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No one saw this coming. Even Howie Roseman and Doug Pederson didn't have a clue Carson Wentz would be this good. If they did, Sam Bradford wouldn't have been the starter up until Teddy Bridgewater suffered a season-ending injury in Vikings practice.

Anyone who says they saw Wentz's start coming is lying -- he now has 102 passing attempts on the season, making him the first player in NFL history with 100 passing attempts, 60 completions, five touchdowns and zero interceptions. Wentz had 612 passing attempts in college, for his career, making him impossible to project.

But here he is, clearly in the clubhouse as the leader for Offensive Rookie of the Year after helping the Eagles get out to a 3-0 start in 2016. Philly was hard to believe as a contender, even with a stout defense, having a looming suspension for their right tackle (Lane Johnson), a scary combination of running backs (Ryan Mathews is injury prone, Darren Sproles is older and small) and wideouts who struggle to get separation in man coverage (Jordan Matthews, Nelson Agholar).

Not to mention a rookie quarterback with no experience.

What makes Wentz so enticing is he has the look of a pitching prospect with multiple "plus" pitches. No one wants a quarterback who just pumps in fastball after fastball. Wentz has a curve, and he has a changeup. He has touch on his passes that weren't there before he started taking professional, regular-season snaps.

Look at the movement in the pocket to avoid the sack and then the very not-rookie decision to steady out and run parallel behind the line of scrimmage while still drawing the linebacker up. Then, bam, he floats a beautiful ball to Sproles for the touchdown.

Heap praise on Doug Pederson too. A rookie head coach in a similar situation as his quarterback, Pederson looks calm and cool under pressure on the sideline, and continually sets up Wentz with good looks and smart game plans.

It doesn't matter if Wentz is staring down a receiver (it's not entirely clear if he is) on this touchdown to Matthews due to the clear-out courtesy of the routes from two receivers and a tight end.

One corner's driving down on the outside route, while the tight end takes the linebacker up the seam.

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The result is Matthews running wide open underneath and an easy touchdown pass.

The victory over Pittsburgh isn't just historic for Wentz. It's historic for the Eagles and Pederson as well.

And for Pittsburgh ... well, it's the largest loss for the franchise since 1989. They hadn't even trailed by 31 points since 1997.

Wentz's 102 pass attempts without an interception are also a record for a rookie quarterback to start a career, although it doesn't quite approach the 162 passing attempts without a pick set by Tom Brady with the Patriots.

And it's not about bad defenses anymore, the way it was the first two weeks. Carving up the Browns and Bears is one thing, right? Lighting up the Steelers is entirely different, and Wentz lit them up, going 23 for 31 for 301 yards, two touchdowns and no picks.

The schedule gets a little tougher for Wentz and the Eagles moving forward as they go on the road four of the next five weeks. But the opponents aren't bad and the Eagles are getting a Week 4 bye (which might not be what they want at this stage considering how they're playing).

Week Team Location PPG Allowed (Rank)
5 Lions Away 28.3 (28th)
6 Redskins Away 30.7 (30th)
7 Vikings Home 13.3 (3rd)
8 Cowboys Away 21.5 (13th)*
9 Giants Away 20.3 (11th)

*not including SNF Week 3

Maybe Philly will cool off after the bye. Four road games in five weeks is brutal for anyone, and even more for a rookie quarterback.

But based on what we've seen from Wentz thus far, both he and the Eagles will be just fine. Proclaiming a team a contender three weeks into the season can be silly. The Falcons were 3-0 at this time last year. The Eagles have the feel, though, with a stout defense mixed with a creative offensive attack. This isn't happening without Wentz's unflappable ability to look like he belongs.

Here are some more takeaways from the week that was in the NFL ...

1. Chargers winning at losing

How do Chargers fans sleep at night? Watch that team over the past year-plus and see some of the brutal ways they lose and the only possible conclusion is "lots of Xanax."

