Kieffer on Wentz

[Racehorse]

That last part looks an awful lot like the article written a year ago.

[CletusPyle]

We should have known there would be some coach(es), with enough confidence in their ability, that they could bring out the best in Wentz. Rivera is a confident, almost arrogant guy, I'm sure he believes that he can play to Wentz's strengths and avoid putting him in situations where he fails.

I will be paying attention to it, I saw moments from Wentz that leads me to believe that under the right situation, he could be very effective and successful! I wish Wentz well, but I am glad we are moving on from him!

[Hoopsdoc]

Originally Posted by CletusPyle

We should have known there would be some coach(es), with enough confidence in their ability, that they could bring out the best in Wentz. Rivera is a confident, almost arrogant guy, I'm sure he believes that he can play to Wentz's strengths and avoid putting him in situations where he fails.

I will be paying attention to it, I saw moments from Wentz that leads me to believe that under the right situation, he could be very effective and successful! I wish Wentz well, but I am glad we are moving on from him!

Color me extremely skeptical that if Reich couldn’t get enough out of him anyone else can.

[Oldcolt]

Reich didn’t have a full off season to work with him If it only was his play at QB he has such incredible physical talent I have to believe they would give it another year to try to fix. The guy was and is very tough to root for, not exactly sure what it is but I just couldn’t get behind him. He got very tepid support from the locker room both here and in Phili. I wish him best going forward but……here we go again. Sucks

[1965southpaw]

Originally Posted by Oldcolt

Reich didn’t have a full off season to work with him If it only was his play at QB he has such incredible physical talent I have to believe they would give it another year to try to fix. The guy was and is very tough to root for, not exactly sure what it is but I just couldn’t get behind him. He got very tepid support from the locker room both here and in Phili. I wish him best going forward but……here we go again. Sucks

I lost confidence in Wentz in one our our close losses last year that we should have won. I think it was the Tampa Bay game but someone correct me if I’m wrong. It was the second half after a very successful first half with JT running the ball. Inexplicably we went a second half exclusively throwing the ball and not engaging JT. I recall that in the day or so after the loss that Reich explained that Wentz had 8 or 9 RPO plays in his arsenal and called Pass every time.

Reich wasn’t one to throw a player(especially his protégée) under the bus so that stuck with me. Besides his bad decision making under pressure, he strikes me as a selfish player (A la Jeff George). He seems to need to be the hero/savior. A really good leader recognizes other talent and uses all those pieces to win. I wish him well in Washington unless he’s playing the Colts, but I don’t think this pattern of behavior is going to change.

[Hoopsdoc]

Originally Posted by 1965southpaw

I lost confidence in Wentz in one our our close losses last year that we should have won. I think it was the Tampa Bay game but someone correct me if I’m wrong. It was the second half after a very successful first half with JT running the ball. Inexplicably we went a second half exclusively throwing the ball and not engaging JT. I recall that in the day or so after the loss that Reich explained that Wentz had 8 or 9 RPO plays in his arsenal and called Pass every time.

Reich wasn’t one to throw a player(especially his protégée) under the bus so that stuck with me. Besides his bad decision making under pressure, he strikes me as a selfish player (A la Jeff George). He seems to need to be the hero/savior. A really good leader recognizes other talent and uses all those pieces to win. I wish him well in Washington unless he’s playing the Colts, but I don’t think this pattern of behavior is going to change.

For me, I was done with him after the interception in overtime against Tennessee. That was just unbelievably bad. A winning player doesn’t make such a boneheaded mistake in such a big moment.

I knew right then we would never win anything with him. No team ever will with him as a starter.

[nate505]

Everyone has their play I'm sure. Mine was during the Raiders game, where he had a chance to run for like 10-20 yards (maybe more) but instead throws a pass to a covered Hines 9 yards down the field. At best Hines catches the pass and gets dropped there for a 9 yard gain. Instead he doesn't catch the pass, incomplete.

I don't understand why any QB makes that decision. Even Manning at his ultimate statue-esque prime would have ran.

[IndyNorm]

Originally Posted by Oldcolt

Reich didn’t have a full off season to work with him If it only was his play at QB he has such incredible physical talent I have to believe they would give it another year to try to fix. The guy was and is very tough to root for, not exactly sure what it is but I just couldn’t get behind him. He got very tepid support from the locker room both here and in Phili. I wish him best going forward but……here we go again. Sucks

Maybe. Guessing that since Wentz really regressed for the 2nd half of the season rather than progressed (or at least plateaued) that Irsay/Ballard/Reich thought that an offseason probably wasn't going to help. Also, could be Wentz refused to pit in the extra time to get better during the season and showed no signs that he would change that going into next year.