After a 2020 season of the National Football League (NFL) before obscurity, where he didn’t even end up being a starter, the quarterback Carson Wentz is leaving Philadelphia Eagles after five seasons, and it is already known what his new professional destination will be.
As revealed by the insider Adam Schefter, off the chain ESPN, the quarterback reported that the Pennsylvania franchise has decided to swap out whoever was chosen as No. 2 of the 2016 Draft and take him to Indianapolis Colts, going back “A choice from the third round in 2021 and a conditional choice from the second round in 2022 that could become the first.”
In this way an important phase in the career of Wentz, 28 years old and from the state of North Dakota, where he reached win Super Bowl LII in 2017, and he was the first quarterback in history to have a 4,000-yard season without a single receiver with at least 500 receiving yards.
Philadelphia has agreed to trade Carson Wentz to the Indianapolis Colts in exchange for a 2021 third round and a 2022 conditional second round that could turn into a first, league sources say. @mortreport and I.
– Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter)
February 18, 2021
Wentz comes to the Colts
Remember that the quarterback was one of the highest paid in the entire league, receiving a total salary of last season $ 59.1 million, and the Indiana franchise will take over the balance of the contract extension it signed with Philadelphia in 2020.
It should be noted that the transfer will only become official in the eyes of the NFL Wednesday, March 17, when the 2021 season officially kicks off and Wentz will take the space in the onslaught of the Colts left behind by the veteran Phillip Rivers, who retired at the age of 39.
Last season, the Raleigh, North Carolina born 57.4 percent of his steps, for 2,620 meters with 16 touchdowns and 15 interceptions