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Carson Wentz set to make NFL history in Week 3

By Andrew Wright | Last updated Sep 16, 2025 11:14 AM ET

It feels like just yesterday that Carson Wentz was leading the NFL MVP race in just his second season in the league with the Philadelphia Eagles.

Fast forward to Week 3 of the 2025 NFL season and Wentz is set to make an interesting kind of history when he takes the field on Sunday.

According to Ari Meirov, when he takes the field for the Minnesota Vikings, Wentz will become the first quarterback in NFL history to start at least one game for six different teams in six consecutive seasons. He will be filling in for the injured J.J. McCarthy.

Carson Wentz has been a journeyman the past 6 seasons

2020: Eagles
2021: Colts
2022: Commanders
2023: Rams
2024: Chiefs
2025: Vikings pic.twitter.com/2ky2CfHz4D
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) September 16, 2025

Wentz started just one game for both the Kansas City Chiefs last season and Los Angeles Rams in 2023. He started seven games for the Washington Commanders in 2022, 17 games for the Indianapolis Colts in 2021 and 12 games for the Eagles in 2020.

Injuries derailed what looked like a promising career in Philadelphia for the former No. 2 overall pick. He is now a journeyman backup and will step in for Minnesota in hopes of playing solid football while McCarthy is out.

It would've been hard to imagine that this would be where Wentz's career path took him after such an excellent start to his NFL career.

Andrew Wright

Andrew "Dew" Wright graduated from Charleston Southern University with a degree in Communication Studies. He is a lifelong Chicago Cubs and Washington Commanders fan.

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