Carson Wentz Apologized To Vikings Equipment Staff For Slamming Helmet On Sideline

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It was a reliable nighttime for Carson Wentz.

Already dealing pinch an injured near enarthrosis coming into Thursday night's game, Wentz seemed to aggravate nan wounded during nan first half and played done visible symptom for overmuch of nan 2nd half successful a 37-10 conclusion astatine nan hands of nan Chargers. Even though it was Wentz's non-throwing shoulder, nan wounded seemed to fuss nan Vikings signal-caller, who threw for conscionable 144 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception.

So naturally, location was immoderate vexation connected Wentzs' part. And he showed immoderate of that vexation successful a infinitesimal caught by nan Prime Video broadcast, successful which he slammed his helmet successful anger connected nan sidelines.

Wentz caught immoderate flak from Prime Video expert Kirk Herbstreit for his affectional outburst, and he admitted it possibly was not nan champion look while speaking to reporters aft nan game.

"Yeah I'm not proud of that," Wentz said. "Apologize to nan instrumentality guys for that. But yeah, I was successful a bully magnitude of symptom there."

Wentz admitted that it was "quite possibly" nan astir extended symptom he'd been successful complete nan people of a game, and told reporters that he wore much harnesses and wraps connected his near enarthrosis than he ever had successful an effort to stabilize nan non-throwing shoulder.

Wentz, erstwhile asked by reporters, said he didn't judge his throwing mechanics were compromised by nan enarthrosis injury.

"I don't deliberation so," Wentz said. "I don't deliberation throwing wise. That's honestly why I felt assured to go. I felt I could do my job. I thought I could propulsion nan ball. Thankfully, you don't request your near enarthrosis each that overmuch to propulsion nan football. So mechanically, throwing wise, I felt for illustration I could do everything I needed to do."

And Wentz refused to usage nan enarthrosis wounded arsenic an excuse for nan Vikings' underwhelming violative output.

"No I didn't," Wentz said erstwhile asked if he ever felt he needed to exit nan game. "Pain is pain. I felt for illustration I could still thief this squad and find a measurement to spell down and people and each that stuff. So, we knew that coming into nan crippled that that was going to beryllium portion of it. And that's nan reliable portion of Thursday nighttime games.

"Just don't rather get nan chance to recover. But that's nary excuse by immoderate means. When I'm playing retired there, I felt fine."