Carson Wentz paying off for Colts

The first four weeks of the Carson Wentz experiment in Indianapolis looked like the last couple years of Wentz’s time with the Philadelphia Eagles. 

Wentz was trying to do too much, taking too many sacks, making too many mistakes and not making enough plays to compensate for it. Finally, the last couple weeks, Wentz has turned a corner. That’s win for the Indianapolis Colts, and the Eagles too. 

Wentz looked sharp for the second straight week as the Colts blew out the Houston Texans 31-3. Wentz only had to throw 20 times in the blowout, but had 223 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions. Despite a horrid 0-3 start to the season, the 2-4 Colts will be just a game behind the Tennessee Titans in the AFC South if the Buffalo Bills beat the Titans on Monday night. That’s not too bad. 

And, now that Wentz is healthy, the Colts making a legitimate run seems on thee table. Again, that’s good for the Eagles, whose own first-round pick is looking like it could be top 10, and own the 1-5 Dolphins’ first-rounder too. 

When the Eagles traded Wentz to Indianapolis, it was for a 2021 third-round pick and a 2022 conditional second-rounder. There were two ways in which the 2022 second-round pick would become a first-rounder. That would happen if Wentz played 75 percent of the Colts’ snaps this season, or he played 70 percent and Indianapolis made the playoffs. 

It seemed for a while like the only path was the 75 percent part, but the way Wentz has played lately has given some life to the second option. 

Had the Colts held on to win last Monday night at Baltimore, Wentz would be a buzzier topic of conversation. He played great against the Ravens. It was hardly his fault the Colts lost. He threw for 402 yards and two touchdowns. He kept that hot streak going Sunday. He had a long touchdown pass to Parris Campbell and a laser to Mo Alie-Cox. 

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