From a preparation standpoint, in fact, things didn’t really change for the rookie quarterback when he sat out of last Thursday’s preseason shutout against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
“(I did the) same thing I’d be doing if I was dressed, just on the sideline,” Wentz said. “I was locked in. I was trying to help Sam (Bradford) and Chase (Daniel) and McLeod (Bethel-Thompson) when they were in there. I was trying to communicate things, see things, pretend as if I were in there.”
Wentz’s debut against Tampa Bay provided fans at Lincoln Financial Field with a glimpse of Wentz’s physical yet agile brand of play on multiple occasions.