With Jalen Hurts presumably starting the final three games of the season, no one knows what will happen at the quarterback position next year for the Eagles. The decision got much more difficult after Jalen Hurts preformed well against the Saints, and the awkward dynamics between the Eagles and Carson Wentz might carry too much baggage to start next year with a quarterback battle or worse, with Wentz as the backup.
Jon Marks had a simple question: since it's tough to bring both quarterbacks back next season, who would you choose?
"Well, if the team responds like it did on Sunday against a very good team, I'd have a hard time not bringing Jalen Hurts in as my starter," said Brian Baldinger of NFL Network on Marks & Reese.
"The team responded. I mean you can watch him on the sideline, the way he interreacted with the coaches and the players. Now some of it might just be the newness, a breath of fresh air and just success, but I think that matters a lot, how the team responds to the quarterback. Success could be the same if Carson Wentz went out there and played like that, I'm sure the team would do the same. I'd have a hard time not making Jalen the guy if he plays like he did on Sunday or better."
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Trading Wentz and his contract might be a tough sell after a disastrous season so far. Baldinger identified Chicago and Indianapolis as two potential landing spots considering Frank Reich and John DeFilippo's past with him. Those guys had success with Wentz, but Baldinger noted that there is still the question about his potential to get back to that form:
"I talked a to a general manager in this league yesterday about Carson and his first question about him was do you think he can be fixed? You can't just assume he is going to go someplace new and play like he did in 2017. That's a question that a lot of teams would have."
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How did Baldy answer it?
"I said he has been hit too much and that the hits have really affected him… anybody that's been blasted as many times as he has, you can't blame him. If you went to Indianapolis, Phillip Rivers, he has never played behind an offensive line like that. There are Sunday's where he doesn't get touched. I think if Carson went and played behind an offensive line like Indianapolis, one that he really felt confident with, I think he could get back to proper fundamentals and technics that you have to have to be successful."