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Carson Wentz wants to play in Week 1, but is he jeopardizing his career by rushing back?

In just 17 days, the Eagles will begin defense of their Super Bowl title at the Linc against the Atlanta Falcons.

Wentz, who is just eight-plus months removed from surgery to repair shredded ACL and LCL ligaments in his left knee, was a full participant in practice Monday for the second straight day, participating in everything, including 11-on-11 team work.

Wentz had participated in 11-on-11 work the first three days of training camp, then was dialed back by the training and coaching staffs to just individual and 7-on-7 work for the next three weeks.

Now, the only thing standing in the way of him starting against the Falcons is getting cleared for contact by the Eagles' medical staff and the doctor who performed his surgery, Pittsburgh-based James Bradley.