How will Carson Wentz fit with Vikings after McCarthy’s injury? | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

MARIOTA AS MY QUARTERBACK FOR A WEEK OR 2, IN MINNESOTA, THERE MAY BE FREAKING OUT BECAUSE CARSON WENTZ WILL BE STARTING AGAINST THE BENGALS. JAKE BROWNING STARTING THAT’S DIFFERENT FOR CINCINNATI. JAKE BROWNING’S KIND OF GOT THAT BECAUSE THE VIKINGS HAD HIM AT 1 POINT AND CUT HIM AND HE’S ALREADY BEATEN THEM ONCE SO I DON’T KNOW THAT THAT THAT STILL LINGERS, IT PROBABLY MOTIVATES HIM IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT THAT CAN MOTIVATE YOU LIKE THAT, YOU MAY AS WELL USE IT WHENEVER YOU CAN. BUT FOR CARSON WENTZ, THIS IS WHERE IT’S INTERESTING. HE GREW UP A VIKINGS FAN AND NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, YOU’VE GOT A GUY AT QUARTERBACK. WHO’S GOING TO START FOR THE 6 DIFFERENT TEAM. COLTS, TO THE COMMANDERS, TO THE RAMS, TO THE CHIEFS, TO THE VIKINGS. AND HERE’S THE KEY. OF FOOTBALL AND HE WAS AN MVP CANDIDATE WAY BACK WHEN I DON’T KNOW WHAT HE’S GOT LEFT HERE HE IS FROM EARLIER IN THE WEEK ON GETTING AN OPPORTUNITY YET AGAIN TO START FOR YET ANOTHER TEAM. NO, IT’S DEFINITELY, UM, GIVING ME A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. UM, YOU KNOW, GOING FROM BEING A STARTER, BEING A STARTER TO TRADED CUT ALL THE THINGS UM THEM BEING A BACKUP, THE LAST 2 YEARS, BEHIND SOME, YOU KNOW, FUTURE HALL OF FAME QUARTERBACKS, UM, GETTING TO SEE IT DONE AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL. UM, HAS GIVEN ME SOME PERSPECTIVE, PERSPECTIVE OF NOT TAKING THIS FOR GRANTED, YOU KNOW, IT’S YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOUR NEXT CHANCE IS GOING TO BE IN THIS LEAGUE. THE LEAGUE’S HARD AT 2 YEARS AGO. I WAS AT HOME UNTIL MID NOVEMBER YOU KNOW IT’S IT’S NOT SOMETHING I WANT TO TAKE LIGHTLY OR TAKE FOR GRANTED. SO I’VE DEFINITELY GOT A LOT OF PERSPECTIVE, BOTH FROM, YOU KNOW, PHYSICALLY SEEING HOW IT’S DONE. BUT ALSO, UM, JUST THE MENTAL SIDE OF, YOU KNOW, BEING APPRECIATIVE AND UM, NOT WASTING ANY OPPORTUNITY. AND THEN HE WAS FORGOTTEN UNTIL NOVEMBER JOINED. THE RAMS STARTED A LATE GAME IN THE SEASON. AND THEN LAST YEAR, SIGNED ON WITH THE CHIEFS UP YOU KIND OF LIKE A A 1 YEAR ADVANCED DEGREE. WHAT WOULD YOU CONSIDER? HE WAS WITH MCVEIGH FOR A WHILE. THEN HE HAD THE WHOLE YEAR WITH ANDY REED AND PATRICK MAHOMES. WE’RE GOING TO SEE WHAT HE’S LEARNED. I’M JUST SURPRISED, THE VIKINGS DIDN’T HAD HIM EARLIER. THEY TRADE FOR SAM HOW THEY HAD BRETT RIPPEN, UNDRAFTED ROOKIE MAX BROSMER. THE FIRST 2 GUYS, DIDN’T LOOK GREAT AT ALL DURING THE PRESEASON, WHEN IT WAS TIME TO FIGURE OUT THE FINAL ROSTER HOUSE TRADED RIPENS OUT, LET’S SIGN CARSON. WENTZ IS LIKE, MAN WHY DIDN’T WHY DIDN’T WE DO THIS A WHILE AGO? LIKE, I DON’T KNOW. DID HE WANT TOO MUCH MONEY? I DON’T KNOW. BUT YOU, YOU YOU’D FEEL BETTER ABOUT CARSON WENTZ PLAYING? FOR THE OFFSEASON PROGRAM TRAINING CAMP, AND THE HE SHOWED UP. AT THE VERY END OF AUGUST AFTER THEY TRIMMED THE ROSTERS OF 53. MIC. I’M TRYING TO THINK OF THE BEST WAY TO SAY THIS. UH, THERE’S A REASON OFF THE RECORD IS SUCH A GOOD TOOL AT TIMES FOR THOSE WHO DO WHAT WE DO. INFORMATION YOU FIND OUT. NECESSARILY TELL YOU ON THE RECORD. LIKE SO THE REASON WHY DO I SAY THAT? IF YOU LOOK AT CARSON WENTZ ON THE SURFACE, YOU’D SAY WHAT’S THE PROBLEM? I I DON’T UNDERSTAND. YOU MENTIONED THE LAST TIME HE STARTED THE LAST TIME, HE STARTED A FULL SEASON. HE HAD HIS TEAM WON 9 GAMES WITH THE COLTS SO 27 AND 7. YOU WIN MORE GAMES THAN YOU LOSE. