Collectively, it earned him a game ball postgame from head coach Sean McVay.
“It felt like football again,” Wentz said of the feeling of winning in a rivalry game. “For starters, I’ve barely been here, so to feel the sense of the rivalry is different. That’s a good football team over there and we’ll see if we run into each other again. It was fun to go down there and not only get the touchdown, but then get the two point conversion and see the defense get some stops like that. It was big. We knew we were playing some backups there. It’s a different type of ball game, but anytime you come away with a win in this league, it’s a good time.”
McVay said they did some different things operationally, in terms of Wentz going off of a wristband and having offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur call the plays, but was pleased with how both handled that.
“I thought Carson Wentz made a bunch of plays with his legs, obviously made some big plays with his arm,” McVay said.
Wentz will resume his backup role this week as the Rams prepare for their playoff opener, but he’ll still have the same attitude as when he first signed with L.A. And he’ll continue to enjoy this new journey he’s grateful for.
“Absolutely,” Wentz said. “It was a weird year being at home and all those things, but not only just to be a part of this team, but a winning culture. To just see how it’s done here, it’s a very different system for me. There’s a lot of different things. It’s a really young team, which has brought a lot of the joy back in the game because we got guys that are just having so much fun out there. A lot of these rookies, you can just see the joy that they play this game with. Sometimes when you get older and you become a veteran, it can just be kind of monotonous. Seeing the joy that these guys are playing with and their energy has really revitalized the game a little bit. I’m just seeing it from a different lens. It’s been fun and I’m thankful that I’ve been here.”
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