Carson Wentz addressed the media for the first time since arriving at Eagles training camp and the Birds star addressed the elephant in the room, which was his snub from the NFL Top-100 Players list.
Despite leading the Eagles to the playoffs, having better stats than both players ahead of him, and having the first 4,000 yard passing season in franchise history, Wentz was omitted from the Top-100 Players list despite Kyler Murray and Josh Allen being named to the list.
On Thursday Wentz addressed the slight and handled it in a similar fashion to the way he responds to disrespect, with class and a singular focus.
“I usually don’t get caught up in a lot of that stuff. … You can always use anything and everything as a little bit of extra motivation. It is what it is.”
Wentz stated that he can use anything for extra motivation, but that he’s “not losing sleep over not appearing in the NFL Top 100 list.”
Wentz went on to say that he’s taking a “glass-half-full” approach in terms of the 2020 season happening. Wentz also said he respects & understands any decision to opt-out of the season.
