Eagles

A Compendium of Eagles Responses To The Carson Wentz Story

By Kevin Kinkead

Published: Jan 21st, 2019 · 1:07 PM EST

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More push back to the Philly Voice story describing Carson Wentz as “selfish” via anonymous sources.

Five Eagles and one former Bird took to social media to share their disagreement.

Fletcher Cox was was the first to dispute Joe Santoliquito’s article, with Brandon Brooks piggybacking on his response:

What my guy @fcoxx_91 said!!! pic.twitter.com/DpRr39ZcEI

— Brandon Brooks (@bbrooks_79) January 21, 2019

Lane Johnson also poo-poo’d the story:

Whoever wrote that article needs to check their "sources". #fakenews

Carson has been and is our leader and our QB. Y'all know where to find me if you have any issues.#flyeaglesfly

— Lane Johnson (@LaneJohnson65) January 21, 2019

Ex-Eagle Torrey Smith also got in on the action, after the jump:

https://twitter.com/TorreySmithWR/status/1087384667253133312

Smith’s perspective is interesting since he was on the field when Wentz was playing at an MVP level during the first chunk of the 2017 season. He didn’t get a ton of targets as a WR3, just 58 total in the 13 games Carson played. That’s about four per game.

And here’s backup quarterback Nate Sudfeld throwing in his support:

#FlyEaglesFly pic.twitter.com/nbnI0eNeEo

— Nate Sudfeld (@NateSudfeld) January 21, 2019

I also missed this earlier, but Zach Ertz, who was mentioned specifically in the story (in a couple of paragraphs regarding targets), also chimed in:

Don’t believe everything you read!!! Carson has been nothing but a GREAT person, GREAT teammate and GREAT leader since Day 1. Our locker room stands behind him all the way. We can’t wait to get back to work and be the best team we can be in 2019! #FlyEaglesFly

— Zach Ertz (@ZERTZ_86) January 21, 2019

Even the responses from fans and other media are fairly scathing. I think Howard makes a good point here:

It’s hard to understand how a story like this comes out from someone who is rarely around #Eagles locker room. I’ve tried to think about Eagles players who would portray Carson Wentz in this way and I can’t come up with any player. @SportsRadioWIP https://t.co/u1CVfIbF3K

— Howard Eskin (@howardeskin) January 21, 2019

It’s true that Joe is not an Eagles beat guy. He’s not at down at NovaCare in the same capacity as a guy like Dave Zangaro or Mike Kaye or Martin Frank. So it is kind of interesting to see sources cited from a person who is really more of a do-it-all kind of freelancer who writes about boxing and other sports in addition to football.

There is, of course, speculation on who these anonymous sources are, and I think you’d probably have to start by asking yourself who benefits the most from an article like this getting out there. Is it a disgruntled wide receiver who wants more targets? Is it an offensive lineman who preferred the way Nick Foles went through his progressions? Is it Mike Groh or a position coach trying to send a message via the media?

I have no idea, and of course no player is gonna go on Twitter and say, “you know what, this article is spot on, Carson is an asshole.” Philly Voice certainly knew that they’d get a ton of push back when they hit the publish button.

From a neutral perspective, the rush to counter this article is certainly fascinating.