What really irks me about Rivera's comment about Wentz, is when I compare it to what is happening in the Ram's organization with their injury ridden O line, leading them to settle for second and third string players. Stafford's results are fairly equivalent. Sean McVay is very open about Matt Stafford's struggles being the O line. Saying openly, they need to help him. Stafford has been sacked 21 times already and has only scored only 1 TD in the last 9 quarters. And he has thrown 7 INT's and 5 TD's, with a QBR of 47.8. Now, one thing I would concede is, maybe McVay is being generous with Stafford because they just came off a SB winning season? I don't know. He might have done exactly what Rivera did with Wentz in his press conference if they did not win it all last year. But the fact is, Wentz had a decent O line last year in Indy and only threw 7 INT's all season. I just think Rivera is being perceptually narrow, and not considering all of the reasons for Wentz's struggles. Some of it is definitely on him, but not all of it.
So, while I agree with Alex Smith a bit regarding his take on Rivera, I think Alex may still be a little bitter about being let go by Rivera.