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Eagles News: Carson Wentz working on improving from the pocket

Carson Wentz’s new approach: Make more plays from pocket - ESPN
One noticeable change in Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz’s play this summer is that he hasn’t been using his legs as a weapon. During practice, he has been operating almost exclusively from the pocket. He drops back, surveys and fires. There’s the occasional bootleg or rollout, but it’s hard to remember an occasion when he clicked into backyard-football mode and scrambled around until something broke open downfield. “That part of my game is definitely not gone -- it’s still going to be there -- but if I don’t need to, why would I get out of the pocket when the O-line is holding up and I can find guys to get the ball to?