Carson Wentz’s playoff debut ended prematurely nearly two months ago after Jadeveon Clowney drove his helmet into Wentz’s back, causing the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback to slam his head into the turf.

The playoff game against the Seattle Seahawks at Lincoln Financial Field was less than a quarter old. And Wentz exited the eventual loss and did not return because of a concussion.

In the aftermath, coach Doug Pederson said he didn’t see the hit and wouldn’t comment on whether Clowney should have been called for a penalty. Left tackle Jason Peters said it was a dirty play, but various defensive players toed a line when discussing it.

But it remains clear that the circumstances and outcome of that game have lingered with the Eagles, especially executive vice president/general manager Howie Roseman.

Roseman appeared on the SportsRadio 94WIP Morning Show on Wednesday morning, and host Angelo Cataldi pressed Roseman about the hit and on Wentz and his reaction.

Roseman offered up quite a reaction (as transcribed by WIP):

"We thought that was a foul. We're sick to our stomach about the way the season ended for our team, for Carson in particular, but we're not in a position to lose draft picks dude. I can't do that. I can't do that. So you're gonna get me in a situation where I'm gonna say something and I'm gonna lose draft picks, we're gonna lose draft picks, we're gonna get fined. I can't do that. That doesn't make sense either because it doesn't put us back in time. I don't have like back to the future time machine that I can go back and change it.

“I’m sick about it. (Head coach) Doug (Pederson) is sick about it. (Owner) Jeffrey (Lurie) is sick about. Our whole organization is sick about. We’re there, we have a home playoff game, eight plays in. Come on, you know that. There’s no disconnect. We’re sick about it. It should have been a foul.”

You can listen to the full interview here.

Wentz played just nine snaps in his first career playoff game. He was 1 of 4 for three yards and took a sack. He was relieved by Josh McCown, who played a significant portion of the night on a torn hamstring and finished 18 of 24 for 174 yards and took six sacks. McCown couldn’t rally the Eagles back in a 17-9 loss.

Wentz’s concussion, which comes after he missed the 2017 postseason because of a torn ACL and the 2018 postseason because of a stress fracture in his back, was the latest setback for the 27-year-old quarterback.

The 2019 season was the first time Wentz had started all 16 games since his rookie season, and he set a single-season Eagles record with 4,039 passing yards while throwing 27 touchdowns to seven interceptions.

But it’s clear that once again the lasting image of his season will involve an injury.

“I have a knot in my stomach talking about it,” Roseman told Cataldi. “You’re killing my morning.”

Daniel Gallen covers the Philadelphia Eagles for PennLive. He can be reached at dgallen@pennlive.com. You can follow him on Twitter and Facebook. Follow PennLive’s Philadelphia Eagles coverage on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

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