If Eagles don't sort out pass rush better, season could change in a snap

CLEM MURRAY / Staff Photographer Protecting Carson Wentz will be key to sustaining the Eagles’ success for the rest of the season. Anything that casts shade on a 33-10 victory that runs a team’s record to 7-1 is going to sound a trifle shrill, but rewatching the first half of Sunday’s Eagles-49ers game brought something into sharp focus: The Birds are an unblocked blitzer and a Carson Wentz awkward fall or twist away from having this entire wondrous season come crashing down around them.

The offensive line and the running backs just have to do a better job of protecting Wentz when the opposing defense reaches into its bag of tricks. And Wentz has to realize he isn’t invulnerable, and that he…