The Minnesota Vikings, dogwalked by the Los Angeles Chargers, 37-10, Amazon Prime(time). All eyes on Kimani Vidal and Justin Herbert playing keepaway from the toddlers on the Vikings defense—while Carson Wentz, teary-eyed, unable to withstand the Chargers pass rush—played like he knew his time in the NFL was coming to an end.
The holy trinity of worst-case scenarios occurred for Minnesota.
Carson Wentz’s shoulder falling out of the socket, Minnesota’s left tackle, Christian Darrisaw, exiting early reaggravating a knee injury, Los Angeles returning Khalil Mack.
K MACK‼️
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— Los Angeles Chargers (@chargers) October 24, 2025
Carson Wentz—despite yelping in agony, Tom and Jerry-style, whenever he clapped his hands to break the huddle—battled through the pain, into the 4th quarter—before throwing an interception to seal the game for Los Angeles and a piledriver directly onto his battered shoulder.
Down 24 points w/ 6 mins left in the game, this man’s arm is falling off the bone, and he’s still taking hits…
The Vikings coaching staff CLEARLY don’t GAF about Carson Wentz’s health and well-being… CLEARLY!!! pic.twitter.com/Zp6eVISvf8
— 🇺🇸BROWN SPIDER ADVENTURES!!!🇱🇷 #D4L (15-2) (@BrownSpiderCLE) October 24, 2025
By the end of his night, Wentz was begging for a medevac lift.
Carson Wentz understands this is the finish line for his NFL career.
The 2017 All-Pro QB (3rd in MVP voting), tore his ACL, lost the Eagles locker room, watched Nick Foles win a Super Bowl from the sidelines, interception-spammed, clipboard holding—until signing with his hometown-ish team in Minnesota.
A JJ McCarthy ankle injury gifted Carson one last chance to redeem himself, to rewrite his story.
On Thursday, he threw for 144 yards with 1 touchdown, 1 interception, a 23.2 QBR and was sacked 5 times—all increasingly more painful looking.
Wentz has the 4th-highest sack percentage in the league.
He became the Vikings starter and made their scouts start working OT to search for top first round talent.
Watching Carson Wentz, knowing, if he doesn’t beat the Chargers, JJ McCarthy’s ankle magically restored to mint condition come Monday AM—we could see he was willing to die on that field before we went back to the bottom of the depth chart, never to be seen again.
Honestly, shout out Vikings head coach, Kevin McCarthy.
The broadcast questioned why Wentz was still in the game with the team down 20 in the 4th and Carson moving like he’s sneaking away from a car crash. Coach McCarthy let Wentz have his final hero moment—getting sacked into the Earth’s crust one last time.
Carson Wentz isn’t good.
Feels like there’s a disconnect between what his brain wants and what his body does—frequently bulleting passes to receivers 5 yards away from the target—no touch to drop the ball in on a receiver on the run.
Nope, bullets in general directions and places—like he *knows* where the receivers are supposed to be on any given pass play—but is so frantic and hurried, rockets the ball there before his guys even make their moves.
And unfortunately, for Carson specifically, usually a defender’s present, ready for the easy interception.
What’s next for Carson Wentz?
He can’t play in the NFL anymore.
It’s too fast for him and his ligaments are dust.
We cannot allow this man to Ben Kenobi sacrifice himself because he wants to feel like “the guy”—when he isn’t the guy, he never really was the guy and will never become the guy.
Maybe he can coach back in North Dakota, teach a new generation the art of the pick six.
Whatever Carson does next, the NFL must prevent this maniac from turning himself into a martyr, dying on the field because he doesn’t want to work on his LinkedIn page.
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