![]() The main difference in their standard-issue stats is the five-to-one touchdown advantage for Wentz, which we'll come back to later on. They have completed almost the exact same percentage of those passes and neither of them has had a pass intercepted. We'll begin with another chart here: STATISTICĪs you can see, Wentz and Prescott have thrown almost the exact same number of passes for almost the exact same number of yards. Of Wentz's 102 passes, 20 of them have been thrown to receivers behind the line of scrimmage. In 2014, it was the difference between first (Miami) and 31st (Washington). Last season, 6 yards separated the team with the best average starting field position (Kansas City) from the team that finished 29th in the same stat (Houston). Six yards of field position may not sound like a whole lot, but it is. Not only that, but Dallas has reached those figures despite starting its average drive 6 yards farther away from the end zone than Philadelphia, which so far has the best average starting field position in the league thanks to a defense that has been utterly dominant in every way imaginable. The Cowboys have actually finished a greater percentage of their drives with a score despite the fact that the Eagles haven't turned the ball over yet while the Cowboys have lost two fumbles (one of two Ezekiel Elliott fumbles was recovered by Washington in Week 2 and Terrance Williams fumbled at the end of a 47-yard catch and run in Week 3). The difference is practically negligible. On a per-drive basis, the Eagles are scoring 2.68 points, while the Cowboys are right behind them at 2.66 points per drive. The latter figure is the lowest total in the league. ![]() Why? Well, the Eagles have had 34 meaningful drives this season, per Pro-Football-Reference, while the Cowboys have only had 29. A slightly deeper look, however, reveals the two offenses have actually been equally effective. Through three weeks, the Eagles have averaged a full five points more per game than the Cowboys. Take a look at the following chart: STATISTIC With his team sitting at 3-0 and coming off a 34-3 drubbing of a Pittsburgh Steelers team that many consider Super Bowl contenders, Wentz has gotten quite a bit more hype than Prescott during the early part of the regular season, but a look at the tape and their numbers reveals that the two passers have actually been more equal than one might initially think.Īre rookies Carson Wentz and Dak Prescott as good as the numbers suggest? But when Romo suffered yet another back injury after his backup Kellen Moore had already broken his ankle, Prescott was elevated to the No. Similarly, Dak Prescott was drafted by the Cowboys with the intention that he'd sit and learn behind Tony Romo before taking over the top job a two or three years down the line. 2 overall pick in the draft, was expected to sit for a while behind Sam Bradford and Chase Daniel in Philadelphia, but an unexpected injury in Minnesota and the subsequent trade of Bradford to the Vikings thrust Wentz into Eagles' starting lineup - where he has shined beyond reasonable expectations. ![]() Arguably the biggest story in the NFL through three weeks of the regular season is the play of two rookie quarterbacks that nobody expected to be starters when training camp broke.Ĭarson Wentz, the No. ![]()
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