On the surface it was a great comeback win by the Eagles over an unexpectedly tough physical opponent. It clinched a division title. But oh what a price to pay…

Carson Wentz is done for the season.

Let that sink in for a moment…

I like Nick Foles and respect his career path, but the EYE test reveals he is such a huge drop-off from Prince Harry that I am now doubting our chances to win another game in 2017.

There, I said it.  Furthermore, what the heck happens if Nick Foles goes down? Is Jeff Garcia still available? Is Colin Kaepernick still in football shape?

Oh man…you will never see me this gloomy after a big win.

I kinda felt this game would turn into a slugfest when Nigel Bradham dropped a surefire pick-6 early in the game on a wounded duck tossed right to him by Jared Goff. If Nigel picks that thing off, we would have been looking at a 28-7 game in the 2nd quarter. Chances are we would have gone on from that to a laffer, and Foles would have been inserted into the game in classic garbage time instead of being called off the bench to relieve a wounded Wentz.

Most of us knew all along that Wentz and coach Doug were playing with fire with the excessive and reckless running play options called for the best quarterback in the NFC East. Sure enough we got burned in Week 14.

It’s a left knee injury and reports are coming in that it’s an ACL.

If it’s true, this Eagles season just took a walk (or limp) on the wild side.

Carson Wentz threw for 291 yards and four touchdowns before leaving with a knee injury and Jake Elliott kicked the go-ahead 33-yard field goal with 3:45 left for the Philadelphia Eagles, who beat the Los Angeles Rams 43-35 in a thriller Sunday to clinch the NFC East title.

Two sources familiar with the injury tell The Associated Press that doctors believe Wentz has torn his left anterior cruciate ligament and will miss the rest of the season and playoffs.

Wentz needs an MRI to confirm the severity of the injury. Both people spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to release the information.

Wentz was blasted trying to scramble into the end zone on a play that was called back for holding on Lane Johnson. The kid stayed in the game and managed to complete a deflected TD pass to Alshon Jeffery who made a circus catch on the ball.

The Eagles took the lead on that play, but Wentz was escorted into the locker room, and Foles took over.

The Rams (9-4) then went up 35-31 on Todd Gurley’s second short TD run.

Jake Elliott kicked a 41-yard field goal to pull the Eagles to 35-34. His go-ahead field goal was set up when Chris Long, a second-round draft pick of the then-St. Louis Rams in 2008, had a strip-sack of Jared Goff, with Rodney McLeod recovering.

Elliott kicked a 54-yarder, but the Eagles got an automatic first down on a personal foul on Aaron Donald. Elliott kicked the winner four plays later.

The game ended on a crazy play, when Philadelphia’s Brandon Graham grabbed a lateral by Tavon Austin out of the air on the game’s last play and scored what was ruled a 16-yard fumble return.

Goff threw for 199 yards and two touchdowns. Wentz was better, but only Goff remains to fight another battle in 2017.

It’s really up to the Eagles defense to come up with big plays the rest of the way in order to make up for what the team just lost on offense. If you ask me, Wentz in the lineup is worth at least 10 points per game. That 10 points just limped out the door. Hello darkness my old friend…

Final:

	1	2	3	4	T
PHI	14	10	7	12	43
LAR	7	7	14	7	35

Matchup
1st Downs	29	17
Passing 1st downs	18	8
Rushing 1st downs	5	6
1st downs from penalties	6	3
3rd down efficiency	8-20	2-7
4th down efficiency	2-2	0-0
Total Plays	85	45
Total Yards	455	307
Total Drives	12	12
Yards per Play	5.4	6.8

Passing	316	198
Comp-Att	29-51	16-26
Yards per pass	6.0	7.1
Interceptions thrown	1	0
Sacks-Yards Lost	2-17	2-1
Rushing	139	109
Rushing Attempts	32	17
Yards per rush	4.3	6.4
Red Zone (Made-Att)	3-5	4-4

