Colts: Carson Wentz’s strides and Jalen Hurts’ struggles prove Eagles blew it

The Indianapolis Colts and Philadelphia Eagles are going to be compared against one another all season long, as observers are constantly examining the performances of Carson Wentz and Jalen Hurts following Howie Roseman’s offseason trade.

While Hurts won some of the early battles with solid numbers, Wentz has all the momentum of late. He’s won three of his last four starts and it’s mostly been because of his contributions. He’s played mistake-free football for the most part and the Colts’ defense has been the reason they lost to the Ravens on Monday Night Football.

Over the last four games, Hurts has struggled to start out hot, while Wentz and the Colts have found their footing on offense. This includes a very impressive win on the road against the 49ers in primetime. In fact, Wentz has been playing so well that he’s in the company of Peyton Manning.

With that admittedly boneheaded turnover from the San Francisco game ruled a fumble, Wentz tied one of Manning’s records, tallying his fourth consecutive game with multiple passing touchdowns and no interceptions. Anytime you’re mentioned alongside Manning as a Colts quarterback, you’re doing something right.

So far, it looks like Indy got the better quarterback out of the deal with Philly.

Colts QB Carson Wentz is outperforming Jalen Hurts.

Hurts hasn’t been awful, as he has 10 touchdowns against just four interceptions while running for 361 yards and five scores, but he’s developing a reputation as a Blake Bortles-esque stat-padder that puts up numbers in the fourth quarter when the outcome of the game has been decided.

In Week 7’s loss to the Raiders, Hurts entered the fourth quarter with just seven completions and got pummeled on the road. Wentz might not be in the MVP consideration, but his performance has given the Colts stability and skill at the quarterback position. In this league, that’s almost priceless.

Frank Reich has had to with a subpar offensive line, but he hasn’t let that impact Wentz. Reich has crafted an offense that takes advantage of Wentz’s arm talent and helps him avoid the turnovers that plagued him last year.

Additionally, Wentz clearly has better support and infrastructure around him (even though it can still stand to improve) than what former Colts OC Nick Sirianni and Roseman have provided for Hurts in Philadelphia, and it’s showing up in the box score each week.

Wentz will have a few more divisional matchups as well as games against some elite teams in both conferences to continue proving himself, but he looks like the far superior passer when compared to Hurts at this juncture. If Philly gift-wrapped a franchise quarterback to Indianapolis, Roseman might not survive before next year.

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