Carson Wentz making Vikings debut Sunday against Bengals

Carson Wentz making Vikings debut Sunday against Bengals

WELL THE VIKINGS GETTING SET FOR THEIR WEEK THREE MATCHUP AGAINST THE CINCINNATI BENGALS. ANOTHER DAY OF PRACTICE OF COURSE. TODAY FOX NINE’S DON MITCHELL WAS OUT THERE. AND SHE JOINS US NOW LIVE. OKAY SO DON THE MUSICAL CHAIRS OF QUARTERBACKS JUST CONTINUES THIS SUNDAY AS CARSON WENTZ GETS SET TO MAKE HIS FIRST START FOR THE VIKINGS. SO NEVER A DULL MOMENT WE CAN SAY FOR THE VIKINGS QB SITUATION. YOU KNOW YOU’RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. MUSICAL CHAIRS IS THE PERFECT WAY TO PUT IT BECAUSE YES, NO ONE WOULD BE EXPECTING A MONTH AGO THAT CARSON WENTZ WOULD BE STARTING FOR THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS AND WOULD BE FACING A TEAM WITHOUT JOE BURROW ON THE OTHER SIDE WITH THE CINCINNATI BENGALS. SO, YOU KNOW, NEVER A DULL MOMENT HERE IN THE NFL. BUT TODAY CARSON WENTZ WAS OUT THERE ON THE PRACTICE FIELD GETTING THE FEEL WITH HIS OFFENSIVE LINE AND MOST SPECIFICALLY HIS CENTER OF THE MOMENT. SO MICHAEL JURGENS NUMBER 65 IS A GUY THAT HE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH. OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE THE FIRST TWO CENTERS, IF RYAN KELLY, HE’S STILL OUT WITH CONCUSSION PROTOCOL JUSTIN SCHOOL, THE BACKUP IS STILL OUT IN CONCUSSION PROTOCOL TODAY. BOTH OF THEM WERE OUT AT PRACTICE. THEY DID NOT PARTICIPATE. SO THERE THEY ARE. HE AND JURGENS TRYING TO GET A FEEL, IF INDEED THOSE TWO ARE THE TWO TO BE IN COMMUNICATION, GETTING THE SNAP, GETTING ALL THAT STUFF DONE FOR SUNDAY’S GAME. NOW THERE’S SO MUCH MORE TO THE OFFENSE AS WE KNOW, THAN JUST THE CENTER AND THE QUARTERBACK. AND WE’RE ALSO TALKING TO JUSTIN JEFFERSON TODAY AND HE SAID NO DISRESPECT AT ALL TO J.J. MCCARTHY. BUT NOW WE HAVE CARSON WENTZ. WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON WORKING WITH WENTZ. AND HE IS A VETERAN. AND SO WHILE HE WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE OFFENSE HE’S BEEN PICKING IT UP GREAT SINCE HE’S BEEN HERE. HE ALSO HAS SOME THINGS THAT JUST VETERANS HAVE AND THAT IS GREAT DECISION MAKING. THEY’VE BEEN HOW MANY YEARS IN THE LEAGUE THEY’VE BEEN IN THESE SITUATIONS BEFORE. IT’S MUSCLE MEMORY. SO THEY’RE HOPING ALL OF THAT KICKS IN FOR CARSON WENTZ. I LOVE WHAT JEFFERSON HAD TO SAY. YEAH THE FOCUS IS NOW ON CARSON WENTZ. AND WE HAVE TO SEE YOU KNOW TRUST YOUR VET I GUESS AT THIS POINT TO DONNA I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ANDREW VAN GINKEL I’M SELFISHLY HAPPY ABOUT THIS BECAUSE HIS JERSEY JUST CAME IN THE MAIL FOR MYSELF. SO HE WAS BACK AT PRACTICE THIS WEEK HARRISON SMITH COMING ALONG AS WELL. WERE THEY BOTH OUT THERE TODAY? YOU KNOW, THEY WERE BOTH OUT THERE. THEY’RE BOTH LIMITED AT PRACTICE. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THEY WERE THERE AND PARTICIPATING. AND YOU KNOW, I SHOULD FIND THAT PIN FOR YOU. SIMONE. THERE’S A PIN THAT SAYS I’VE BEEN WRINKLED OR I’VE BEEN KINKED. I NEED THAT. SO NOW THAT YOU’RE A FAN, I’LL TRY TO FIND YOU THE PIN THAT SAYS I’VE BEEN GEEKED BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN. YES. AND NOW VAN GINKEL IS BACK. NOW? YES. THEY WERE LIMITED, BUT JUST THEY BOTH OUT OF. WELL, HE WAS OUT OF CONCUSSION PROTOCOL. WE’RE STILL WAITING FOR HARRISON SMITH. BUT YES, GOOD NEWS THAT THEY BOTH ARE PARTICIPATING TODAY. SO LOTS GOING ON, LOTS OF MOVING PARTS. AND YOU HAVE BEEN GEEKED. I HAVE BEEN GANKED, BUT I’M OKAY WITH THAT. I THINK I’M GOOD

The Minnesota Vikings host the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday, and with J.J. McCarthy nursing an ankle injury, Carson Wentz is getting set to make his debut. FOX 9’s Dawn Mitchell has more from TCO Performance Center.

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