Why the Philadelphia Eagles Need to Salvage Their Season Through Darren Sproles

November 11, 2016   ·   Sean Tomlinson   ·   Jump to comments

The 2016 Philadelphia Eagles have become your regular golf buddy who gets plenty of birdie opportunities and is beaming with pride as he walks up to the green each time.
Then a familiar sequence of despair begins; his short putt lips out, and a skyward gaze follows.
The Eagles had an unblemished 3-0 record after their first three games. That wasn’t supposed to happen after rookie quarterback Carson Wentz took all of 38 snaps during the preseason.
Since then, they’ve lost four of their last five games, as Wentz has begun to scale the rookie wall. That wasn’t supposed to happen, either, and the pain cuts deeper than what the loss column reads. The Eagles have yet to lose a game by more than a touchdown, with 4.75 points the average margin of defeat in their four losses.
Their performances may sometimes lack a certain sex appeal, like in Week 6, when the Eagles allowed 493 yards to the Washington Redskins and still somehow lost by only seve...

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