Minnesota Vikings quarterback Carson Wentz stuck up for the team on Wednesday after the organization received criticism for letting him play despite nursing a serious shoulder injury.

Wentz said he was fully on board with playing last Thursday against the Los Angeles Chargers , even though he was dealing with a torn labrum that ultimately required season-ending surgery. He added that he never asked coach Kevin O’Connell to take him out of the game, either.

Carson Wentz comments on the situation

“This isn’t my first rodeo,” Wentz said, via Kevin Seifert of ESPN . “I’m not an idiot. I know what I was signing up for going out there. Nobody was forcing me, pressuring me, any of those things.”

Wentz initially suffered the shoulder injury on Oct. 5 against the Cleveland Browns, then pla

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