Wentz acquisition paying dividend with Indy in playoff hunt

There have been other obstacles along the way. He was stopped on a goal-line shovel pass to Jack Doyle in Week 2, a potentially decisive game in a 27–24 loss to the Los Angeles Rams. He couldn’t completely shut down what looked like an almost certain victory in Baltimore, though it wasn’t entirely his fault.

But the stats and sports tapes don’t lie.

Despite limited off-season work with his new teammates, missing most training camp due to foot surgery, and spraining both ankles against the Rams, Wentz’s completion percentage returned to the mid-60s. has gone. He’s on a career-high 4,152 yards in the league’s first 17-game season, and has thrown 17 TDs with three interceptions.

I think we’re making good progress, I think he’s making great progress,” Reich said. There will be 17 TDs and three interceptions, will you take it?’

“I think we all will.”

Wentz is also bowling deeper balls, a sign that he and his receiver are acting faster off the same page. Playing behind an offensive line that has grown steadily healthier and stronger, and with Jonathan Taylor in contention for the league race title, Wentz has everything he needs to meet potential scouts when he is the No. 2 overall draft pick. was seen in 2016.

Now all he has to do is cash in.

I’m very encouraged by what I’m seeing aggressively and how I was able to move the ball in so many different ways,” Wentz said Thursday night. Coach (Reich) to keep the defense on his toes Does a tremendous job, and I look forward to more of that in the second half of the season.

what is working

Ongoing game. Indy ran a league-high 260 yards against a run defense that was ranked No. Taylor has clearly kicked this season into high gear with four 100-yard games and a league-best streak of six straight games with 100 or so. Melee and more yards than a TD.