Coming into Thursday’s empty pinata of a game against the Giants, the only quarterback with less value on a play-to-play basis than Daniel Jones, according to Football Outsiders’ Defensive-adjusted Value Over Average metric, was Carson Wentz.
Wentz had the fifth-worst passer rating of any quarterback in the NFL. He had the sixth-lowest percentage of throws that fell below his expected completion rate. His Bad Throw percentage had never been higher. His on-target passing percentage had never been lower. He led the league in interceptions and chucked another ill-advised pick in the second quarter.
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These are typically numbers that we should (and do) hold dear.