Wentz provides an upgrade over Blaine Gabbert, who was the No. 2 quarterback behind Patrick Mahomes last year.
The second overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft, Carson Wentz looked poised for stardom.
A leading MVP candidate, he threw for 3,296 yards, 33 touchdowns and seven interceptions while leading the Philadelphia Eagles to a 11-2 record in 2017
Then he suffered a season-ending knee injury in Week 14, and the Eagles went on to win Super Bowl LII without him.
That’s the kind of roller-coaster career it has been for Wentz, who held such promise that he signed a four-year, $128 million extension with the Eagles in 2019 before suffering from myriad injuries and inconsistent play,
“Life doesn’t always go the way we plan,” he said.
He played the last three seasons with the Indianapolis Colts, Washington Commanders and Los Angeles Rams. But the quarterback’s latest team — the Kansas City Chiefs — returns him to the offense in which he once shined.
“This one will kind of hit home so to speak and be the most familiar for me,” Wentz said. “Obviously, there is always little intricacies and differences, but I think it will make sense to me and resonate with me pretty quickly.”
The Super Bowl-champion Eagles of 2017 were coached by Doug Pederson, who played under Andy Reid and then went on to serve as his offensive coordinator with the Chiefs from 2013 to 2015.
Nick Foles was a backup Chiefs quarterback in 2016 and then the next year would usurp Wentz, following the quarterback’s injury,
Wentz never spoke to Foles, who also previously played under Reid during Foles’ first stint in Philadelphia, about Reid during this free-agent process, but he remembered the previous praise he had heaped upon both Reid and Matt Nagy.
