'I'm done with Carson Wentz!' - Stephen A. is FED UP with the struggling Colts QB | First Take

STEPHEN A.: DAN, I'M DONE WITH CARSON. THIS IS THE PART THAT BOTHERS ME. I'M NOT QUESTIONING HIS TALENT. I THINK THE TALENT IS THERE. I DON'T WANT TO CALL ANYBODY BUT CAN WE SAY YOU JUST DO IDIOTIC THINGS? THIS GUY, IT IS LESS THAN A MINUTE AND A HALF REMAINING, YOU ARE THREE YARDS FROM YOUR OWN GOAL LINE AND YOU NOT ONLY THROW AND INTERCEPTION WHEN YOU SHOULD HAVE THROWN THE BALL DOWN BUT YOU SWITCH HANDS AND THROW IT WITH THE LEFT HAND. THIS IS A GUY THAT WAS IN PHILADELPHIA AND FOR A YEAR AND A HALF WAS ATROCIOUS. WE UNDERSTOOD THAT HIM, DOUG PEDERSON WERE NOT ON THE SAME PAGE. HOWIE ROSEN WASN'T ON THE SAME PAGE SO DOUG PEDERSON YOU ARE GOING AND CARSON WENTZ GOING AND WE WILL LET HOWIE ROSEN BRING IN A NEW COACH. YOU GET WITH FRANK REICH. FRANK REICH MADE THE WRONG CALL AND ACKNOWLEDGED THAT AND TRIED TO TAKE BLAME. WE ARE NOT BUYING THAT BECAUSE CARSON WENTZ IS NOT A ROOKIE. HE IS NOT A CHILD. THE REASON I SAY THAT I'M DONE, HOW MANY TIMES IN YOUR CAREER AS A QUARTERBACK IT IS BAD ENOUGH WITH KICKERS BECAUSE YOU ONLY HAVE ONE JOB, WHEN THEY MISS GAME WINNING FIELD GOAL. WHEN YOU ARE THE QUARTERBACK YOU WALK INTO A LOCKER ROOM, HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU HAVE TO WALK INTO THE LOCKER ROOM KNOWING THAT YOU MADE THE DECISIONS, YOU MESSED UP? HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU HAVE TO DO IT BEFORE YOU GET TIRED OF SAYING I'M SORRY AND HANGING YOUR HEAD. AT SOME POINT IS IT TOO MUCH TO ASK THAT YOU MAKE SURE WHEN YOU LOSE A GAME AT LEAST WE CAN SAY IT WASN'T YOU. CARSON WENTZ DOESN'T DO THAT. THERE ARE TOO MANY TIMES IN HIS CAREER WHERE HE GOT HIS HEAD DOWN WALKING INTO THE LOCKER ROOM AND HE KNOWS HE GAVE A GAME AWAY. IT IS TOO MANY TIMES AND HE DOESN'T SEEM TO GET TIRED OF IT. MICHAEL: TO YOUR POINT, THIS IS WHAT BOTHERS ME. I DID A THURSDAY NIGHT GAME WITH PHILLY AND THEY WON THE GAME AND WE CARSON WENTZ ON AND I ASKED HIM THEN, TRYING TO DO TOO MUCH. TRYING TO EXTEND PLAYS AND MAKING MISTAKES. DO YOU EVER THINK YOU WILL GROW OUT OF THAT AND I WAS HOPING HE WOULD SAY MAYBE I WON'T LOSE THE PHYSICALNESS BUT I WOULD START MAKING BETTER DECISIONS KNOWING WHEN TO TAKE CHANCES. I LOVE WHAT COACH DID BY SAYING THAT WAS ON HIM BECAUSE HE IS TRYING TO COVER CARSON WENTZ SO HE COULD HAPPEN CARSON WENTZ SAYING I'M WITH YOU. BE GOOD, I'M WITH YOU. I LOVE THAT HE DID THAT. BUT HE MADE THE RIGHT DECISION, HE LOOKED AT THE FIELD ABOUT TO THROW IT AWAY BUT CHANGED HIS MIND. WHY WOULD YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND? THOUGH IT AWAY AND LIVE TO PLAY ANOTHER DAY. HE CHANGED HIS MIND AND THEN THROW. DAN: WHAT WAS HIS RESPONSE ON THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL? MICHAEL: HE NEVER SAID I'M GOING TO THINK ABOUT THE DECISION BEFORE I MADE THE DECISION. HE JUST