It's bad enough that the are one of the worst teams in the through nearly a quarter of the 2020 season. It's doubly concerning that the team has -- both in record and performance -- gotten worse each year since winning the . Coach Doug Pederson declared after hoisting the Lombardi Trophy that Philly's historic 2017 title run would be the "new normal" for the organization, and the upside of quarterback , coupled with the shrewd roster management of general manager Howie Roseman, made the Birds a safe bet to contend for more championships in short order. Now, all three of those figureheads are justifiably under fire as the Eagles (0-2-1) struggle to take flight.After going one-and-done in the 2019 playoffs, it's unclear if Philadelphia will even be back in the postseason this time around. Things change from year to year in the NFL, but the Eagles -- the -- should not be couched alongside teams like the and in the Week 4 standings.So who's truly to blame for this unmitigated me s? Who's the chief culprit for the Eagles' flailing start to 2020? Far more than three parties, that's for sure. But in the interest of examining the men most in charge, we narrowed our focus Pat Connaughton Jersey to Wentz, Pederson and Roseman. It's impo sible to separate them from each other, because the trio has operated in unison since Pederson's hiring and Wentz's arrival back in 2016.It po sible, however, to see who is and isn't holding up their end of the bargain, not Pau Gasol Jersey only amid the Eagles' 0-2-1 start but in the decisions that led up to it. If we could divvy up 100 percent of the blame for the Eagles' current predicament between Wentz, Pederson and Roseman, here's how we'd do so:Let's start at the top. Roseman has long been hailed as an aggre sive GM with a top-level reputation for trading and salary cap manipulation. His gambles paid off big time in 2017 when he outfitted Wentz and Pederson with all kinds of new toys (some at bargain prices) to accelerate the team's post-Chip Kelly turnaround. , , , , , , -- almost every Roseman addition that year was perfectly timed, and his low-risk, high-upside bets of prior years ( , , ) also exceeded expectations.Since then, however, Roseman has swung and mi sed a lot more than he's made contact, let alone hit home runs. And most of his malpractice has come on the offensive side of the ball, which is especially problematic in today's NFL. The most glaring mistake: A repeated and crippling dedication to aging or oft-injured starters, coupled or fueled by an inability to consistently unearth young talent. Injuries are an unpredictable part of the game, so Roseman can't always be faulted for a pulled hamstring or torn ACL, but there's a stark difference, for example, between banking on a 30-year-old to break a five-year streak of mi sed games and drafting just good wide receiver. , and give the Eagles a great trio between the running back and tight end spots, but WR and the offensive line -- arguably the two most critical spots to a QB's development -- have consistently been rocked by injuries, underwhelming talent or both under Roseman's watch. Instead of finding a way to land an All-Pro pa s catcher like , or at least hitting on one of the picks it might've taken to acquire him (that were instead wasted on non-factors like J.J. Arcega-Whiteside), Roseman has cycled through veterans already at the end of their rope ( ), already perpetually banged up (Jackson, Jeffery, ) or already outside of the coach's plans ( ). He may have finally landed a play-maker in first-rounder this year, but go figure, Reagor's now on injured reserve, leaving the WR room barren once more. hits this nail on the head in a recent diagnosis of the Eagles' broken offense:Wentz hates the players to whom he's throwing the football, as they reward his targets with poor Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Jersey routes, drops, incompletions, and interceptions. He plays like a quarterback in fear of his teammates and how their failures will reflect on him, in a locker room he has never won over, to a fan base that has forever wondered if a better option is on the bench -- an idea only encouraged by the same front office that considered his current weapons sufficient when they drafted (QB) (this year).The idea that Carson Wentz has had subpar supporting casts for most of his career is perhaps a bit overstated. At the end of the day, franchise QBs lift themselves -- and others -- out of their circumstances. But good golly, you'd be hard-pre sed to find a signal-caller who's been asked to shoulder so much in between his own injury i sues. Did Roseman really believe that spending a high pick for cornerback (who's admittedly been very good) was more important than, say, actually insuring Wentz's blind side beyond a declining, 38-year-old ? Or than adding more than just a few rookies to a WR corps in desperate need of proven production? Ertz and Goedert and the like overshadow the reality that Philly really has lacked firepower. And that's on the GM.Pederson is next in line not because he's a bad coach. Far from it. In fact, long-term, there's a reasonable case to be made that he deserves the longest leash of this entire trio. This is a man, remember, who weathered all the injuries before the 2017 title run, adapted his offense Milwaukee Bucks Jeresy to bring out the best in Foles, outsmarted Bill Belichick on football's biggest stage, then weathered even more injury storms in both 2018 and 2019 to make three consecutive trips to the playoffs. Somehow, some way, he's always squeezed inspiration from this team at the most critical times. And yet, right now, it seems as if he's completely lacking a plan. Pederson has always deferred to Jim Schwartz on the defensive side of the ball, so set that aside for now; Schwartz's unit, while not always pretty, tends to balance out by year's end. The offense, however, is Pederson's baby, and somehow it lacks any semblance of an identity in year five of Wentz's career. You can blame some of that on poor or unavailable personnel (hello Howie), but you can also blame it on a coach who's far too often wavered from his once-signature boldne s and creativity, while seemingly overseeing a flavor-of-the-month strategy surrounding Wentz. The 2017 Eagles were a well-oiled, big-play machine. The 2018-2019 Eagles were largely slow-moving and methodical. In 2020, Pederson apparently wants the Eagles to be everything at once.The coach said after the Eagles' Week 3 tie to the that he would consider simplifying his offense to get Wentz and Co. into a better rhythm. That's fine and dandy, and it just might work. He's done similar things before, like when Foles took over years ago, or when Wentz went on arguably the best stretch of his career to close 2019. But why in the world did it take three horrendous games to adjust? Pederson thrives when his team is forced into a corner, but it's also up to him to ensure that the corner doesn' Jordan Nwora Jersey t become inescapable. His QB needs him. His team needs him. Just because time has been on his side before doesn't mean i