Jaguars and week 18 to get
into the playoffs. They couldn't get it done. Carson,
Wentz was terrible, turning the ball over twice in the second
half would went still be in Indianapolis. If that game had
gone differently. I talked
with Colts GM, Chris Ballard on that specific topic.
The be right now. Carson Wentz is still on your team right
now. If you guys win that game, right? I don't know. I think we
would have still had some
some I think we still would have had some hard discussions,
you know, just the way we play down the stretch
and we knew we needed to make some some improvements in that
area. And look the one thing
I think Jim and I and Frank, we're all pretty good at is
like when when we know something's not a good fit,
you know, don't don't just try to Justify it.
Let's move forward. We all know we're going to get egg on our
face. That is what it is. I mean, but at the end of
the day, it's about doing the right thing for the organization.
That's so I think even if we would
have ended up in the playoffs,
we would have had some hard discussions
going forward.
Yeah. Hey, I appreciate the Candor and the amazing view as
all of them from yesterday. Joe Shane,
Kevin. Kolbert, Chris Ballard. George Payton, all will be
available PFT but you don't hear that because
they were they were done
done. I totally person what that's what they're telling you
right. The done. I mean and even if they'd made
the playoffs, they were done. I am
stunned.
Frank Reich, didn't get fired.
And I was tempted to get into it with Chris yesterday.
Whatever. How long did it take you to convince Jim irsay to
not fire Frank Reich? Because Reich was the champion
of Carson Wentz.
He's the reason whence was there. He vouched for Carson
Wentz and it blew up on the entire franchise
the whole and it feels like ancient history. Now
the whole vaccination thing that rubbed her say the wrong
way or say did those videos after the season ended standing
outside of his private jet sitting inside of his private
jet, you know, just
He was beside himself
after what happened last year. But
even if they'd won that game and made it to the playoffs,
Wentz, may still have been gone. Amazing, amazing. That's
amazing. It is amazing that they could have made it to
the playoffs in still. Throw him overboard. Yeah. Yeah. I mean,
you know one I mean, yeah, it's the made it life. I'm sure
dicey on Frank Reich.
But yeah, I think he's shown enough that he's a pretty damn
good coach and the fact that he's you know, again, I think
a good human and kind of treats people the right way. Maybe
that gives them the benefit of the doubt but you don't, you
don't. And I also think Ballard and Company. I'm sure we're
on board to this to a degree.
So that's why they can probably put it all on Frank Reich. They
knew they needed a quarterback. It was definitely one of
the better options out there for them last year. But yeah, of
course they were following Frank reich's lead to your, to
your point. No doubt.
No, I mean, to me it's shocking.
Yeah, down the stretch. It wasn't good. We know that
the last two games they weren't good here. The Raiders,
the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Raiders game. As we talked
about. He had covid that week which was in part of this issue
to
In with. So, yeah, they traded assets to get them. They pay
them all this money when things were controversial for this
player. And, you know, he didn't step up to get
vaccinated and it cost them,
you know, the there before that, you know, the Patriots
game. Remember that game on the Saturday night is 547. He was
trying to throw interceptions and lose the game. Down
the stretch. That was questionable. You know, I know I had that
Cardinals game or had a big play and
some plays that helped them win that game.
But yeah, and big moments is when he played his worse.
That's pretty much what there is to it. It but I think
the amazing thing that you and I are like floored by is
it. If this is going Beyond football in the field, there's
this is to me like they were like no way. We don't like this
guy, this human. He's not going to be in our locker room. We
don't want him leading our team. This goes Way Beyond
it to me with the message. They're sending out. I don't
know if you feel that ways as well. I agree with you. I agree
with ya and look, this all gets back to the things that we
consistently hear about Carson Wentz, the lack of leadership.
Girls, the refusal to take code would hard coaching the bad
decisions made during games which manifest the failure
to respond to coaching, whether it's not getting through or
he's ignoring the coaching. Yeah, he continues to do dumb
things. He continues to treat
random routine plays like the last play of the season with
everything riding on it and you got nothing to lose. So I may
as well throw the ball left-handed from my end zone
because what's the worst thing that can happen at this point?
And that's the
problem with Carson Wentz and they just got to the point where
they realized after one year. And, you know,
the
the analogy I used at the time, was he? He felt like he was
the winner last year.
He got out of Philadelphia
because he was given
Safe Harbor with a family member in Indianapolis. Frank
Reich will be frank, understands me. Yeah,
forget those folks, in Philadelphia. They were screwed
him over. I wrong.
I'm right. They're wrong. Yeah, and and that's why I think
there's hope for him in Washington unless there's no
hope for him at all in any NFL City. This is it for him. And
I know enough about Ron Rivera know, he's gonna if he's
probably already
told him in very very candid. Profane terms. What is riding
on his ability to take coaching on his ability to be a better
leader or any leader and he's still, you know, people are
capable. Capable of changing and develop. They are shirring
and requiring
new skills. And the thing about Carson Wentz. It's always dream
me crazy. The hard parts of the job. He can do.
He screws up on the EZ Pass Em, Right. If you get his master
the easy Parts, he'd be really good. Yeah, it's a fair way to
say it because he does have the skit he's got skills and I know
over the last four years you and I have watch games and text
or whatever watch them together. We're going. Wow, I
mean, holy crap. What a play.
Damn. He's got something to bring
but you're right. It could also be like way the pockets.
Perfectly clean and that guy's double covered. And you just
still just said, hey, I'm going to throw it, screw it. Like
what I mean. There is there's a lot of that or the,
you know, just the crazy interception shovel passes or
whatever else.
It's just a little I think it's a little all over the place
from that standpoint and then like we're talking about
I think when you add in then the some of the personal
compliance,
and it was a double whammy and the Colts just said, nope.
We've had enough and we don't want to deal with you anymore.