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The Week In Quotes: September 30, 2016

"He loves watching tape… (He's) in here at 5:30 in the morning watching the film and exhausting the tape. I hear him just even in the building, he's constantly talking to guys about plays and routes and protections… It's Peyton Manning-ish… that's how Peyton prepared, and that's how these top quarterbacks prepare each week, and he has that now as a young quarterback, and that'll carry him through his career."

-- Philadelphia Eagles head coach Doug Pederson, comparing his rookie quarterback Carson Wentz to one of the greatest to ever play the game at the position, future first ballot Hall-of-Famer Peyton Manning.