I guess I just dont get it, I have never been impressed with Wentz so far and the competition level is a big deal for me. For the top pick in the draft he should have dominated the Senior Bowl, but Prescott was better. He just doesnt pass the eye test I guess when he is vs D1 talent, he looks great vs FCS competition but Northern Iowa is not the same as Oregon, Stanford, and USC every year.
Wentz was the best guy all week at the Senior Bowl. The game doesn't count for much. A lot of the NFL guys leave after the final practice.
And one thing people seem to constantly ignore is that Wentz wasn't playing FCS talent on Oregon. Wentz was playing FCS talent on a FCS team. He had FCS linemen, he had FCS receivers, and he had FCS backs. He didn't get bigger windows or worse coverage because of the level of competition. Because his WRs weren't good. There's a whole hell of a lot of film of Wentz throwing into tight windows and making NFL throws/reads. Those are what matter more than anything.
Go back and watch Joe Flacco at Delaware. You probably wouldn't be blown away by him either. It seems like you have unrealistic expectations for what you expect Wentz to be. It's like you expect Wentz to be putting up unheard of numbers to compensate for the lower level of competition. But he's in a pro style run first system with FCS caliber players around him.(not to knock his supporting cast, besides the WRs, they were quite good) It's simply not realistic. Stop treating Wentz like LeBron James playing against high school kids. If he were a HB or a WR, there would be more merit to that. But he's a QB. If he's facing just as tight of windows as guys like Goff and Lynch (and he did) and making just as tough of reads (and he did) then there's no true advantage.
Is it worth considering that he played at the FCS? Yes. But only to the point that you actively look for the sort of plays that translate to the NFL. And there are plenty of those in his film.
It's also worth mentioning that it's ridiculously hard to get picked in the first round as a FCS QB. Teams tend to be skeptical of FCS players and it's hard to find guys with the caliber of talent who standout enough in the FCS to go that highly. Basically, you have to be VERY SPECIAL to be drafted in the first round as a FCS QB. There have only been two guys drafted in the first round at QB from FCS programs since 1990...Steve McNair and Joe Flacco. I'd say that sort of history bodes well for Wentz.
