Just like he was for Super Bowl LII a few months ago, Carson Wentz was again a spectator on Friday night at the inaugural AO1 Foundation Charity Softball Game at Citizens Bank Park.
In a press conference before the home run derby, Wentz admitted he took a few swings in the batting screen and even hit two home runs. But he wasn't allowed to participate in the derby or the game for his own event.
"A little bit," Wentz said when asked if it was hard to miss his own event, "but not quite as hard as not playing in practice right now and going full-go. We'll be out there next year."
While Wentz, 25, has been limited in practice, he has been out there some. We've seen him throw footballs during individual periods of practice for the last two weeks.
Carson Wentz looking pretty good. #Eagles pic.twitter.com/lOlXPdcCYv— Dave Zangaro (@DZangaroNBCS) May 22, 2018
"It's been great. It's been great," Wentz said on Friday night, speaking for the first time publicly since the start of OTAs. "I feel good. Seeing the guys competing and everything again it's always just a refreshing sight seeing 90 guys rolling around out there, running around. It's fun. And I feel pretty good with where I'm at."
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Throughout the offseason, Wentz has continued to say his goal is to be ready for Week 1 and it doesn't appear that goal is in jeopardy.
As far as the charity game, Wentz said he sent out a group text to a bunch of players and immediately got a ton of responses. Many of Wentz's teammates were at the event, as well as team brass, including Eagles owner Jeff Lurie.
