One of Carson Wentz’s former teammates thinks the Eagles were too easy on the quarter-season in an effort to protect his ego.
Malcolm Jenkins played four seasons in Philadelphia with Wentz before hanging out with the Saints last year, but he watched Philadelphia and Wentz’s terrible season.
“As a teammate and friend of Carson’s, I think it always starts with accomplishments, and he did not live up to the expectations everyone had for him,” Jenkins said.help Friday on “The Rich Claims Show.” ‘I do not think he would say that he played according to his own expectations, but one of the other issues I felt when I was in the dressing room was that there was just too much room to move, and that did not make him better player. ”
Wentz played poorly enough to be selected in favor of the second round, Jalen Hurts, who incited the team. Still, the Eagles ended 4-11-1, and head coach Doug Pederson was fired after the season.
Wentz’s status is unclear in the off-season, as he still guaranteed about $ 70 million on his contract.
Just as badly as Wentz played, Jenkins – who won Super Bowls in Philadelphia and New Orleans – also blamed the Eagles’ coaching staff.
‘I do not think they have done him any favors by trying to protect his ego or really trying to protect him as a player, as opposed to – just like every other player – keeping it performance-based and being real about what he does. need. to improve on, ”Jenkins said. ‘But also to adapt to placing him in places that can make him successful. It’s a bit with the coaching staff and with the player. ‘
The Eagles recently hired Nick Sirianni to replace Pederson and Sirianni said during his introductory press conference he can “not answer” whether Wentz will stay with the Eagles.
“What we need to do is evaluate the whole roster,” Sirianni said. ‘We have two backs in Carson Wentz and Jalen Hurts who are the best backs. Many teams have not. So very excited to work with both. ” Nick Foles did the same thing in 2017-18 ” and led the Eagles to a Super Bowl championship.
Jenkins noted that Hurts’ could ignite a bit of juice in the team – and this is not the first time this has happened from a rugby quarterback in Philly, so it’s one of the things where something needs to change. Whether you place the coach on the coaching staff or you place it on the players who are there, but I mean there is obviously going to be a lot of work. ”