With Carson Wentz Out for the Season, Eagles’ Dreams Turn to Dread
Because late in the third quarter Sunday, Wentz absorbed hits from both sides as he dived headfirst toward the end zone,
and the collisions contorted his left knee in an odd way, and even though he stayed in four more plays to guide Philadelphia to a touchdown, he hobbled toward the tunnel with a towel over his head — a sight about as soothing as Ronde Barber’s closing down the old Veterans Stadium with an interception for Tampa Bay in the 2002 N. F.C.
LOS ANGELES — The thousands of Philadelphia Eagles fans
that annexed Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Sunday, that turned the seating bowl into a green-and-white party before, during and after their team’s absurd victory over the Rams in one of the more absurd N. F.L.
“I’m excited we won,” said Nick Foles, who took over for Wentz with 13 minutes 58 seconds remaining
and guided the Eagles to field goals on the ensuing two possessions, “but at the same time, I’m dealing emotionally with seeing him go down.”
The Eagles are deeper than Oakland was last year, when a Week 16 injury to Derek Carr destroyed the Raiders’ Super Bowl hopes.
“When a guy like that goes in — you know how tough he is, he would fight through anything.”
Afterward, Pederson picked an interesting word to describe the mood in the locker room: “jubilation.” It might have been jubilant in those rapturous first few minutes, when Brandon Graham ran off the field flapping his arms like an Eagle,
but the euphoria subsided by the time players had showered and dressed, filing out of the locker room with N. F.C.
“That’s one of the things that makes him an incredible player in this league.”
That style is reckless when he does not protect himself, or the ball, as happened last week in Seattle
when it was ripped out as he dived toward the end zone, wiping out a possible touchdown.
The Vikings beat the Falcons, who beat the Saints, who beat the Panthers, who beat the Vikings.