Darren Sproles sounds off on Carson Wentz, including his reluctance to listen to coaching, as well as not wanting to run the same offense

I didn’t expect to be hearing more about the Carson Wentz situation in Philadelphia in the year 2024, but here we are given the circumstances. Former Eagles running back Darren Sproles appeared on Desean Jackson & LeSean McCoy’s podcast where they dove specifically into the Super Bowl team.

As you’d expect, Wentz was a big topic of conversation and Sproles touched on a wide range of things that went south, including the former Eagles quarterback’s reluctance to listen to coaching, not wanting to run the same offense, as well as his favoritism towards throwing the ball to Zach Ertz.

At the time the narrative around Wentz only throwing to Ertz seemed like a joke, but it turns out there was real friction that it caused among the locker room. Or so it seemed, as it apparently pissed off Darren Sproles. But, that’s besides the point here because when you look back on the entire situation, it was an aspect that not only hurt Wentz but it negatively effected the team and the offense.

Sure, the Eagles had injuries in that receiving room, but it still doesn’t make up for his lack of leadership and his inability to elevate those around him. Which by the way, was something Nick Foles had no issues doing. In fact, that is something that made Foles so beloved as the quarterback, was his selflessness and his knack for seeing the best in others on and off the football field.

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Darren Sproles on the Carson Wentz/Nick Foles dynamic

I don’t think this stuff should really come as a surprise given everything we already learned and knew about how the Carson Wentz era in Philadelphia played out. However, this was really the first time we had a player come outright and be definitive about the situation. It has seemed like players have seemingly tried to avoid questions about Wentz or just give very vague responses to them.

Darren Sproles did not hold back whatsoever here. For what it’s worth, Darren was also the one who confronted Wentz when he was having a bad attitude when Nick Foles took over the helm and lead the team to it’s first Super Bowl win in franchise history.

There’s a difference between confronting a teammate in the moment, and airing out that dirty laundry to the media. Which, if you remember correctly, a few years ago Sproles appeared on Kay Adam’s show and had to do everything in his power not to talk bad about Carson Wentz.

It took everything in Darren Sproles to not talk bad about Carson Wentz pic.twitter.com/isBmSk46sw

— Crossing Broad (@CrossingBroad) November 19, 2022

Jeff McLane was all over this at the time, and here’s what he had to say.

“Sometime before the championship game, Wentz voiced his displeasure with the Eagles’ success to a group of other injured players, sources with direct knowledge of the incident said. One of the players immediately confronted him and the two eventually had to be separated.”

We’ve heard it hinted before that the only coaches Wentz really responded to were John DeFilippo and Frank Reich. And when those guys left, things reportedly went downhill fast. The Eagles ended up promoting Press Taylor, who was more of a buddy to Wentz than a coach. How does that even happen? You’d think any quarterback would kill to be part of the offense that won their team a Super Bowl without them. Instead, we got rumors that he basically went rogue on the system, did his own thing, and wouldn’t take feedback.

It turns out that all those Eagles fans at the time who swore Nick Foles should have remained the Eagles starting quarterback, weren’t so wrong after all. So, as someone who rode the Wentz wagon a little too long, I sincerely apologize.

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