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Twitter Reacts To Carson Wentz Pick

Apr 28, 2016 at 12:30 PM
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On Thursday night, the Eagles selected quarterback Carson Wentz with the second overall pick the NFL Draft. The North Dakota State standout is the first signal-caller selected by the team in the first round since Donovan McNabb in 1999 and just the second top-five pick by the team since then. After his name was called by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, a handful of his new teammates (and a few others of note) tweeted their congrats to the newly adopted bird…

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