Painful is the word that likely came to mind for many Minnesota Vikings fans who suffered through all 60 minutes of the team's pitiful performance on Thursday in their Week 8 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers. But that pain wasn't anything close to what Vikings quarterback Carson Wentz was dealing with throughout the matchup.
Wentz entered Thursday's game with a banged-up shoulder, and after getting pummeled over and over again by the Chargers' defense, the veteran quarterback was shown several times on the television broadcast screaming in agony.
Minnesota taking Wentz out of the game and replacing him with undrafted rookie signal-caller Max Brosmer seemed like an easy decision to make, but Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell explained after the matchup why he didn't make a quarterback change until very late in the contest.