After going through the film and really looking back even to last week and the preparation and everything, I'm going to continue with Jalen this week as the starter.

Doug Peterson saying what everyone who paid any attention to Sunday's win by the Eagles over the Saints already knew, of course Jalen Hertz is the starter.

Why in the world would you not name Jalen Hertz the starter going forward?

When the offense stinks across the board, you make one change and it's all different. And you have your signature victory of the

season. You beat the Saints who were in the fight for the number one seat. Why would what in the

world? Of course you're going with Jalen Hertz. And you know, we talked about this last night on

PFT PM because there was other sound from Doug Peterson where he was asked why he was hesitant

on Sunday to name J. Allen Hertz. Is it out of respect to Carson Wentz? Look, I said it last night,

I'll say it again. I don't get this whole idea of tiptoeing around Carson Wentz. Football is the

ultimate meritocracy. If you're not playing well, you get benched or you get cut.

Why are we tiptoeing around Carson Wentz? He isn't playing well enough. You get benched. That's how it works. It works at every position on the field. You either get it done or you sit and someone else comes in to get it done. I don't get the idea that they had to treat Carson Wentz with kid gloves. maybe that's a symptom of the deeper problem with Carson Wentz.

Maybe they've spent too much time treating it with kid gloves. Well, I don't think that's crazy. I think that they probably maybe have, you know, rolled out the red carpet for him a little bit. That's what happens when you're their top two or three pick in the NFL, and especially a quarterback. You know, they just give you the keys to the organization. Here you go. You can do no wrong. I mean, even you have a bad practice, they'll come in and like, you know, just high draft picks can do no wrong for a period of time in their career. You know, you could have a bad practice and the coaches will come in and be like, oh, he was great today, wasn't he? Yeah. I mean, I saw those nine messups, but oh, man, did you see how he did that one play? Oh, that one play. Oh, okay. Yeah, that one time I did. You know, they're giving that. And that does create a culture of, you know, maybe where we are now. I also think they make excuses for him a little, Mike, and I don't want to say excuses,

because I think they know they have failed him to a degree as well.

I think they know that.

And that's why they, you know, that's why Jason Kelsey stuck up for him so aggressively last week.

I think that there's a lot of people within the organization that realize that.

But still having said that, I'm with you. Like, the game is over. You haven't played good in weeks, in weeks and weeks and weeks. The team looked energized and Jalen Hertz did well. Just answer the question after. Hey, Jalen Hertz is a starter. Obviously, we won the game today. Did you see the energy we had on the field? End it right there. But now, you know, we sit here and talk about it a little bit more. It is an awkward spot for the Eagles, and I still can't think of a situation comparable to this where a guy gets drafted at the very top of the process, plays well enough to get a second contract. There was no question. There was no dispute. There was no why in the hell are they paying Carson Wentz?

They're like, oh, yeah, they're paying Carson Wentz. Smart of them to get ahead of it before it gets

more expensive. And then the bottom just kind of drops out the second year after he gets the new

contract. So there's no playbook out there. There's no case study that they can delve into. They are

the case study. Yeah. They are they are what other teams in the

future will look to to figure out how to handle it if they pay a quarterback who they should

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