Credit where credit is due.
This is how the Associated Press characterized Sunday's clash between two undefeated teams, both of which just happen to reside in Pennsylvania:
Keystone Konfrontation.
I like it. It's the lead on their roundup of this weekend's games.
OK, now raise your hand if you saw this one coming. Thought so.
I certainly didn't expect this. Not with a rookie head coach. Not with a rookie QB with just one year of college football at North Dakota State on his resume. Not with a signal caller who saw one quarter of action in the preseason before taking a spot on the sidelines with cracked ribs. Not with a guy who was not expected to play at all this year until Teddy Bridgewater's knee exploded, touching off a series of dominoes that resulted in Carson Wentz being installed as the Eagles starting quarterback.
Wentz has been all that and a bag of chips.
He's literally the biggest story in the NFL right now.
But let's face it, he has not exactly been facing Lawrence Taylor out there. The Eagles have beaten a bad Browns team and a mediocre Bears squad.
Things get decidedly tougher Sunday when Mike Tomlin brings Ben Roethlisberger and his equally undefeated Steelers to the Linc for a 4:25 national TV game.
From what I've seen so far, I don't really expect Wentz to be fazed by the hoopla. He stared down the bright lights of Monday Night Football without blinking.
But can he and the Eagles knock the Steelers from the unbeaten ranks while pushing their own record to a hard-to-believe 3-0?
For that you'll have to check back tomorrow for the Dreaded Saturday Eagles Pick!
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