Here’s how Eagles OC Mike Groh feels about Carson Wentz’s criticism
Eagles offensive coordinator Mike Groh spoke with the Philadelphia sports media just two days before Thanksgiving, and it didn’t take long for Carson Wentz’s name to come up.
These days, it seems like the only people that have been safe from the criticism of the Philadelphia Eagles fanbase and the sports media, in general, have been Zach Ertz, Jordan Howard, Miles Sanders, Brandon Graham, and the CEO and chairman, Jeffrey Lurie. Everyone else from the franchise quarterback, Carson Wentz, to the offensive coordinator, Mike Groh, has been under the gun.
On Tuesday, just two days before the Thanksgiving holiday, the Eagles’ offensive coordinator met with the Philly media just a few short moments after the defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz, always an entertaining listen, did the same thing.
It didn’t take long before he was asked about the much-maligned and, now, highly paid franchise signal-caller’s struggles. Here’s some of what was said in his response.
"Well, I’ll say this. We’re in this together. It’s not anybody’s fault. (It’s) not one individual’s fault. It’s all of us. I’m accountable for it all, so we all have to do better. We’re going to go back out there today and we’re going to roll our sleeves up and get to work… We’re certainly not happy with the results that we’ve gotten, and we’ve put a lot of work into achieving and playing at a higher standard than that. We have to take care of the ball."
Groh’s right. This has been a tough season to endure, the last two weeks in particular. Much of the sting from these two most recent losses comes from the fact that both of these were games that ‘The Birds’ probably should have pulled out. Was Wentz awful over that stretch? He absolutely was, but to the coaches’ credit, they’ve all accepted a ton of responsibility for what’s gone wrong.
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Much of the narrative has been the playcalling has been awful and so has the coaching. Here’s a question that’s definitely worth asking seeing as how we all know what’s been said in that respect is, indeed, true. If we know what the coaches are doing isn’t the remedy, how can we all expect to see the success of the players on this team?
It’s hard to determine what needs to be done to fix all os this. All that can be said with certainty is this must get fixed quickly.