Quarterback Carson Wentz hit Philadelphia for the first time since being drafted No. 2 overall on Thursday night and got a couple of other firsts out of the way in short order.
There was the first time being booed, although it seems to be the work of just a couple of overheated adult autograph seekers, and the first time being asked about Sam Bradford, who the Eagles say he’ll be sharing a quarterback room with this season. Bradford isn’t talking to the team at the moment because of Wentz’s arrival and wants to be traded, something the Eagles say they won’t do, and Wentz kept his head down when asked by Reuben Frank and Derrick Gunn of CSN Philly about the situation.
Wentz noted that Bradford’s situation and his own spot on the depth chart are “out of my control entirely” and that he plans to just compete and learn in the weeks and months to come. He also said that he doesn’t know much about Bradford because his football watching habits tilted to more accomplished practitioners of the game.
“Yeah, I’ve seen him play a little bit,” Wentz said. “Obviously I know he was a top pick and everything, not too many years ago, and obviously I know he was with the Rams and everything, and now here. But you know, I haven’t watched a ton of film on him. I watched a lot of film on guys like Brady and Manning and Rodgers, those types of things. So I don’t know as much as some of the other guys.”
We shall see how his passes look on the field, but Wentz doesn’t seem to have any problem making the jump from the FCS to the NFL in terms of throwing shade.