Carson Wentz’s performance in Sunday’s wild-card game against the Seahawks was a short one as the Eagles QB was knocked out if in the first quarter courtesy of a dirty hit by Seattle’s Jadeveon Clowney, which somehow wasn’t flagged.
Wentz suffered a concussion and never returned to the sidelines. While Josh McCown did his best in relief, the Eagles were basically all but done after the injury.
Some media members and fans have chalked up Wentz’s concussion to the QB being injury prone, which is stupid. A concussion is a concussion and there’s nothing anyone can do about it. It’s a very serious injury that shouldn’t be taken lightly.
Wentz was emotional after the game and went around apologizing to each and every teammate, which he didn’t have to do. There was nothing he could do about this dangerous injury.
His teammates told the media about the apologies:
Boston Scott told me that a concussed Carson Wentz stayed around and went to everyone single players locker after the game to thank them for a great season. That’s a leader. #Eagles https://t.co/yLF6b8MD9a
— Jamie Apody (@JamieApody) January 6, 2020
While dealing with a concussion, Carson Wentz went around to teammates in locker room and apologized for not being in the game, Brooks says. pic.twitter.com/Qqg29Ly95e
— Tim McManus (@Tim_McManus) January 6, 2020
Again, Wentz had nothing to apologize for – Clowney should have been the one saying sorry.
Here’s ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky correctly scolding those who think the concussion proves that Wentz is injury prone:
Be better https://t.co/XuynwXVzE8
— Dan Orlovsky (@danorlovsky7) January 6, 2020
Why is everyone talking about @cj_wentz style of play and the injury? KNOW WHAT YOURE TALKING ABOUT. It was a screen pass that the D covered, so he’s tucking the ball and going forward to get whatever he can yards wise. Like every QB does ever. GTHOH
— Dan Orlovsky (@danorlovsky7) January 6, 2020
And here’s Wentz’s heartfelt message that he shared on Instagram:
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