Joe Santoliquito was on WIP this afternoon with Jon Marks and Rob Ellis, who was filling in for Ike Reese.

Let’s just get right into some quotes, because I don’t have anything else for an introduction. Joe’s story on Philly Voice described Carson Wentz being “selfish” and not much of a team player, information provided via anonymous sources.

On the timeline and when he started collecting information:

Months ago, with a very innocuous question in regards to Mike Groh. I was corrected and told basically that (the offensive issues are) not Groh, it’s Wentz. That really stunned me. It really opened my eyes up, so this was a case of a little bit here, a little bit there, and just collecting different other things and tidbits. A lot of what I did was not at the NovaCare Complex. A lot of things were done outside of the NovaCare Complex. What I did was simply go back and confirm, ‘this is what I’m hearing.. this is what I’m hearing from others.. what do you think?‘ I’m going to be questioned on the timing of this and I know I spoke to someone earlier today (who said) ‘you had access to Wentz on Monday, why didn’t you bring this up?’ Well one of the reasons I didn’t bring it up with him was that I didn’t want to let anybody else know what I knew, or what I was told. Two, I wasn’t really on great ground until I got substantial substantiation on Monday night, after Wentz spoke that afternoon. That’s what really kind of put this thing over the top.

Joe says another source came through on Wednesday to help push the story forward.

Ellis asked Santoliquito about the possibility of “aggrieved parties” speaking up, the idea of separating a disgruntled wide receiver, for instance, from a much bigger and legitimate issue.

After the jump:

I think the big thing with this is, if you read the whole story, and you have people just reading the headline, which is kind of freaking pissing me off, but if you read the whole story, it’s balanced. They (readers) stress the negative but everyone I spoke to wants to see this guy succeed. They want this guy to do well. Jon you made a great point earlier about his age. I mentioned the fact that he is 26. I mentioned the fact that he still has some growing up to do. Guys recognized that and mentioned that.

No one’s out to get Carson Wentz here. I’m not to get Carson Wentz here. But does Carson Wentz have some things he needs to address? Yeah. And do the Eagles have things they need to address? Yeah.

Santoliquito went on to mention that there were times this season when Doug Pederson spoke on record, saying that Wentz did not trust the offense.

Jon Marks I think did a really nice job asking the next question, which brought up negative tweets and stories Santoliquito wrote in the past about Wentz, some of which we linked to this morning. Did he come into this story carrying an agenda?

Well, one, I have no agenda against anyone. I mean, Rob knows me very well and could verify that. I have no agenda against anyone. That’s number one. Number two, if anyone knows my body of work, I’m the guy who writes the good guy stuff. I’m the guy who writes about Darren Sproles overcoming his stuttering issue. I’m the guy who spent three days with Brandon Brooks, talking about him overcoming anxiety.

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Interesting that when the positives come out, and look at the story alone, look at the positives – they’re not accentuated. People look at the negatives. I have no agenda. And the guys that I spoke to, I’m going to validate that – there’s no agenda there either. I’m gonna repeat it; they want to see this guy succeed so badly that it hurts. You’re dealing with a combination of things. You’re dealing with somebody who pressed. We all saw that and we know that. You see someone that didn’t come into the season 100% healthy.

A few more items of notes from the rest of the 15 minute radio hit, from Santoliquito:

  • he pointed out that Carson Wentz has not a one-on-one with anybody from the Philadelphia media and described him as a “guarded guy” off the field
  • There was a Wentz faction and a Foles faction in the locker room.
  • He reiterated that people at NovaCare want Wentz to succeed.
  • Frank Reich and John DeFilippo had Wentz’s attention more often than not. “He listened to them.” He was allegedly able to “get away” with certain things under Mike Groh that wouldn’t have flown under Reich and Flip.

That’s about it. I’m sure WIP will have full audio up soon.