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT TEAM SAID? NO. GOT SORRY. THAT WAS THE YEAR. FRANK REICH IRSAY. CARSON RECOMMENDING. AS THEIR QUARTERBACK AND HE HAD POINT IS SOMETHING THERE’S SOMETHING BEYOND THE OBVIOUS WITH CARSON WENTZ THAT CAUSES TEAMS TO SAY. OH, WOW. AND THEN NO, THAT’S OKAY. AND I JUST WONDER UM IS THAT FAIR IS HE IS HE PASSED THAT WHERE HE WAS YOU KNOW, 5 YEARS AGO WITH THE COLTS WHERE THEY COULDN’T GET HIM OUT OF TOWN SOON ENOUGH. EVEN THOUGH THOSE NUMBERS LOOK PRETTY GOOD, IS HIS HE IS? DID HIS TIME WITH PATRICK MAHOMES MATTHEW STAFFORD, ANDY REID? UH, SEAN MCVAY. TURN HIM INTO A GUY WHO SAYS, LOOK. I I KNOW WHAT I DID WRONG IN, IN MY PAST AND I’M READY TO CONTRIBUTE AS A BACKUP. NOW, I DON’T KNOW, BUT IT WOULD MAKE ME A LITTLE NERVOUS BECAUSE HE’S GOT ON THE SURFACE. IT LOOKS GOOD, BUT THE REALITY IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. IT IS AMAZING. HE DID 27 AND 7 WITH THE EAGLES IN 2019, 21 AND 7 IN 2018. AND THE YEAR THAT HE WAS ON 33 AND 7 HIGH-END ANALYTICS. HE’S GOING TO HAVE 7 INTERCEPTIONS THIS YEAR. MAY NOT HAVE 7 TOUCHDOWN PASSES, MAY HAVE FEWER BUT 7 SEEMS TO BE HIS MAGIC NUMBER OF INTERCEPTIONS. THAT THERE HAD BEEN ISSUES DOGGING HIM IN PHILLY WITH BAD TEAMMATES. AND THAT STARTED TO TRICKLE OUT. 2018209 THE EAGLES SUPER BOWL WITH NICK FALLS, AND THEY GOT TO RE-EMBRACE CARSON WENTZ AND IT WAS A WEIRD APOSTROPHE FOR THEM TO BE IN BUT ONCE A REPORT STARTED COMING OUT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HE’S NOT A GREAT TEAMMATE AND HE HE KIND OF ACKNOWLEDGED IT, WHICH IS SURPRISING, IT SELF-AWARENESS BUT I DON’T KNOW WHERE HE IS RIGHT NOW, BUT YOU’VE GOT A GUY WHO HAS PLAYED A LOT OF FOOTBALL, SEASON. YOU’VE GOT A GUY WHO HAS SEEN HIS FOOTBALL LIFE PASS BEFORE HIS EYES, A COUPLE OF TIMES. AND HOW MANY MORE OPPORTUNITIES HE’S GOING TO GET. AND HE’S, HE’S GOFF. GOLF WAS 1, HE WAS 2 A YEAR AFTER WINSTON AND MARIOTA. I GUESS THE VIKINGS COULD DO WORSE. MY SON WAS THREATENING ABOUT THIS LAST NIGHT AND I SAID, LOOK, THEY BROUGHT JOSH JOBS IN OFF THE DID. SO, I DON’T KNOW. I’M I’M, I’M CURIOUS. TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS HERE BECAUSE THERE’S A CHANCE. IT’S GOING TO WORK. THERE’S A CHANCE. IT’S GOING TO WORK MASON. GET THE BALL TO JUSTIN JEFFERSON TJ HOCKENSON. IS IT ADAM THIELEN? THERE’S A FOR A WHILE. BUT THAT’S ALL IT HAS TO DO IF JJ MCCARTHY COMES BACK, THAT’S WHEN IT GETS INTERESTING. AND I YESTERDAY, MICHAEL IF W IS PLAYING WELL. TO JJ MCCARTHY. YOU DON’T? YOU DON’T TAKE HIS JOB AWAY FROM HIM. BUT IF WHENCE HAS THE HOT HAND, YOU LET HIM KEEP GOING. RIGHT. YOU SAID THERE’S A CHANCE, IT’S GOING TO WORK IT. IT WILL WORK. I MEAN KEVIN AQIL. KNOWS QUARTERBACKS, SO IT WILL WORK FOR IT. THE QUESTION IS NOT. WILL IT WORK? BUT JUST HOW LONG WILL IT WORK? SO IT IT’LL WORK FOR, I MEAN THAT, THAT FIRST GAME, HE’LL LOOK GOOD, HE’LL LOOK GOOD BECAUSE MOST QUARTERBACKS PLAYING FOR OCONELL. HE MAKES IT EASY IF HE HE SHOULD PROBABLY, UH, YOU KNOW, WRITE A BOOK ON QUARTERBACKING. I MEAN, QUARTERBACKS REALLY? HE IS A, HE’S A USER-FRIENDLY, UH, UH, COACH. SO THEY KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT. HE’S, HE SEES IT. THEY UNDERSTAND IT, IT TRANSLATES. DOES IT WORK FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS? DOES IT WORK FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON? SEE, IT’S AN INTERESTING QUESTION MIKE, BECAUSE WHO’S JJ MCCARTHY AT THIS POINT? I KNOW BIG PICTURE. HE’S THE FUTURE OF THE VIKINGS FIRST ROUND. PICK BUT HE HASN’T REALLY ESTABLISHED HIMSELF AS A STARTER, DESERVES. YOU KNOW, HEY, YOU DESERVE THE THE BALL BACK. UH YOU’RE OUT FOR A MONTH, A GUY PLAYED GREAT IN YOUR ABSENCE. WE WENT 3 AND 1.

