Report: Doctors told Carson Wentz he will be ready for start of 2018

With Carson Wentz having torn his ACL so late in the year, there have been rumblings that the he may not be ready for the start of the 2018 season. However, the quarterback has gotten nothing but good news from doctors since he underwent surgery.

According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, doctors informed Wentz that he will be ready for the start of next season if all goes well. It sounds like the damage to the 24-year-old’s knee could have been much worse.

The loss of Wentz stings. No doubt. Doctors informed him he would be ready for the regular season, a source said, and the only ligament he tore was his ACL.

Wentz, who flew into town Saturday from Pittsburgh where he had surgery, did have a partially torn IT band and a meniscus issue that was fixed. But nothing that would affect his timetable.

A previous report indicated that it could be 9-12 months before Wentz’s ACL was fully healed, which would take his recovery well into 2018.

Players are coming back quicker than ever from ACL tears these days, but there are certainly some extreme exceptions. Fortunately, it does not sound like the Eagles will have to begin the 2018 season without their budding star.