One of Carson Wentz’s former teammates considers that the Eagles were too easy in the defensive 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 an eye on Philadelphia and Wentz’s awful season.
“As Carson’s teammate and friend, I think he always starts with performance and didn’t live up to everyone’s expectations for him,” Jenkins said.helps Friday at The Rich Eisen Show. “I don’t think he would say he lived up to his expectations, but some of the other problems I felt when I was in the locker room were that there was too much freedom and it didn’t make him a better player.”
Wentz played badly enough to score in the second round, Jalen Hurts, who started the team. However, the Eagles finished 4-11-1, and head coach Doug Pederson was fired after the season.
Wentz’s condition is unclear outside the season, as he still has around $ 70 million guaranteed on his contract.
As badly 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 made them favorites by trying to … protect their ego or trying to really protect him as a player unlike – like any other player – by keeping him based on performance and being with real about what he needed to improve, ”Jenkins said. “But also adapting to put him in places that can make him successful. That’s a little bit for the coaching team and the player. ”
The Eagles recently hired Nick Sirianni to replace Pederson and Sirianni said during his introductory press conference he “can’t answer” if Wentz stays with the Eagles.
“What we need to do is evaluate the whole list,” Sirianni said. “We have two defenders in Carson Wentz and Jalen Hurts, who are top defenders. Many teams do not have. So I’m very excited to work with both of you. “Nick Foles did the same in 2017-18 and led the Eagles to a Super Bowl championship
Jenkins mentioned that Hurts managed to “light up a little juice in the team – and it’s not the first time this has happened to a backup, obviously in Philly – so it’s one of those things where something needs to change. Either you put this task on the coaching staff, or you put this task on the players who are there, but I want to say that, obviously, there will be a lot of work to be done there ”.