You often hear professional athletes say they don't listen to talk radio or read the sports stories going on in their city, but in 2020 with social media and the internet, that's nearly impossible.
But apparently, Eagles QB Carson Wentz is so focused and/or removed from that, he truly doesn't pay attention to what's going on in the sports world.
How do we know? In the second quarter of the Eagles' 25-20 win over the 49ers on Sunday night, Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth told the story of how Wentz had no clue the Philadelphia Sixers recently hired Doc Rivers.
"Well, that's Philadelphia talk radio, that's a team that's 0-2-1," Michaels said after playing soundbytes from angry fans on SportsRadio94WIP.
"You always hear about athletes who say, 'I don't listen to the radio, I don't read the newspapers.' And Philadelphia is as tough a town as there is, but with Carson Wentz he may be the first guy we met that we know is not lying when he tells us that. Because we talked to him the other day. We said, 'Hey it's kind of cool Doc Rivers took the 76ers job and that took you guys out of the headlines for a couple of days.
"He had no idea what I was talking about. Total blank."
"He's the only guy who told the truth," Collinsworth replied. "He actually doesn't read the newspapers or listen to the radio!"
"I'm not even sure he knew who Doc Rivers was, much less had taken the job with the 76ers," Michaels said. "And he wasn't kidding. And then, of course, we had a face time with Doc Rivers before the game tonight and Doc said, 'I love that!'
Wentz and the Eagles got back on track with a big road win, to put them at 1-2-1 and remarkably, in first place in the NFC East. Wentz threw for 193 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT and added 37 yards and another score on the ground.
