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I Think I Actually Feel Bad For Carson Wentz
By Kyle Pagan
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I hate Zit Neck. Hate is a strong word, but him and Ben Simmons are the only two former Philadelphia athletes in my lifetime that I HATE. Probably because they came to Philly with so much promise and both left with their tail between their legs because they were each never built for Philly. They both took their millions and left their teams high and dry leaving us to pick up the pieces. It’s crazy to me there are still some people in this city that wear Carson Wentz jerseys and defend that if he isn’t on the Eagles in 2017 they don’t win it all. Even one of our writers. I’d say that’s half true. Great regular season. MVP-type stuff. But there’s something inside of me that doesn’t believe Wentz wins the Super Bowl against Tom Brady. The stories that have later come out about a bitter Wentz in the locker room already showed foundation in the cracks, which ultimately led to his demise here. I don’t think he had it between the ears to pull it off on the biggest stage. I mean you watch the guy after a decade and he still has that reckless abandon. Bill Belichick eats him up. Not to mention sometime around the NFC Championship game Nick Foles got carried by angels. He had a lucky horseshoe stuck up his ass. No one could fuck with that guy or that team the rest of the postseason. Not even the GOAT. I think a QB with nothing to lose, watching his career hang in the balance while on his third team in three years was the perfect recipe for that Super Bowl. I think Wentz pisses down his leg. But still that burning hateful fire in my belly diminished a little last night after I watched a broken man run for his life the entire game. When they flashed to him on the sidelines you could see on his face, tears in his eyes, how defeated he was. I kind of feel bad:
(Credit to me for #growth.)
What made it sadder is that nobody felt bad for him. Not the coach, the team, or the broadcast. Kirk Herbstreit basically told him to “suck it up, bitch” on the broadcast:
This is insane (also kind of hilarious). What did Wentz do to Herbie? I feel like I’ve never seen him say anything remotely close to this on a broadcast about any QB. Hell he’s a former QB himself. Those guys rarely go after one of their own because they understand how hard of a position it is to play. Was that me on the call? Herbie must have some type of vendetta against Wentz because I don’t think you could watch that game last night and not feel bad for a guy, who is already gimpy on a short week, getting absolutely destroyed all night. They even flashed that pressure rate graphic on the screen while Herbie is dissecting him, which was unintentional comedy. It’s wild this might be the last image of Carson Wentz’s career:
The only animals that find comfort in seeing this are a bunch of innocent ducks.
Kyle writes blog posts and does Man on the Street-style videos all around Philadelphia. He graduated from Temple University (a basketball school) in 2015. contact: k.pagan@sportradar.com