The longer the Carson Wentz saga drags out, and the longer everyone waits, one thing is starting to become more-and-more clear — the Chicago Bears definitely want Wentz.
Speaking to Colin Cowherd on Monday morning, Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer laid out the latest between Wentz, Chicago and the Indianapolis Colts, and it seems if Wentz wants out of Philadelphia, he might have to accept going to the Bears.
Breer’s comments:
“I think Chicago is the front runner this morning. I do know that there is a feeling inside the building from Ryan Pace, the coaching staff, Matt Naggy, John DeFilippo, their pass-game coordinator who got two of the best years out of Carson Wentz in 2016 and 2017 as his quarterback coach, they believe mechanically they can fix him. Now one of the issues with Carson Wentz is he hasn’t always responded well to hard coaching and so that is something they would have to get past, because DeFilippo was the bad cop in Philadelphia. I think the issue right now Colin is where Carson Wentz wants to go. I think it has become pretty clear he’d rather go to Indianapolis. I think part of it now for the Eagles is if our best return right now is Chicago over Indy, then we need to convince Carson Wentz this is the only place you are going, and you need to buck up and accept this and realize the Bears are going to give you a good chance.
I can understand why Carson Wentz would be skeptical. Look, Indianapolis, they are stable. Chris Ballard, Frank Reich, they are going nowhere. In Chicago you would be going to play for guys whose jobs would be on the line in 2021. But I think it’s pretty clear at this point the Bears have pushed harder than the Colts to get Carson Wentz, the Eagles are probably going to get their best return with Carson Wentz going to Chicago, and I think the last piece of it becomes can you convince Carson Wentz it is the best thing to do, because I think the Bears would like to know that Wentz is on board before pulling the trigger on a trade.”
Breer is right — the Bears would be in many ways a tougher situation for Wentz than Indianapolis. The uncertainty in the coaching staff and the (potential) presence of Nick Foles doesn’t sound like the ideal landing spot for Wentz.
The issue seems to be that when Wentz started to force this trade, chances are he believed the Colts would be his landing spot. If the Colts aren’t going to meet the Eagles’ asking price, and the Bears swoop in to trade for him, you have to wonder if Wentz would end up regretting his decision to force his way out of Philadelphia.
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