NFL Power Rankings Week 16: Seahawks Bury Rams on TNF

26. Philadelphia Eagles (5-9)

The Philadelphia Eagles were just a two-point conversion away from upsetting the Baltimore Ravens in Week 15, but it just didn’t happen for them. Carson Wentz was unable to convert on the attempt to win the game, which was a bold but understandable move from a team with nothing to lose. Surprisingly enough, the Eagles were actually able to move the ball on the ground against an elite run defense, but it was another poor showing by Wentz that did the Eagles in. After a strong start to the season, Wentz appears to have regressed, and that isn’t entirely surprising since he set the bar so high in the first weeks of the season.

While their playoff hopes were quite slim to begin with, the Eagles were officially eliminated with this loss and have nothing to play for the rest of the season. Well, that’s not entirely true because the Eagles would love to see Wentz have two strong games to close out the season. It has been a crazy campaign for a team that had low expectations but started off 3-0. Once that record was established, expectations became unrealistically high for Wentz, who has since seen his level of play dip significantly.

This kind of inconsistent play is what we should have expected from a rookie quarterback in the first place. Now all that’s left is to continue to develop Wentz and try to build a better offense around him in order to put him in the best position to succeed in 2017. Don’t be worried just yet, Eagles fans. Wentz still has time to improve and hitting the panic button at this point would be unfair to the young quarterback.