Do you remember Carson Wentz’s rookie season? It feels like forever ago, right? The year was 2016. Doug Pederson was a rookie head coach, Frank Reich was still in town, this website was in its second year of existence, and it was a year of sporting miracles. It was also a season of transition for Philadelphia.
Wentz was thrust into the firing line as a rookie, with the original plan to sit him behind Sam Bradford for a year being blown to smithereens by a shock trade just heartbeats before the season started. The year ended in plenty of promise, with flashes of elite potential from Carson Wentz, but there was a lot for Doug Pederson to learn too.