Penalties	10-67	7-102
Turnovers	1	2
Fumbles lost	0	2
Interceptions thrown	1	0

Defensive / Special Teams TDs	1	1
Possession	39:12	20:48

Scoring Summary

FIRST QUARTER		PHI	LAR
	TD 13:00 Todd Gurley II 2 Yd Run (Greg Zuerlein Kick) 3 plays, 37 yards, 0:56	0	7
	TD 8:44 Brent Celek 5 Yd pass from Carson Wentz (Jake Elliott Kick) 8 plays, 75 yards, 4:16	7	7
	TD 2:54 Trey Burton 20 Yd pass from Carson Wentz (Jake Elliott Kick) 7 plays, 88 yards, 3:43	14	7
SECOND QUARTER		PHI	LAR
	TD 11:10 Trey Burton 11 Yd pass from Carson Wentz (Jake Elliott Kick) 11 plays, 80 yards, 4:32	21	7
	TD 9:24 Cooper Kupp 6 Yd pass from Jared Goff (Greg Zuerlein Kick) 6 plays, 75 yards, 1:46	21	14
	FG 0:09 Jake Elliott 22 Yd Field Goal 10 plays, 80 yards, 1:40	24	14
THIRD QUARTER		PHI	LAR
	TD 11:41 Sammy Watkins 1 Yd pass from Jared Goff (Greg Zuerlein Kick) 6 plays, 71 yards, 3:19	24	21
	TD 10:07 Blake Countess 16 Yd Return of Blocked Punt (Greg Zuerlein Kick) 3 plays, 5 yards, 1:34	24	28
	TD 2:20 Alshon Jeffery 2 Yd pass from Carson Wentz (Jake Elliott Kick) 15 plays, 75 yards, 7:47	31	28
FOURTH QUARTER		PHI	LAR
	TD 13:58 Todd Gurley II 1 Yd Run (Greg Zuerlein Kick) 7 plays, 75 yards, 3:22	31	35
	FG 9:54 Jake Elliott 41 Yd Field Goal 10 plays, 52 yards, 4:04	34	35
	FG 3:45 Jake Elliott 33 Yd Field Goal 7 plays, 10 yards, 4:28	37	35
	TD 0:00 Brandon Graham 16 Yd Fumble Return (Two-Point Run Conversion Failed) 1 play, -8 yards, 0:01	43	35

Philadelphia Passing

	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
Carson Wentz	23/41	291	7.1	4	1	1-10	81.0	100.8
Nick Foles	6/10	42	4.2	0	0	1-7	17.9	69.6
TEAM	29/51	316	6.5	4	1	2-17	—	94.7

Philadelphia Rushing

	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Jay Ajayi	15	78	5.2	0	19
Corey Clement	6	24	4.0	0	11
Carson Wentz	3	16	5.3	0	6
LeGarrette Blount	7	12	1.7	0	4
Nick Foles	1	9	9.0	0	9
TEAM	32	139	4.3	0	19

Philadelphia Receiving

	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
Torrey Smith	6	100	16.7	0	46	11
Trey Burton	5	71	14.2	2	20	6
Nelson Agholor	8	64	8.0	0	18	11
Alshon Jeffery	5	52	10.4	1	15	11
Corey Clement	1	28	28.0	0	28	3
LeGarrette Blount	2	11	5.5	0	7	2
Brent Celek	1	5	5.0	1	5	3
Jay Ajayi	1	2	2.0	0	2	2
Mack Hollins	0	0	0.0	0	0	2
TEAM	29	333	11.5	4	46	51

Philadelphia Defense

	TACKLES				MISC
	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
Nigel Bradham	6	6	0	1	2	0	0
Ronald Darby	6	6	0	0	0	0	0
Rodney McLeod	4	4	0	0	0	0	0
Fletcher Cox	4	2	0	0	0	3	0
Patrick Robinson	3	3	1	0	1	0	0
Malcolm Jenkins	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Long	2	2	1	0	0	1	0
Corey Graham	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Beau Allen	2	2	0	1	0	0	0
Najee Goode	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Jernigan	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nelson Agholor	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Shelton Gibson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mychal Kendricks	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nathan Gerry	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kamu Grugier-Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brandon Graham	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Vinny Curry	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
TEAM	39	34	2	2	3	6	1

I love winning a shoot-out, but our sheriff got shot.