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Wentz jumped from 3rd string to starter, first rookie QB since 1972.
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Rookie 1st-round pick Carson Wentz began 2016 training camp as the Eagles' 3rd-string quarterback but became the starter when Sam Bradford was traded to the Vikings eight days before opening day following Teddy Bridgewater's season-ending knee injury. Head coach Doug Pederson leap-frogged Wentz ahead of No. 2 QB Chase Daniel, making Wentz the Eagles' first opening-day rookie QB since John Reaves in 1972.
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rookie 1st-round pick Carson Wentz began camp as the Eagles' 3rd-string quarterback, only to become the starter when Bradford was traded to the Vikings eight days before opening day
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- Rookie 1st-round pick Carson Wentz began 2016 training camp as the Eagles' 3rd-string quarterback but became the starter when Sam Bradford was traded to the Vikings eight days before opening day following Teddy Bridgewater's season-ending knee injury. Head coach Doug Pederson leap-frogged Wentz ahead of No. 2 QB Chase Daniel, making Wentz the Eagles' first opening-day rookie QB since John Reaves in 1972.
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- STACKED tags this as a positive fantasy football signal for Carson Wentz (QB MIN). Wentz jumped from 3rd string to starter, first rookie QB since 1972.
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- Carson Wentz's complete 2026 fantasy football outlook — projections, ADP movement across every platform, injury context, and all source-backed STACKED insights — is on their STACKED player profile.
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