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Vikings QB Carson Wentz didn't fare so well the first time he faced the Eagles

While J.J. McCarthy returned to practice for the Minnesota Vikings this week for the first time since suffering a high-ankle sprain in a loss to the Atlanta Falcons in Week 2, the second-year signal-caller isn't quite ready for game action just yet.

As such, Minnesota head coach Kevin O'Connell announced on Friday that Carson Wentz will get his fourth straight start on Sunday when the Vikings welcome the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles to U.S. Bank Stadium.

Wentz, of course, spent the first five years of his career with the Eagles, who made him the No.