Speaker 1: With the second pick in the twenty sixteen NFL Draft,
Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Eagles select Carson Wentz. I'm joined by the
Speaker 1: newest member of the Philadelphia Eagles by way of North
Speaker 1: Dakota State from a different perspect now call it home.
Speaker 1: Hi everyone, I'm Alex Smith, and this is your three
Speaker 1: sixty update. Well, as you can see by that opening,
Speaker 1: it has been quite the turn of events to bring
Speaker 1: us to where we are right now, just a few
Speaker 1: days before the Eagles regular season opener against the Cleveland Browns,
Speaker 1: with Carson Wentz leading the way as the Eagles starting quarterback.
Speaker 1: The biggest domino to fall came just this past weekend
Speaker 1: on Saturday, when the Eagles traded Sam Bradford to the
Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings in exchange for two draft picks. And afterwards
Speaker 1: we heard from Hallie Roseman who said that while this
Speaker 1: wasn't part of the plan to trade Bradford right now,
Speaker 1: it was still an opportunity to move the team four
Speaker 1: word in the right direction, and he's very confident in
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz. Well, the only circumstance that change was this
Speaker 1: trade offer from the Vikings. You know, this was not
Speaker 1: our blueprint, This was not part of the plan. But
Speaker 1: as we sit, we have to be flexible and we
Speaker 1: have to be able to take advantage of opportunities that
Speaker 1: give us an opportunity to get where we want to be.
Speaker 1: And our organization has had run a success at some point,
Speaker 1: but we're trying to get that trophy and to do
Speaker 1: that sometimes you've got to do things like this that
Speaker 1: aren't so easy to do a week before the season starts.
Speaker 1: So just about forty eight hours after the initial trade
Speaker 1: that sent Bradford two Minnesota, we heard from head coach
Speaker 1: Doug Peterson on Monday, who officially named Carson Wentz as
Speaker 1: the Eagles starting quarterback moving forward, with Chase Daniel serving
Speaker 1: as the number two. And while Carson Wentz, of course
Speaker 1: just a rookie, he's only played in one preseason game,
Speaker 1: but the Eagles head coach says that he's seen enough
Speaker 1: to make this choice. What he's done around this building,
Speaker 1: the plays he's made in practice in the one preseason
Speaker 1: games has given me a confidence that he can lead
Speaker 1: this football team and I'm excited. As for Wentz, he
Speaker 1: addressed the members of the media for the first time
Speaker 1: as the Eagles starting quarterback on Monday as well, where
Speaker 1: he explained where he was when he got the news
Speaker 1: that he would be starting Week one against the Cleveland Browns.
Speaker 1: It's actually funny. I was actually laying in the middle
Speaker 1: of a cornfield hunting when that happened. So I got
Speaker 1: the call, and I was obviously very surprised, but instantly
Speaker 1: I was just really excited. So what started back in
Speaker 1: April when the Eagles moved up first from thirteen to
Speaker 1: eight and then from eight to two in order to
Speaker 1: select Carson Wentz out of North Dakota State. That momentum
Speaker 1: has carried all the way over to right now, just
Speaker 1: days before the season opener against Cleveland, where Carson Wentz
Speaker 1: will get the start, the first Eagles quarterback to start
Speaker 1: as a rookie since nineteen thirty nine. It's been quite
Speaker 1: a whirlwind, but fans are ready to see Carson Wentz
Speaker 1: in action. On Sunday afternoon with your three sixty update,
Speaker 1: I'm Alex Smith. H