I really don't know why you would say the odds are stacked against him. The plan may be for him to ride the bench this year, but it's virtually certain that he will get his chance to be the starter sometime this year or next. The general opinion is that he does have the stuff to be a long-term starter in the NFL...and there is that $26m guaranteed contract. Carson Wentz will get his chance to start in Philadelphia. The rest, of course, is up to him.