{"id":235003,"date":"2021-09-20T11:18:37","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T16:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=235003"},"modified":"2021-09-20T13:20:50","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T18:20:50","slug":"carson-wentz-injures-both-ankles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=235003","title":{"rendered":"Carson Wentz, injures both ankles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.profootballrumors.com\/2021\/09\/latest-on-colts-carson-wentz-2\">Indianapolis Colts<\/a> quarterback <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/W\/WentCa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Carson Wentz<\/a><\/strong> is dealing injuries to both of his ankles (Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet\/status\/1439962170608037889\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">link<\/a> via NFL.com\u2019s Ian Rapoport).\u00a0Wentz will undergo tests Monday to learn more, but this doesn\u2019t bode well for his future availability.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.profootballrumors.com\/files\/2021\/09\/USATSI_16786424.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-227231 size-medium lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.profootballrumors.com\/files\/2021\/09\/USATSI_16786424-284x300.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.profootballrumors.com\/files\/2021\/09\/USATSI_16786424-284x300.jpg 284w, https:\/\/cdn.profootballrumors.com\/files\/2021\/09\/USATSI_16786424-768x811.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.profootballrumors.com\/files\/2021\/09\/USATSI_16786424-970x1024.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.profootballrumors.com\/files\/2021\/09\/USATSI_16786424-900x950.jpg 900w\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"300\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wentz was forced out in the fourth quarter against the Rams on Sunday. That\u2019s when his right ankle twisted underneath <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/D\/DonaAa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Aaron Donald<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>He rolled it up pretty bad<\/em>,\u201d Colts coach <strong>Frank Reich<\/strong> said (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/32239051\/carson-wentz-injures-right-ankle-indianapolis-colts-loss-los-angeles-rams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">ESPN.com<\/a>). \u201c<em>I had a sense when he walked off the field. It didn\u2019t look good. Sometimes if you go back in right away when it\u2019s still warm you can maybe gut out a few more plays. The longer we were off the field, it stiffened up and he tried, but there was no chance<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, we know that Wentz\u2019s left ankle is also in bad shape. Second-year quarterback <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/E\/EasoJa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Jacob Eason<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 who stepped in and went on to lob an interception \u2014 will likely start for the Colts in Week 3 and possibly longer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Felt it right away. Tried to tape it up and do everything I could to finish the game<\/em>,\u201d Wentz said. \u201c<em>I\u2019ve sprained my ankle probably 100 times since I was a kid. This one I just couldn\u2019t play on it<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Colts, now at 0-2, badly need to get in the win column. They\u2019ll likely be without Wentz on Sunday when they face the Titans in Nashville. After that, they\u2019ve got two more road games before they return home to Indy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indianapolis Colts quarterback Carson Wentz is dealing injuries to both of his ankles (Twitter link via NFL.com\u2019s Ian Rapoport).\u00a0Wentz will undergo tests Monday to learn more, but this doesn\u2019t bode well for his future availability.\u00a0 Wentz was forced out in the fourth quarter against the Rams on Sunday. That\u2019s when [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":233669,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=235003"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":235010,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235003\/revisions\/235010"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/233669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=235003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=235003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=235003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}