time2rock Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 Jason Kelce opens up on Carson Wentz's 2020 collapse Nobody had a closer view of Carson Wentz’s historic 2020 collapse than Jason Kelce, who snapped him the football more than 800 times. Kelce spent five years with Wentz, became very close with him and was caught in the middle during a breakdown between a coach that he thinks the world of and a quarterback he thinks the world of. In a recent interview with Angelo Cataldi on the 94 WIP Morning Show, Kelce spoke for the first time about Wentz’s 2020 season and how the Eagles’ struggles last year and Wentz’s struggles had a ripple effect throughout the team. "I don’t want to speak for Carson, obviously, (but) first of all, the year was terrible and I think that when you have that bad of a season, unfortunately, there’s going to be people that start to point the finger and that’s something you deal with in any losing season,” Kelce said. "Jobs start getting on the line, people don’t think they’re the reason why they’re losing, so, ‘It’s not me, it’s this guy, it’s that guy, it’s this guy,’ so that ruins relationships and I think that the reality is if you go 4-11 everybody shares some of this blame, everybody screwed up. "Carson was the first to tell me - and he would tell you guys - he didn’t play well last year, and he knows he needs to get better and when people are getting fired and guys’ livelihoods are on the line, players’ livelihoods are on the line, those relationships can go south pretty quick.” Wentz’s statistical collapse has been well documented, but he ranked among the bottom one or two QBs in the league in virtually every statistical category before Pederson benched him in Green Bay in December. Pederson wound up getting fired, Wentz was traded to the Colts and Kelce returns to a team now coached by Nick Sirianni and quarterbacked by Jalen Hurts. "You learn a lot about guys when seasons start going down,” Kelce said. "You learn a lot about guys in tough times. I still love Carson, I’ve got a lot of respect for him. Obviously, the way this thing ended (was) not ideal, but I think he’s actually going to do pretty well in Indianapolis. "They’ve got a good offensive line, they’ve got some good pieces that he’s been successful with before and then Frank Reich, if you look at the quarterbacks he’s been around, he finds a way to get the most out of that position. "I don’t want to get into particulars because I don’t want to speak for anybody. But this is just kind of what happens when you have losing seasons pile up.” https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/eagles/eagles-jason-kelce-opens-carson-wentzs-2020-collapse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
time2rock Posted May 17, 2021 Author Share Posted May 17, 2021 Not entirely sure why I posted this piece ... he doesn't really "open up". 🤷♀️ 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdman#12 Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 1 hour ago, time2rock said: Not entirely sure why I posted this piece ... he doesn't really "open up". 🤷♀️ True, but I think he was just trying to say that he thinks Wentz will get back to being himself without dissing anybody. Kelce knows last year became a clusterf----, and losing always brings out lot of animosity and, probably, overreaction. Kelce also knows how the philly media will twist words, blow things out of proportion or just flat out make sh-- up. The headline for this article proves it. And Kelce was being diplomatic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoconoDon Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 1 hour ago, time2rock said: Not entirely sure why I posted this piece ... he doesn't really "open up". 🤷♀️ Hungry Posters Post Faster!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgcd3 Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 2 hours ago, time2rock said: Not entirely sure why I posted this piece ... he doesn't really "open up". 🤷♀️ Also I listened to the podcast of the interview and then the article came out days later like it was some kind of new info. It was just a generic appearance on radio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK_EaglesFan89 Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 7 hours ago, time2rock said: You learn a lot about guys when seasons start going down,” Kelce said. "You learn a lot about guys in tough times. I still love Carson, I’ve got a lot of respect for him. Obviously, the way this thing ended (was) not ideal, but I think he’s actually going to do pretty well in Indianapolis I think this can be read that basically Kelce learned a lot about Wentz and it wasn't necessarily a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perforator Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 11 minutes ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said: I think this can be read that basically Kelce learned a lot about Wentz and it wasn't necessarily a good thing. Are you a Philly sports writer? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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