Carson Wentz struggled so much during the Vikings’ loss to the Bills on “Monday Night Football” that Troy Aikman had just about had enough when the Minnesota quarterback nearly threw a pick at the end of the third quarter.
Wentz had his foot stepped on as he went to throw the ball, which would have been intercepted by Terrel Bernard had he not dropped the ball.
“I don’t think it mattered. I mean, I know he got stepped on, but this ball was probably going to be intercepted, or at least he doesn’t catch it,” an exasperated Aikman said on the ESPN broadcast after Joe Buck noted that Wentz’s foot was stepped on, likely leading to the near pick.
“Kevin O’Connell’s beside himself,” Aikman added later. “Joe you go back to the conversation we had earlier, just think how prolific this offense was a couple of years ago in 2024. … This was a prolific offense and they’ve been a shell of themselves ever since.”
Wentz completed 8 of 25 passes for a mere 81 yards and two interceptions before he was taken out late in the fourth quarter for undrafted rookie Max Brosmer during the ugly Week 9 defeat at the hands of the Bills.
“We never got Carson in a rhythm,” Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell said in his postgame press conference. “Tried a bunch of tools to see if we could help that happen and I didn’t do a good enough job doing that.”
Wentz finished with an 8.9 passer rating, the lowest by any QB with a minimum of 25 passing attempts since the “seeing ghosts” Sam Darnold game against the Patriots in 2019, according to ESPN Insights.
The Vikings, who traded J.J. McCarthy to the Giants in late September, were without starting quarterback Kyler Murray because of a hamstring injury.
