Wentz's accuracy issues is laughable at this point. Dude flat out just needs to fix it, end of discussion. If not, he's not who you think he is.

No one is going through mental gymnastics lots of people on here have talked about his accuracy and where he struggles. It is also not as bad as people make it out to be. 

10 minutes ago, Bwestbrook36 said:

No one is going through mental gymnastics lots of people on here have talked about his accuracy and where he struggles. It is also not as bad as people make it out to be. 

Such an egocentric thing to say no one is doing something when you're really just talking about yourself and the people you give credence to. Bad receivers, injuries, Flip's exit, even "nerves" and extra weight (heard that on a local media podcast yesterday and literally laughed out loud) have been used to justify Wentz's inaccuracy. Dude's in his 5th year in the league, give me a break.

But perhaps my favorite justification is here in this thread -- folks that acknowledge Wentz's accuracy deficiencies, but say it doesn't matter that much when taking into account Wentz's other skills. It's as if those people are saying that a person who throws a football for a living shouldn't be expected to throw that football accurately. Or, more specifically, they're implying that quarterback athleticism is of near importance to accuracy.

15 hours ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

He's probably trying to figure out how this deep ball thing works again. Having to remind himself what it feels like to throw it so deep. 

I don’t believe this is as much an issue as Wentz doing things like trying to run over a safety like he thinks he’s a fullback and taking unnecessary hits that ultimately add up.