‘This one felt pretty terrible’: Carson Wentz gets brutally honest about Vikings loss
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The Minnesota Vikings have been one of the NFL’s biggest surprises this season thanks to their defense, but their offense has been a problem for weeks. And on Monday night, with Carson Wentz filling in at quarterback, things got even worse.
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Wentz struggled badly in a 23-6 loss to the Buffalo Bills, completing just eight passes and turning the ball over three times. After the game, the veteran quarterback got brutally honest about his performance, admitting that it “felt pretty terrible” and that he let down a defense that kept the Vikings in the game.
Vikings’ Offensive Struggles
The Vikings started the season 6-0 despite an offense that has ranked near the bottom of the league, and even then, head coach Kevin O’Connell took some heat for it. Minnesota then suffered its first loss of the year, falling 19-15 to the Detroit Lions, and Justin Jefferson’s frustration with the offense became a storyline.
Making matters worse, starting quarterback Kyler Murray suffered a hamstring injury, which left Wentz to make the start against the Bills on Monday Night Football.
It did not go well. Wentz completed 8 of 25 passes for 81 yards with two interceptions, and he also lost a fumble on a backward pass that sailed over Jefferson’s head in the first quarter. He went 1 for 8 in the second half before he was replaced by Max Brosmer midway through the fourth quarter.
Minnesota finished with just 178 total yards, while Josh Allen and the Bills controlled the ball for more than 42 minutes. The loss dropped the Vikings to 6-2.
‘I didn’t help them out’
After the game, Wentz was pretty blunt about his performance as he admitted that it was a “terrible” game.
“This one felt pretty terrible. I’m not going to lie,” Wentz said, via Pro Football Talk.
Wentz said that he felt especially bad because of how well the Vikings’ defense played.
“To go kind of lay an egg, personally, the way I struggled early, especially with our defense playing as good as they’ve been all year, honestly,” Wentz said. “They did it again tonight, and we just didn’t help them out. I didn’t help them out. It’s hard to put my finger on the why.”
O’Connell also took responsibility for the loss, saying that he should have called more running plays given the way the passing game was performing.
“Put tonight 100% on me. It’s not about any one particular player,” O’Connell said, via the Associated Press. “But we’ve got to improve offensively, at a rapid pace.”
Jefferson, who finished with three catches for 58 yards on 11 targets, wouldn’t single out the quarterback.
“I’ve always said it doesn’t really matter who’s throwing the ball, as long as it gets there,” Jefferson said. “That’s all that matters. It’s up to us to make those plays. It’s tough, definitely tough.”
We’ll have to see where the Vikings go from here.
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