Colts likely to move on from former Eagles QB Carson Wentz

Well, that didn’t take long! The honeymoon is over, or shall we refer to this as an experiment? Former Philadelphia Eagles QB Carson Wentz seems to be on the outs in Indianapolis after a single season.

Yep! We know some of you take issue with the fact that Wentz gets so much burn in Eagles circles. You’re of the opinion that he should be treated as old news, and you know what? You’re absolutely right! He should be!

This one’s too good to pass up though. There’s no way we’re letting this one ride.

Per reports, the Colts may move on from former Eagles QB Carson Wentz in March.

Indianapolis Colts fans have to feel like their quarterback search is being handled like speed dating. After having their hearts broken by Andrew Luck prior to the start of the 2019 regular season, Indy tried to move on with Jacoby Brissett before ‘fooling around’ with Philip Rivers for a single season. Then, it happened.

In 2021, a small segment of the NFL and Eagles fan base got charged up because Carson Wentz had reunited with Frank Reich. You remember that, don’t you? There was this theory that they (the Colts and Wentz apologists) knew something that the rest of us didn’t, that Carson Wentz was, somehow, salvageable. They saw Carson’s rapid regression as the exception to the rule and not a sign of things to come.

Welcome to the realization that the rest of us reached much sooner. Here we sit, not even one full year later, and ESPN’s Chris Mortensen reported on one of the network’s Super Bowl pregame shows that Wentz’s future in Indy is “bleak” and the Colts are expected to unload him, possibly by trade prior to March 18th.

Here’s a tweet from Pro Football Focus’ Ari Meirov confirming the news.

Here’s why that’s important. If Carson Wentz is still on the Colts’ roster on March 18th, his full $22 million base salary would be guaranteed. He’d also receive a $6.29 million roster bonus. As Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk puts it, the Colts would still owe him $15 million of his base salary if he’s released before then, but they wouldn’t have to pay him an additional $13.29 million.

It didn’t take long for some of the Indianapolis media to notice things that the contingent of Eagles fans and Philly media that were relieved when he left saw. He was labeled as “selfish” back in August. They agonized over poor decision-making and awful play from someone who should have advanced beyond those things at this point of his career. Sound familiar?

The point is this. Sometimes, we hate to say that we told you so, but this isn’t one of those times. Frank Reich was supposed to fix him. He hasn’t, and Carson Wentz, for whatever reason, looks like the second coming of Carson Palmer.

Welcome to reality, for those of you who arrived at the party after the rest of us. Wentz’s ceiling came in 2017. He’ll never reach it again, and the Eagles dodged a major bullet by allowing this guy to walk. Getting a first-round draft choice for this guy has to feel like stealing.