When the Philadelphia Eagles drafted Carson Wentz in the first round in 2016, I thought for sure they had acquired a stud quarterback that would be the team’s franchise leader for at least ten seasons. Loved that Wentz was from a smaller university out there in the sticks. One from states where the university and local high school football team are the entire weekend for the local folks. Look at Josh Allen out of University of Wyoming, who checks all the boxes for a quarterback coming from a smaller university. Wentz has shown flashes of an elite quarterback in the NFL. Wentz after six seasons now in the NFL still has shown a lot of erratic play. Everyone will remember his last game. Colts needed a win versus the Jaguars to make it into the post-season in the final week of the season. Wentz had his worst game of the season with a costly interception taking on so many sacks and his accuracy was totally off. The Jaguars game will be Wentz’s last game in a Colts uniform as he has been dealt to the Washington Commanders after only lasting one season in Indianapolis.

When it comes to the Washington Football team, it is not an ideal place to play quarterback. They are the team that took a few seasons to decide on a new name after being forced to abandon the Redskins, and now are the Commanders under which they will debut this 2022 season. The Washington franchise is in disarray due to just a bad ownership, and a soap opera going down in the front office and behind the scenes which even the league has been investigating.

The Commanders had a deal in place with Seattle for Russell Wilson. Wilson declined the trade and accepted the one with him going to Denver. Carson Wentz coming to Washington is definitely not the Commanders’ first choice. The Commanders want an upgrade on the quarterback position over Taylor Heinicke who went 7-8 last season passing for 3,419 yards while throwing 20 touchdown passes with 15 interceptions. Washington has had 32 different starting quarterbacks since winning that Superbowl in 1991. In the past three seasons, Washington has marched 8 of those 32 quarterbacks behind center. Wentz, at 29 years old, is an upgrade over Heinicke. Can Wentz be the guy for Washington for years to come?

In February of 2021, the Eagles sent Carson Wentz to Indianapolis for a 3rd round pick in 2021 and a second round pick that converts into a first rounder this upcoming draft. Colts unloading Wentz to Washington means they will receive in 2022 a 3rd round draft pick. Both Indianapolis and Washington will switch second round picks so the Colts will be now picking 5 spots ahead of the Commanders. Then the Colts get the Commanders’ 2023 third round pick that can turn into a second rounder if Wentz takes 70% of the snaps in 2022. Colts will need a quarterback once again for this season as they will have Wentz off the pay roll so they could swing a deal for another guy that’s available in free agency or in a trade. Head Coach of the Colts, Frank Reich, apologized for backing up the idea of getting Wentz in the first place. Reich coached Wentz in Philadelphia. It leaves you scratching your eyeballs out as the quarterback position has been a revolving door in Indianapolis since Andrew Luck retired. Jacoby Brissett showed why he can’t be a full time starter. Phillip Rivers lasted only one season as he got the Colts into the playoffs, but age caught up to him. Colts have a nice roster set up, but can’t get the most important position figured out on the field.

In 2017 in year two of Carson Wentz for the Eagles, he was in cruise control as he was 11-2 as the starter and threw 33 touchdown passes with only 7 interceptions. Then Wentz went down with a season-ending injury. We all know what back-up Nick Foles did for the Eagles after that. Let’s throw Foles in the mix for the Colts starter this season as Frank Reich has coached him to. Wentz would never be the same after the injury as he was up and down the next few seasons. Wentz would never again get to the 30 plateau in TD passes. Eventually Eagles would select Jalen Hurts in the draft and he would be the guy replacing Wentz. Eagles might replace Hurts this off-season. Last season, Wentz was 9-8 as a starter for the Colts as he threw for 3,563 yards with 27 touchdown passes and once again lucky seven in interceptions. It’s the last two games for Wentz that would doom him from returning to Indianapolis. Colts needed one win to make the post-season and losing to the Jaguars is a kick in the head. Colts beat teams like the Bills, Patriots, and the 49ers all by double digit points, and those were playoff teams. At one point towards the end of the season, Colts looked like a scary team if they made the post-season. Nobody wanted to see them as Jonathan Taylor was gashing teams for yards. For both teams I’m curious to see if the Commanders or the Colts will solve their quarterback issues this season. The Commanders have at least Taylor Heinicke who they can use once again if things don’t work out. Colts have two inexperienced guys on their roster right now behind center. Wentz will have plenty of motivation in his play this season, especially after being dealt again. Playing the Eagles twice may elevate Wentz’s quarterback play. For Wentz, was losing to the Jaguars last season in the season finale worse than now being the starter in Washington? Talk about being at the level of bottom bottom of the barrel and perhaps lower in life on your craft.