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Hey, everybody.

We welcome in to the show, the unofficial analytics dude these days of the Purple Insider podcast.

Kevin Cole of the unexpected points newsletter.

I open it up every single

Sunday and I was very curious to see what you had on the Vikings performance in London. And

one number stuck out to me right off the back, Kevin, which was Carson Wentz, I believe

13th in EPA since taking over as the Vikings starting quarterback.

And also when it came to passing success rate, the Vikings have done pretty good with

Carson Wentz in at quarterback. So why don't we just jump into this situation with the Vikings

at QB and the possibility of J.J. McCarthy coming back.

I've looked at Carson Wentz like, hey, that's good backup quarterback play. That's what you

hope for when you sign a backup quarterback. But would they have a legitimate chance to win

with Carson Wentz? Because I've been sort of leaning

toward there's a ceiling with that and it's probably just going to be okay and nothing more.

But if he plays top 15 quarterback football the rest of the way, I mean, they've got a chance

to make the playoff. So where are you sitting with the Vikings QB situation?

Well, I'm, you know, I'm someone who thinks of Carson Wentz almost entirely in terms of

expectations. So if he is your number two overall pick and you give him a big contract

with the, with the Eagles and then things start to turn sideways.

He's viewed quite negatively.

Of course, you know,

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