NFL1000: Rookie Review from Week 1

If you’re an NFL rookie in the middle of your first regular-season game, the truth becomes clear right away—nothing you’ve ever done in your life completely prepares you for the speed and complexity of the pro game.

Not your college performances, no matter how splendid they may have been.

Not all that offseason work at the fancy training facility. Not minicamps. Not training camp. Not those countless hours spent in meeting rooms with your new coaches.

Preseason snaps help a lot if you have them, but one of the first things you’ll notice when the action is real in the regular season is that you’re seeing all kinds of schematic things you’ve never experienced before.

It’s tough for anyone and fairly remarkable when someone is able to excel in that environment right from the start.

That’s what made the performance of new Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz so spectacular in Week 1. Coming from a smaller school (North Dakota State) where he ran complex offenses but against generally iffy competition, and limited by injury to just 38 preseason snaps, Wentz came out against the Cleveland Browns defense (such as it was) and immediately confirmed the faith his coaches …

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