Carson Wentz and Sam Bradford officially became teammates on April 28, when the Eagles selected Wentz with the No. 2 overall pick in the NFL Draft.
Two weeks later, Wentz and Bradford still haven't talked: The rookie hasn't reached out to Bradford, and Bradford hasn't reached out to the rookie.
Theoretically, they're going to have to talk at some point. When that happens, Wentz says it's not going to be awkward.
"Personally, I don't think there will be a lot of tension," Wentz said on Friday, via NFL.com. "People might make it out to be, but the coaches and everybody will be on the same page and I think it will be a really good working relationship for sure."
It's interesting that Wentz mentions a "working relationship" because that's one of the things that could potentially make the situation awkward with Bradford. One of the reasons that Bradford wanted out of Philly is because he didn't think the Eagles would give him a fair shot to win the job.
As Bradford's agent, Tom Condon said recently, the job is eventually going to Wentz no matter what.
"There is no real competition. If you've given up the draft choices [to trade up] and he's the second pick in the draft, he's playing," Condon said in early May. "That's all there is to it."
Wentz doesn't exactly see it that way. The rookie quarterback says that a quarterback competition is something that could benefit the team.
"People want to make it a big situation, but like I said earlier, we'll have a really good working relationship and I think it will benefit the team because we are going to compete," Wentz said. "And really everybody in that quarterback room and in the entire organization is going to compete and push each other, so I think it will only benefit the team."
Wentz sounds like he wants to put the ugliness of the Bradford situation in the rearview mirror.
"It is what it is, honestly. Like I've been saying all along, it's out of my control," Wentz said.
It'll be easy for Wentz to put the Bradford situation behind him because he wasn't really a part of it. The bigger question in Philly is whether or not Bradford will be able to put the situation behind him. If Bradford plays distracted, then Wentz might have an easy time winning the quarterback competition in Philly.
