Carson Wentz's Performance as Vikings QB: Recent Games Review

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00:00Are you hearing anything around the Minnesota Vikings quarterback situation

00:03as Carson Wentz is going to get the start once again?

00:06Yeah, all right.

00:07So, Kevin, you brought this up a number of weeks ago.

00:10Would there be a chance that Wentz would keep the job?

00:13And I said, listen, first of all, he's got to play well, which he has, okay?

00:17He's 2-1.

00:19The first game against the Bengals, he literally had to do nothing.

00:22I mean, they blew out the Bengals.

00:23The game wasn't even competitive.

00:25Then the Pittsburgh game, now he had a couple interceptions.

00:27There were a couple drops in that game, but he did bring the team back to make it tight.

00:32And as one league source told me against Cleveland, this is the best he's looked since 2021.

00:36He was terrific in the game before the bye.

00:39Now, it's funny, Kevin, I told you this Friday.

00:41I was going to tell you who I had to talk with, a former Eagle.

00:45I asked him, I said, it was Mike Mimola.

00:48Mike Mimola was the Eagle's first-round pick in 1995.

00:50Remember, they traded up for him, the seventh pick overall.

00:53I said, Mike, what would you do?

00:54What would you want to see happen here?

00:56If Carson Wentz was your quarterback or was the veteran, and then you had the first-round pick, he goes, we stick with the veteran.

01:05Because your responsibility is, he and I talked about this on WBCB radio, on the Pro Football Report.

01:10He said it.

01:12You stick with the veteran.

01:13Your job is to win football games.

01:15And Wentz, Kevin, quite frankly, this game two weeks ago against Cleveland, everything was clean.

01:21I was told by a league source who watched that tape.

01:24Mechanics were clean, and he's had major problems with his mechanics.

01:28It's called the overstride when the feet are spread too far apart, and it causes the ball to go too high.

01:33He looked really good, and they're in a rhythm right now, and it wouldn't be ironic.

01:37Now, the last time, Kevin, he played the Eagles was when he was with the commanders, and he was absolutely terrible.

01:42But right now, he looks really good.

01:43And the other thing is, Kevin, before we move on, he looks healthy.

01:47He's not dragging that leg that was surgically repaired in 2017.

01:51Cap, Mike McMuller went to Chestnut Hill, Boston College.

01:55Remember him very well.

01:57They need a little help on the defensive side of the ball after the loss to UConn yesterday.

02:02But talk to me about the head coaching vacancy in Tennessee.

02:06Tennessee takes on their former head coach, Mike Vrabel.

02:10New England significant favorites against Cam Ward.

02:13Where does this organization go, and how much hinges on the success in this season on Cam Ward developing as a quarterback?

02:22Well, it won't matter because if you're any offensive coach that studied Cam Ward, you know what his college tape looked like.

02:29Extremely intriguing.

02:31He doesn't have a lot of help there.

02:33The belief around the league has been for several weeks, if and when, and they did, let go of Brian Callahan,

02:39that they would look for a coach from the offensive side of the football.

02:41The two names I'd been given weeks ago, we'll move them forward here, is Arthur Smith, a 10-year assistant for the Titans.

02:49Worked his way up from quality control to tight ends to OC.

02:54And obviously, he would move on to the Falcons to become a head coach.

02:59I know it didn't work out for him with the Falcons, but he's done a good job.

03:04I know that the Steelers are pretty happy with him as their offense coordinator.

03:07He's very well liked by ownership there in Tennessee, I'm told.

03:10And then Matt Nagy was a direct connection to General Manager Mike Borgonzi.

03:14They worked together for a number of years with the Chiefs.

03:17Obviously, Nagy's work with Patrick Mahomes is a big factor there.

03:21One name, and we'll add names as we go along, but the other name that I've been given is Joe Brady,

03:27the offense coordinator for the Bills, who did a great job.

03:29I've got to give this guy credit, Joe.

03:31He's rebuilt his career.

03:33I hear you.

03:35But he's a really smart guy.

03:37Now, he's very young.

03:39If you're a guy who wants to be a head coach or an offense coordinator, that's the difference here.

03:42But he's going to get a look.

03:43Trust me.

03:44He's done a great job with Josh Allen.

03:46After getting fired from the Panthers three years ago, midseason, he's done a great job to revive his career.

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