So with the Conference Championship games wrapped up we’re now two weeks away from a meaningful football game being played which means it’s time to get that offseason NFL drama machine churning.
This week features a story out of the Philly Voice which alleges that Eagles franchise quarterback Carson Wentz is not the most popular person in the Philadelphia locker room. But not only that a ‘half a dozen’ Philly players see Wentz as a “selfish” and “uncompromising” teammate. This is in stark contrast to Nick Foles who was once again tasked with putting the team on his back in the wake of another later season injury from Wentz. Furthermore according to the report, Wentz is a guy who will go out his is way to overcomplicate the offense while playing favorites to a select few of players.
The glaring difference is that Foles, every source stated, would go through progressions within the offense — exactly how it was designed to run — and hit the open receiver, regardless of who it was or where they were on the field. Wentz only saw, it seemed, one receiver the majority of the season: Zach Ertz. This understandably frustrated the rest of the offense, considering other receivers were open downfield. To stop the Eagles in 2018 under Wentz was rather easy: Stop No. 86.
Meanwhile, call it coincidence or call it whatever you want but Zach Ertz was the first Eagles player to come to Wentz’s defense amid the the report.
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
And after that five more players came forward to defend their quarterback:
Reading through this Carson Wentz thing and as a leader on this team none of that is true Carson is a great teammate and great player we are all behind him 100% he’s our guy and will come back and prove the world wrong. If you got a problem feel free to @ me I’ll respond
— fletcher cox (@fcoxx_91) January 21, 2019
Whoever wrote that article needs to check their "sources". #fakenews
— Lane Johnson (@LaneJohnson65) January 21, 2019
Carson has been and is our leader and our QB. Y'all know where to find me if you have any issues.#flyeaglesfly
Don’t even have to read this article and I bet my new born child 99% of this is 💩 https://t.co/UZgc133gkp
— Torrey Smith (@TorreySmithWR) January 21, 2019
What my guy @fcoxx_91 said!!! pic.twitter.com/DpRr39ZcEI
— Brandon Brooks (@bbrooks_79) January 21, 2019
#FlyEaglesFly pic.twitter.com/nbnI0eNeEo
— Nate Sudfeld (@NateSudfeld) January 21, 2019
If you’re sitting outside the city of Philadelphia or aren’t an Eagles, you can only hope that this leads to some genuine good old fashion off the field drama. But the fact of the matter is given the NFL roster size six players coming forward anonymously to the Philly Voice really isn’t that many. At least not enough to warrant any impending quarterback controversy on the horizon for the Eagles. Truth of the matter is though I’m sure some players can’t fucking stand Wentz and I’m sure sure some love him or in other words the truth is probably somewhere in the middle. What this does do though is add a little bit of flavor to the impending offseason decision the Eagles will have to make between Wentz and Foles.
I’m sure it’ll probably be Wentz though who sticks around.
