Having a couple of weeks to prepare for Saturday’s divisional round playoff matchup with the visiting Atlanta Falcons has helped the Eagles in several ways. Among those has been allowing Nick Foles and the starting offense to sort out the abrupt transition from Carson Wentz to Foles.
When the starting quarterback is not just some guy but a league MVP candidate such as Wentz, getting everybody used to and synced up with his backup is not as simple as having someone stand in the middle of the locker room and announce, “The king is dead! Long live the king!