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When will Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz beat the odds? | Bob Ford

As the New Orleans Saints coaching staff was assembling a game plan for beating the Eagles — an exercise that proved successful, one must admit — there was one semi-surprising trend that emerged.

When Carson Wentz has a really big day through the air, the Eagles lose. There is some logic to that, of course. When quarterbacks are forced to throw the ball a lot and finish with a significant number of passing yards, that can mean their teams were behind for much of the game, or were perhaps playing against a prevent defense that exchanged yardage for time elapsed.