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Mike Wells ESPN Staff Writer
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- Previously operated at Indianapolis Star, covering the Indiana Pacers for 9 periods
- Also coveredVikings for St Paul Pioneer Press
INDIANAPOLIS– Evidently no quantity of cash will certainly obtain quarterback Carson Wentz hisNo 11 jacket with his brand-new group, the Indianapolis Colts.
Colts second-year receiver Michael Pittman Jr., that presently usesNo 11, states he has actually spoken to Wentz concerning the number, as well as the solution is no on a feasible button.
“I am number 11,” Pittman informed TMZSports “… I don’t think there’s any deal that is gonna be done.”
It’s not unusual for gamers on brand-new groups to shop their favored jacket number for a huge quantity of cash from among their colleagues.
The Colts settled on Thursday to get Wentz to be their brand-new beginning quarterback from the Philadelphia Eagles for a 2021 third-round choice as well as 2022 second-round choice that can develop into a first-round choice.
Wentz usedNo 11 while at North Dakota State University as well as throughout his very first 5 years with the Eagles.
“Yeah, so I spoke to [Carson] and he was just seeing how locked in I was to No. 11, and I told him I was locked in — and he was like, ‘That’s cool, bro, because I’m probably gonna switch anyway,'” Pittman informed TMZSports “… He asked me very respectfully, and I just appreciated him for that. I think he’s a great dude, because lots of guys with his status, they would come in and demand and stuff like that.”
Pittman usedNo 6 in university at USC, after that began his Colts profession withNo 86 prior to pickingNo 11.