March 30, 2016
According to Adam Caplan of ESPN, the Philadelphia Eagles will continue their quarterback tour, as they will work out North Dakota State's Carson Wentz.
#Eagles, who worked out Jared Goff on Monday, are scheduled to work out Carson Wentz tomorrow.
— Adam Caplan (@caplannfl) March 29, 2016
As Caplan notes, the Eagles worked out Cal quarterback Jared Goff on Monday. Later this week they worked out Stanford's Kevin Hogan. Mississippi State's Dak Prescott is also reportedly scheduled to visit the NovaCare Complex for a pre-draft visit. Sensing a pattern here?
Speaking at the owners meetings in Boca Raton a week ago, Jeffrey Lurie was fairly emphatic that the Eagles are going to take a quarterback in the 2016 NFL Draft.
"We’re still looking for a third quarterback, somewhere in the draft, like we used to do," said Lurie. "We would always, each year, or every other year, try to draft a quarterback. At some point that’ll probably continue as long as there’s quality throughout the draft, and you can identify how you want to develop a quarterback over time. It’s not somebody who has to step in (immediately), then hopefully we can find somebody throughout the draft."
In December we published a detailed review of Wentz's game. Wentz is big, he has a good arm, a quick release, and he's surprisingly athletic. While he played at a lower level in college, Wentz operated in an offense that had pro-style concepts, prompting some to believe he's more pro-ready than other quarterbacks who played in more remedial offenses at a more competitive college level.
The Eagles are going to draft a quarterback. Bank on it. It's only a matter of who and in what round.
