Philly's clearly not so gifted or profound on safeguard as it was amid its Super Bowl run a year ago, yet adding Tate to an offense that has begun to hit its walk in the course of recent weeks makes this group look truly damn perilous down the stretch.

Wentz has got himself a remarkable munititions stockpile from which to work: He has a first class tight end and true no. 1 in Zach Ertz; a major, physical outside pass-catcher and red zone risk in Alshon Jeffery, who's playing over and above anyone's expectations in the wake of recuperating from offseason bear medical procedure; a couple of experienced pass-catchers in Jordan Matthews and Nelson Agholor