SAID I DON'T WANT STOP BEING AGGRESSIVE. I WANT YOU TO BE AGGRESSIVE BUT I WANT YOU TO BE CALCULATINGLY DEPRESSIVE. MOLLY: WHAT IS THE PROBLEM HERE? IS HE FEARFUL? IS HE TIMID. DAN: DAN: NO, HE IS FEARLESS. WHEN THAT MOMENT BECOMES HIGHLY INTENSE HE THINKS THAT THERE'S NOT A SINGLE PLAY THAT HE CANNOT OR SHOULD NOT MAKE. HE IS FROM A SMALL TOWN WENT TO A SMALL SCHOOL SO HE HAS THE MINDSET OF CONSTANTLY TRYING TO PROVE AND THERE'S NOT A PLAY ON THE FIELD NOR A THROW THAT I CANNOT MAKE. THE INTERCEPTION THAT WAS BACKED UP IN THE END ZONE WAS A STUPID PLAY. I THINK THE SECOND INTERCEPTION IS WORSE. BECAUSE IN THAT MOMENT THAT IS A PANIC PLAY THE INTERCEPTION IN THE END ZONE. FREAK OUT PANIC PLAY. SAME ONE HE WAS HURT AGAINST SEATTLE IN THE PLAYOFFS. SCREEN PASS, I DON'T WANT TO THROW IT AWAY BECAUSE I CAN MAKE A PLAY. YOU CAN'T. NO, YOU CAN'T. THE SECOND INTERCEPTION, TO ME, IS A CALCULATED I'M THROWING THIS FOOTBALL DOWNFIELD. THE TAILBACK YOU CAN RUN THE SECOND INTERCEPTION BACK. THE TAILBACK IS BY HIMSELF WIDE OPEN. IF HE THROWS TO THE TAILBACK I'M NOT BEING HYPERBOLIC HE MIGHT GET IN FIELD GOAL RANGE ON THAT PLAY. THAT IS THE ONE THAT BOTHERS ME MOST BECAUSE IT IS A PREDETERMINED ASSUMED I'M THROWING DOWNFIELD. YOU HAVE SECOND LIFE. YOU MAKE THE TERRIBLE DECISION, INTERCEPTION, CRAZY COME BACK. YOU HAVE A SECOND LIFE AND IN THAT MOMENT I WANT HIM TO REALIZE CLARK KENT OVER SUPERMAN. MICHAEL: I PUT A LITTLE ON THE RECEIVER NOT COME ACROSS. DAN: IT IS FIRST AND 10, PLAY-ACTION BUT IN THAT MOMENT I GET THE FIRST INTERCEPTION IS MORONIC BUT IF HE GETS SACKED IT IS A SAFETY. YOU HAVE TO KICK AWAY, GAME IS OVER. I GET HIM -- I HAD TO TRY TO FORCE THE THROW. I WANT HIM TO GROUND IT. MICHAEL: RIGHT. DAN: BUT YOU HAVE THE SECOND LEGISLATIVE. WHEN YOUR COACH CALLS THAT MAX PLAY ACTION FOR YOU TO THROW INTO TRIPLE COVERAGE AND TAILBACK IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU WIDE OPEN TELLS ME YOU ARE THINKING I HAVE TO BE THE GUY. FOR THIS SEASON HE'S BEEN -- STEPHEN A.: I DISAGREE. YOU ARE SAYING HE IS SAYING IN THAT POTOMAC YOU HAVE TO BE THE GUY. KEYSHAWN: I HAVE TO BE A SUPER HERO. STEPHEN A.: I'M SAYING HE SAUCE I WANT TO BE THE GUY. I DON'T WANT SOMEBODY ELSE TO BE THE GUY. YOU WANT IT FOR ME. WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM IN PHILADELPHIA? WHEN NICK FOLES WAS THERE AND WAS THERE AND YOU HAD A DIVIDED LOCKER ROOM. THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO LOVED NICK FOLES BECAUSE HE FOLLOWED THE GAME PLAN AND MORE EASILY COACHABLE IN THE EYES OF DOUG PEDERSON AND SOME PLAYERS NOT TO MENTION HE WAS NOT TRYING TO BE A HERO WHERE WITH CARSON WENTZ HE WOULD GO AGAINST SOMETHING BECAUSE HE IS TRYING TO BE THE HERO. THAT IS SOMETHING YOU CAN HELP. YOU CHOOSE NOT TO. KEYSHAWN:

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Length: 7min 6sec (426 seconds)

Published: Mon Nov 01 2021