Carson Wentz vs Buffalo Had The Worst Quarterback Rating (8.9) Since Sam Darnold Saw Ghosts
It finally happened. It didn't happen last year vs. the Chargers on Thursday Night Football when Carson Wentz got his ass kicked harder than I've ever seen a quarterback get his ass kicked before (and Kirk Herbstreit called him a big dumb baby for showing too much emotion on the sideline).
It didn't even happen during last night's game vs. Buffalo, as Carson Wentz was in the process of playing the worst quarterback we've seen since 2019. It happened this morning, about 5 minutes ago, when I wrote the title of this blog. For the first time in my life, I found myself kind of feeling bad for Carson Wentz.
Ever since Carson Wentz was signed by the Colts and I was forced to root for his success, he's been my least favorite quarterback in the league. For no real reason either. He was just ok enough to inspire hope, but sucked enough to always disappoint you in the end. He also has a big dumb face. He also killed way too many ducks that one time.
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Jesus, Wentz. Save some birds for the rest of us. If I counted my dead fowl correctly, Carson Wentz is 10 interceptions away from having as many career picks as dead birds in that picture. That's 84 dead birds. It would be quite poetic if he ends up retiring with exactly that many INT's. And at 33 years old, he might just have the perfect amount of career left to do it.
When Carson Wentz plays bad football, it's not just regular bad football. It almost feels malicious. He seems to always find himself in these primetime games where the whole world is watching, and he treats the world to the most upsetting display of offensive football you've ever seen. You can feel the animosity towards him coming from the booth. Like on this play where Carson Wentz threw the worst pass you will ever see, the replay shows he had his ankle stepped on, and Troy Aikman says, "Fuck it! It wouldn't have mattered anyway! Stepping on his ankle probably helped him!" (paraphrasing)
Carson Wentz being bad and unlikable might have single-handedly saved Troy Aikman and Joe Buck's relationship last night. The two alleged enemies were sharing laughs over the Vikings QB misfortune all game long.
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But at a certain point, we've all got to look in the mirror and realize we might be taking our frustrations out on the wrong man. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. The thing about Carson Wentz is that sometimes he'll put together an ok game. He'll occasionally trick you into thinking he's a competent backup. But we've seen him turn into a dead rotting pumpkin enough times that we should know what's around the corner. NFL coaches and GM's should beware the inevitable. If they put their teams in a position where they're forced to start Carson Wentz in primetime, they're the ones who deserve ridicule. It's not Carson Wentz fault he was born Carson Wentz.
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Carson Wentz. He's an incredible, phenomenal quarterback relative to the rest of the world. But boy does he stink by NFL standards. The last QB to finish a game with a QB rating as bad as Carson Wentz last night was so bad it turned into a meme.
On the bright side, that last quarterback who played so poorly went on to win a Super Bowl years later. But at 33 years of age, I doubt Carson Wentz will have that opportunity. Although… if there was ever a team to do it on… the Vikings are still 6-2. They're still very much alive for a playoff spot. God damn it… nevermind… I don't even want to joke about having to watch the Vikings in the playoffs this year. NFL fans don't deserve that. Let's all just cross our fingers that the NFC North takes care of our Vikings problem for us.