Chris Stigall on 1210AM, THE BIG TALKER, today, speaking about Carson Wentz:

“Carson Wentz is the guy that everyone is talking about, player of the week and all of this. Carson Wentz shoots guns. He hunts animals. He prays to God. Capital G-O-D. He invokes Jesus Christ on his Twitter account. He listens to praise music to get jacked up before games. Dare I say it, folks, Carson Wentz might just be a conservative,” Stigall said in a joking manner. “I just hope he keeps winning because if he doesn’t, look out. They’ll tolerate him as long as he keeps winning, but, I mean, if he fumbles, if he fails, if he wobbles, if he gets a little wobbly out there for a game or two, look out. You’ll meet the Tim Tebow fate, Carson.”

“Based on what I’m observing from Carson Wentz, gun owner, hunter, obviously a devout Christian. Oh, oh, oh, and he has a committed, long term girlfriend with whom he does not live. He doesn’t shack up. They’re not having sex. Folks, this guy, I hate to say it, I hate to do this to Carson Wentz, I don’t wish him any ill will but he sounds like a right wing zealot. He sounds like a gun toting, Bible thumping, moralistic, right winger. I hope they don’t get into his voter registration information. He may be a registered Republican.”

I’d consider myself slightly Republican. But it’s extreme takes like this that make it so hard to admit sometimes. What an unnecessary bit of hysteric commentary. Carson Wentz is obviously a pretty conservative dude, but unlike, say, Curt Schilling, a legitimately bat-shit lunatic, he seems to mostly be a private, well-balanced guy who doesn’t try to cram his beliefs down everyone’s throat. This is the sort of tinfoil paranoia that leads to a party having no one better to be its nominee than Donald Trump.