Carson Wentz – Nick Foles’ previous phrases offered him on becoming a member of Chiefs

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Carson Wentz had the thought years in the past, when he had no purpose to imagine he would ever play for the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, that it might be a very good factor for him to play for Andy Reid and Matt Nagy.

The thought got here to him from Nick Foles, then a teammate with the Philadelphia Eagles who had performed for Reid in Philadelphia and in Kansas Metropolis and for Nagy with the Chiefs.

“I keep in mind all the nice issues he needed to say about his time right here,” Wentz stated Thursday after he signed his one-year contract with the Chiefs to be Patrick Mahomes’ backup at quarterback. “He completely liked it. He liked working with these guys, and people issues he stated to me again then positively nonetheless rang true in my head as I used to be making this resolution.

“I simply keep in mind all of the constructive issues he stated in regards to the group, coaches. … These issues have been positively an element and gave me slightly extra peace and luxury in understanding what I used to be stepping into.”

Wentz, 31, is on his fifth workforce in 5 seasons as he has made the transition from starter with the Eagles as just lately as 2020 and the Indianapolis Colts and Washington Commanders the subsequent two seasons to backup with the Los Angeles Rams final yr. He acknowledged that, earlier than signing final yr with the Rams later within the season, “It wasn’t essentially essentially the most enjoyable sitting out [and] ready for a name each single week.”

He stated he has accepted that in the intervening time he is a backup and stated that, after some making an attempt moments final yr, he is grateful for each alternative, even when “I am on the sideline, sporting a hat.”

“Why I am right here right now is simply the profitable tradition and seeing it from afar, seeing it across the league for the final couple of years [and admiring] it for years,” Wentz stated.

“That was a giant piece of the puzzle for me. The need to be right here on a profitable workforce, in a very good tradition, in a very good neighborhood with a very good fan base appeared like a very good match.”