One of Carson Wentz’s former teammates believes the Eagles were too easy in the quarterback season in an effort to protect their ego.
Malcolm Jenkins played with Wentz for four seasons in Philadelphia before spending last year with the Saints, but kept his eye on the terrible season in Philadelphia and Wentz.
“As a teammate and friend of Carson’s, I think he always starts with acting and hasn’t met everyone’s expectations for him,” Jenkins said.help Friday at “The Rich Eisen Show.” “I don’t think he says he has met his own expectations, but some of the other problems I felt when I was in the locker room was that there was too much room for maneuver and it didn’t make him a better player.”
Wentz played badly enough because he was in favor of second-round coach Jalen Hurts, who provoked the team. Still, the Eagles finished 4-11-1 and coach Doug Pederson was fired after the season.
Wentz’s state is unclear toward the offseason, as he still has about $ 70 million guaranteed on his contract.
As bad as Wentz played, Jenkins – who won the Super Bowls in Philadelphia and New Orleans – also blamed the Eagles coaching staff.
“I don’t think they’ve done him any favors trying to … protect his ego or trying to really protect him as a player instead of – like all other players – keeping him based on performance and being real about what I needed to improve, ”Jenkins said. “But also adapting to place him in places that can make him successful. That’s a little bit for the coaching staff and some for the player. “
The Eagles recently hired Nick Sirianni to replace Pederson and Sirianni he said during his introductory press conference “can’t answer” if Wentz stays with the Eagles.
“What we need to do is evaluate the whole list,” Sirianni said. “We have two quarterbacks in Carson Wentz and Jalen Hurts, who are first class quarterbacks. Many teams don’t have them. I’m very excited to work with both. ”Nick Foles did the same in 2017-18 and led the Eagles to a Super Bowl championship.
Jenkins noted that Hurts was able to “light up some juice on the team – and it’s not the first time this has happened from a quarterback, obviously, to Philly – so that’s one of those things. in which something has to change. Whether you put that responsibility in the coaching staff or you put that responsibility in the players that are there, but I mean, obviously, there will be a lot of work to be done. “