According to ESPN’s Bill Barnwell, Wentz is positioned to become the first quarterback in NFL history to start at least one game for a different team in six consecutive seasons (Eagles in 2020, Colts in 2021, Commanders in 2022, Rams in 2023, Chiefs in 2024 and Vikings in 2025).
Asked if he believes the full offense will be available to be executed by the veteran, O’Connell said he believes so.
“There’s always going to be a quarterback comfort level to what we take to the game, regardless of what we prepare throughout the week,” O’Connell said. “By the time we get to Saturday, you want to be calling the things that the guy in the game is comfortable with, has a positive feeling toward, a great understanding of, and there’s going to be some things, previous experiences that allow Carson to, and we’ve already seen that with kind of a seamless transition for him in certain areas, and then in other areas where things are kind of newer for him.
“My experience with him short term has been, he gets that rep, he gets that time, he gets that clarity, and then he’s been good to go,” O’Connell added. “Had he gone in the game, even yesterday, we were going to be working off the same menu, same collection of plays, and Carson felt good about it.”
O’Connell also expressed a high comfort level with Brosmer based on what the former Golden Gopher was able to do in Minnesota’s preseason games.
“He came out of some of those great games with pretty high marks and grades for his personal execution, some of the instinctive things he did, his physical skill set of being a really fundamentally sound, kind of twitchy, accurate passer, and being able to be a fast decision maker,” O’Connell said. “All those things bode well, but now there’s clearly — you’d love to have a little bit more experience there, but that’s the nature of wanting to have a good, really good, young, developing player that you bring in during the undrafted process. He’s on a roster and he’s going to be a snap away. And I know Max will be prepared.”