What was suspected to be the case is now officially official: Carson Wentz is the starting quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings this weekend against the Philadelphia Eagles.
Vikes head coach Kevin O’Connell stated as much during his Friday press conference.
Wentz began the 2025 season as J.J. McCarthy’s backup but the second-year signal caller got hurt in Week 2. There was thought that McCarthy might return for Week 7 but he was limited in practice while Wentz was a full participant despite a recent shoulder injury. McCarthy is expected to serve as the emergency third quarterback while undrafted rookie Max Brosmer backs up Wentz.
Wentz is 2-1 in three starts for the Vikings so far this season. He’s completing 69% of his passes, which is nice, for 253 yards per game, five passing touchdowns, and two interceptions. He’s taken 12 sacks and has fumbled once.
On that note, we all know too well that Wentz is prone to losing control of the football. He’s fumbled 74 times in 102 career games played. The Eagles’ pass rush has struggled to notch sacks this season but maybe they can finally get going against Wentz playing behind a banged up offensive line?
The Eagles sacked Wentz nine times the last time (and first time) Philly’s former franchise quarterback started against his original NFL team. That was back in September 2022, when Wentz was playing for the Washington Commanders.
With the Birds entering Sunday as 2.5-point road favorites, they’re expected to win. But if Wentz can lead his Vikings to an upset, the Eagles will suffer their third straight loss to drop to 4-3. Losing would be bad enough. Losing to Wentz would only be salt in the wound.
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