Carson Wentz defends Kevin O'Connell, Vikings over controversial in-game decision

"This isn't my first rodeo," Wentz said while speaking with reporters on Wednesday, per Kevin Seifert of ESPN. "I'm not an idiot. I know what I was signing up for going out there. Nobody was forcing me, pressuring me, any of those things." "The public backlash and different things that I'm being told are out there, I think, is personally kind of crazy," Wentz said about reactions some have had to O'Connell keeping the signal-caller in the Chargers game. "Nobody's in this building. Nobody's in these conversations. Nobody knows what's truly going on and transpiring behind these walls. And I can just honestly say this place has been super supportive and super helpful this whole time, and I'm grateful for that." "It's fun," Wentz added about attempting to play through his shoulder discomfort. "I'm not going to lie. It's fun. It's what I grew up dreaming of doing. And when you lose it for a little bit, it's hard to want to give it up. So even with pain, and all the things that I knew were going to come with it, [I wanted] to play. I want to be out there, and I want to be helping this team however I can."