Following J.J. McCarthy’s injury, Mike Florio and Michael Holley predict how Carson Wentz will play for the Vikings against the Bengals in a battle of backup quarterbacks. #NBCSports #NFL #ProFootballTalk
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29 comments

  1. It’s not the arm talent you have to worry about, Wentz can sling it pretty accurately. It’s the bad scrambles leading to fumbles and/or injury. And that through 6 teams, no one has seemed to be able to coach him out of doing it. KOC might be the guy that can.

    Edit due to fat fingers

  22. I do think Wentz could help us! But honestly would have loved to see Brosmer fill in for McCarthy and had wentz as the back up to him but i know it just doesnt work that way but now we have even one more QB. Since our QB troubles began we have kept on 4 QB's. Too think we went through 4 QB's before we got Darnold so i get the worry. Anyways if Wentz wants another chance he's going to have to play at a very high level imo. We are in trouble if he doesn't! 12 injuries by game 2? Not a great start! We cant sustain that honestly.but hopefully Darrisaw will return, Smith and Van ginkle asap!! Gonna be interesting! Bengals back up QB is no slouch! SKOL!!!!🏈🏈💨💨

  27. The Vikings contacted Wentz back in April, but he was hoping to have an opportunity to be a QB1 on a team of need. When Wentz finally signed, he actually took less $ than other teams were offering him to play for the Vikings. Wentz is only 32 years old, in good health, smart and still has the required skills to succeed. The next 3 weeks should be interesting.

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