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Carson Wentz, the Savvy Vet

On Sunday, he’ll be a play away from facing the Baltimore Ravens in Week 2 of the regular season.

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“Without a doubt, there’s going to be a lot of excitement for me and for a lot of these guys playing prime time football”, Wentz said. We’ve got a new quarterback. He struggled in the preseason – he took two safeties in the opener – and was supposed to be allowed to develop while watching from the sideline.

In addition, in the one game the Browns won a year ago with McCown starting, he set a club record by passing for 457 yards in their overtime win over the Baltimore Ravens. The last thing any team will want to hear is the new starting quarterback actively packing it in for the next 15 games. “I have only missed eight games in my career due to injury”, Griffin said. “My experiences in life have shown me what I need to do to make sure I am ready to roll”. We never throw that in practice, but in the game that’s what we saw and he hit it. “At the same time, enjoy the moment, you don’t get many of these, especially on Monday night”. “I was just trying to get out of bounds, and that’s just the way it unfolded”. “Nothing’s too big for him and we just felt very comfortable once we made the trade with Sam to Minnesota to go ahead and start him”. He calls himself a business guy, but America’s got a lot of businessmen and women who succeeded without hiding their tax returns, leaving behind a trail of lawsuits, workers who didn’t get paid, people feeling like they got cheated. He’s third on the depth chart. That he said he was a Bears fan to the Philly crowd, who then gave him a chorus of boos, might be the best part of the story.

President Barack Obama mentioned North Dakota-born Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz while speaking in Philadelphia Tuesday, Sept. 13.

He threw six passes against the Browns that traveled 16 or more yards in the air and completed five of them for 120 yards and both of his touchdowns – a 35-yard pass to Agholor and a 19-yard scoring toss to Jordan Matthews.

“[Wentz] is pretty damn impressive”, said Bears defensive coordinator Vic Fangio. He had a good game, a great game if you guys want to term it that, and I respect that. “He is a fine young man and they have good coaches and a good organization, and he is going to do well for them, but that was one game. I look forward to getting back out there”. “The more success he has on the football field, all the off the field stuff will take care of itself”. The reality may just be the Browns are just that bad where they will be in contention for the top overall pick in the spring.

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BALANCED ATTACK: The Eagles mixed the run and pass well against the Browns and dominated time of possession, a rarity under Chip Kelly.

Sep 11 2016 Philadelphia PA USA Cleveland Browns quarterback Robert Griffin III passes in front of the rush attempt of Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Nigel Bradham during the second half at Lincoln Financial Field. The Philadelphia Eagles