Why the Eagles should keep Wentz
The Eagles are financially committed to Wentz
Wentz is on a 4-year $128 million contract. When Wentz signed the contract the Eagles told him he is the quarterback to lead the football team. It wouldn’t be smart to give him that money and potentially see him be successful with another team while they are still paying him.
Wentz has had one bad season
Through Wentz’s first four years, he had an MVP caliber season before suffering an injury, threw 97 touchdowns and 35 interceptions, and led the team to the playoffs. Wentz did historically struggle this season. No one has seen such a big drop off from one season to the next. The biggest knock on Wentz has always been he’s injury prone, but he’s started the last 29 games prior to being benched. Wentz has shown he can stay healthy and be successful. Not many teams give up on their franchise quarterback after having one bad season.
Let Wentz have a bounce-back season
Wentz is coming off his worst season. All of his struggles and terrible decision making is still on every team’s mind, so it’s likely teams won’t be giving up a whole lot to acquire him. But if Wentz returns to form again in 2021 and the Eagles still want to go a different direction, then the return for Wentz will be much higher.
Until the Eagles announce Wentz will not be traded, this will be the biggest storyline of the offseason. If the Eagles were smart, they should only trade Wentz if they receive an offer they can not refuse.