Colts’ Frank Reich has high praise for Carson Wentz’s big plays: ‘That’s the guy I knew in Philadelphia’

Carson Wentz is beginning to play just like the quarterback who threw 81 landing passes to 21 interceptions for a three-year stretch in Philadelphia, as a substitute of the one who bottomed out together with his former staff final season. After taking part in his finest sport of the yr final week, Wentz adopted that in Week 6 by ending 11 of 20 for 223 yards and two touchdowns (127.7 ranking) in a 31-3 win over the Houston Texans, averaging 21.2 yards per completion.

Wentz threw a landing cross of 51 yards to Parris Campbell and a 28-yard strike to Mo Alie-Cox, his fourth sport this season the place he threw a number of landing passes with zero interceptions — tied for essentially the most amongst NFL quarterbacks. Wentz averaged 11.15 yards per try in Sunday’s win, one sport after notching his profession excessive in yards per try (11.49).

The large performs for the Indianapolis Colts have gotten widespread for Wentz, as he has 20 cross performs for 20-plus yards by way of simply six video games. Wentz had simply 27 of them in 13 video games for the Philadelphia Eagles final season 

“That is the man I knew in Philadelphia,” Reich stated after Sunday’s win. “He generally is a big-play machine. What I have been extra impressed with, I do know he could make these performs, however I like the best way he is taking good care of the soccer. 

“I like the best way he is dealing with the sport, getting us out and in of the proper run checks, simply being in management on the market and trusting his guys to make the large performs and making good choices and being correct with the ball, particularly down the sphere, which he is been off the charts.”

Wentz was tied for the league lead in interceptions final season with 15, regardless of taking part in in simply 13 video games. He is thrown only one interception this season — tied for the fewest within the league amongst quarterbacks with at the least 100 cross makes an attempt. Wentz has accomplished 64.2% of his passes for 1,545 yards with 9 touchdowns to only one interception (102.4 ranking), main the league in interception price (0.5). 

This is without doubt one of the the reason why Wentz wished to reunite with Reich to try to salvage his profession. He is a big-play quarterback and embraces the chance to sling the soccer down the sphere. 

“I like putting fast and quick the best way we did at present,” Wentz stated. “It is simply so massive for us, for the entire staff, for momentum…It is enormous for us and it is momentum and I feel we will hold doing a few of that.

“I feel it is positively one thing we’re able to, so long as groups give us the proper seems to be that we’re on the lookout for and all these issues. I’ve stated it earlier than, each week we’re going to have these pictures and I feel as we hold making these performs, coaches clearly belief us with it a little bit bit extra…I positively have anticipated that out of us so it was enormous for us to hit a few of these at present.”