IN A COLUMN on Carson Wentz the other day, my colleague David Murphy wrote that, after watching Alex Smith and his somewhat limited arm strength in the Chiefs' 18-16 playoff loss to the Steelers, he's convinced that Wentz's big right arm was one of the main reasons Doug Pederson preferred a future with him as the Eagles' starting quarterback rather than Sam Bradford.
I don't disagree with Dave on a lot of things. OK, so maybe I do. The matter of why the Eagles preferred Wentz over Bradford is one of them.
In my humble opinion, it had nothing to do with arm strength and almost everything to do with athleticism.