Eagles Gameday: Wondering about where the passing game is headed
So, the Eagles see DeSean Jackson again this week. We learned, as Les Bowen wrote, that Jackson is a changed man in many ways, a father and a fisherman and someone who has appeared to grow up in a lot of ways. But all of the discussion about Jackson also raised a question about the Eagles in the here and now.
Specifically, do they have enough at wide receiver to assist rookie quarterback Carson Wentz and be the kind of team they hope to be?
Four games in, it's difficult to gauge their contender status. But with quarterback Carson Wentz apparently the real deal, the Eagles have as much reason to think Super Bowl now or in the near future as they have in more than a decade.
And the most glaring weakness on the roster is at receiver - particularly on the outside. The history noted above suggests the Eagles don't need a Julio Jones or A.J. Green to build a champion. The last decade implies as much. But they will likely need more than what Nelson Agholor, Dorial Green-Beckham, and Josh Huff have produced if they are to capitalize on Wentz's gifts.
This is just one of the storylines for Sunday.
Paul Domowitch says that Wentz has done a great job so far in handling blitzes.
Zach Berman writes about the confidence the Eagles have in their new right tackle, the guy they call Big V.
Bob Ford writes about the importance of the Eagles' running game as the Eagles make the transition from the suspended Lane Johnson to the aforementioned Big V.