Checking in on Nate Sudfeld

Posted: May 28th, 2018 | Author: | Filed under: Philadelphia Eagles | 1 Comment »

A year ago, not many Eagles fans had heard of Nate Sudfeld. He had a solid career at Indiana, but hardly anything spectacular. He was the number three QB for the Skins, but there wasn’t much talk about him developing into a starter in the future.

The Skins cut Sudfeld last September and the Eagles called him right away. They wanted Sudfeld for the practice squad. The coaches obviously made a good pitch and convinced Sudfeld to come to Philly. Around midseason, the Colts tried to sign Sudfeld to their roster. He talked with the Eagles and they decided to offer him a roster spot. The coaches had seen enough over the first eight weeks to decide they valued Sudfeld and wanted to keep him.

After the injury to Carson Wentz, the coaches began talking about Sudfeld publicly. They expressed their confidence in him as the team’s backup QB. Rather than sign a veteran, they stuck with the player who had been with them since September.

Sudfeld got to play in the season finale. Nick Foles got a few series and then was tucked away for safe keeping. Sudfeld brought some energy to the game, but was up and down. His biggest highlight was this run.

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Fran Duffy took a look at sever passing plays.

You can see Sudfeld has potential, but he still needs plenty of work.

The coaches spoke so highly of Sudfeld from December on that there started to be some hype around him. That made it disappointing when Sudfeld only looked so-so at the OTA practice that was open to the media last week.

You have to be careful at this time of year, good or bad.

Donnel Pumphrey looked terrific last May. Patrick Robinson was dreadful. Or worse. Obviously things were very different by late August. Pumphrey was the bum and Robinson had turned into a key player for the defense.

Sudfeld is in his first offseason with the Eagles. He has a new offensive coordinator and a new QB coach. He’s also the backup QB. That didn’t mean much in the December practices because starters get almost all the reps. Now Sudfeld is getting a lot of work. That will take some getting used to.

This offseason is a huge opportunity for Sudfeld. He needs to show the Eagles (and the rest of the league) that he is capable of being a good backup, or even better, a future starter. Don’t get too up or down on him based on May and June. Training Camp and preseason games will be the real keys for Sudfeld. Still, it will be interesting to see what the practice reports say about him for the next month.

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  1. 1 Football Soccer Basketball Baseball Tennis Eagles News: Philadelphia earns best offseason grade in the NFC East – Parcla News said at 7:52 AM on May 29th, 2018:

    […] Checking in on Nate Sudfeld – Iggles BlitzSudfeld is in his first offseason with the Eagles. He has a new offensive coordinator and a new QB coach. He’s also the backup QB. That didn’t mean much in the December practices because starters get almost all the reps. Now Sudfeld is getting a lot of work. That will take some getting used to. This offseason is a huge opportunity for Sudfeld. He needs to show the Eagles (and the rest of the league) that he is capable of being a good backup, or even better, a future starter. Don’t get too up or down on him based on May and June. Training Camp and preseason games will be the real keys for Sudfeld. Still, it will be interesting to see what the practice reports say about him for the next month. […]