I still don’t get why the Kansas City Chiefs thought it was a good idea to bring
Carson Wentz into their building. While I fully understand that he is immensely talented, he is incredibly inconsistent.
More importantly, you don’t want your backup quarterback to be in the headlines, especially when you have a
Super Bowl three-peat to pursue. Someone has to back up Patrick Mahomes, but maybe not Wentz?
In the Chiefs’ 26-13 preseason win over the weekend vs. the Jacksonville Jaguars,
all four of the Kansas City quarterbacks who played, including Mahomes,
completed at least 70 percent of their passes. While Wentz was a perfect 4-for-4 on his passing attempts, he only threw
for 26 yards and fumbled the ball on his two drives that ended with punts. Ian Book and Chris Oladokun played well.
While Book is nothing more than a third-stringer in the league, Kansas City has kept Oladokun around and on the roster the last few years. The former South
Dakota State standout could conceivably emerge as the guy to serve as Mahomes’ primary backup. We are looking for a
guy to be what Blaine Gabbert was for the Chiefs a year ago, as well as through the better part of his career in the league.
Gabbert may have been a first-round bust as well, but he was a sound backup and a great teammate.
Kansas City Chiefs are making a mistake with Carson Wentz as backup
Look. The Chiefs are not that different than most teams. If their starting quarterback goes down for any extended
stretch of time, they are largely screwed. While Wentz does possess some of that
ad-libber magic that makes Mahomes so good, he loves to die on the field with every play. He is probably the most
inherently reckless former first-round quarterback I have ever covered in my writing career.