Every week there's a new ridiculous way to lose, and this week was no different. The Chargers took over possession of the ball with 11:59 on the clock in the fourth quarter, trailing 20-19. Philip Rivers would throw a pass to Travis Benjamin down to the 7-yard line. But it was called back because he was, basically, "cussin' in the huddle." Swear words on the football field generating an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty is embarrassing. They would manage to get close to the goal line, but Rivers would be sacked on a third-and-4 from the 4-yard line, setting up a Josh Lambo field goal to put them up 22-20.

The Chargers would force Indy to punt with 6:46 left in the game, setting up an opportunity to ice the game. After melting four minutes off the clock, San Diego fell short on a third-and-3 at midfield, would punt and, well, of course the defense would collapse.

Jason Verrett and the secondary struggled all day with T.Y. Hilton, who is a very good receiver. So maybe put some bodies on him when the Colts are trying to drive and make sure that, whatever he does, he isn't taking a short pass over the middle 63 yards for a touchdown. No? No? OK, sure.

Admittedly, this was an incredible dart from Andrew Luck, but 63 yards untouched is sub-optimal in that situation. San Diego did it anyway though!

Naturally, Hunter Henry followed it up by getting Peanut Punched on the second play of the next drive when Rivers was given an opportunity with some timeouts to move down the field and salvage a win.

The good news for San Diego is that while it's 1-2, it has held serve at home and came close to winning two road games. The bad news is that injuries continue to pile up, and you just have to find a way to close if you want to make the postseason in this league.

It's almost like the Chargers know they can't close, and it shows late in games.

2. Doubt John Elway at your own risk

It was trendy to beat up on the defending Super Bowl champions this offseason. After all, how would the Denver Broncos manage to defend their title with Trevor Siemian/Mark Sanchez under center? Turns out it would be the same way they won the title -- run the ball and play ridiculous defense, smacking around opposing quarterbacks and making it difficult to matriculate the ball down the field.

Added bonus: Siemian is better than Peyton Manning was last year. No, really:

Clearly Siemian doesn't have the intangibles Manning brought to the field last season. But he's a talented, smart quarterback who can manage the game in Gary Kubiak's offense. And he just went on the road, against one of the four best teams in the AFC, and carved up a legitimately dangerous defense.

In their next six games, the Broncos have a pair of matchups against the NFC South (Bucs and Falcons) and three games against the Chargers (twice) and Raiders (once). If Denver stays hot it could put some serious distance in this division.

Please don't think that Elway forgot the complaints people had over the quarterback situation this offseason. He understands and remembers the doubters. Bottom line is he stared into the potential depths of QB hell and didn't blink, and it looks like he'll come out just fine, equipped with the same formula Denver used to win a title last season.

3. R-E-L-A-X, Packers doubters

Don't doubt Aaron Rodgers. He is back. And he knows it too.

The Packers' play -- and in particular Rodgers' play -- is a friendly reminder about the week-to-week stupidity of the NFL. Green Bay was under a microscope after struggling for two weeks to generate offense.

People were legitimately talking about whether Mike McCarthy's job would be safe if Green Bay "only" won 10 games and limped into the playoffs with a terrible offense.

We've seen similar slow starts for Green Bay, albeit not with the limitation on yards per pass like we saw from Rodgers during the first two weeks.

The Lions might not have any healthy defensive backs, but this is still just a silly throw.

Green Bay still has some kinks to work out, but Rodgers averaged more than 8.5 yards per pass against Detroit, and he averaged a touchdown pass every six passing attempts, which is just absurd.

The Packers are fine. Everyone can relax.

4. Norman vs. OBJ 2.0

There's nothing tougher than being a shutdown corner with a target on your back, unless you're a shutdown corner with a target on your back going against one of the best wide receivers in the game. That was Josh Norman, who spent most of the afternoon chasing around Odell Beckham, a rematch of their heated battle when Norman was with the Panthers last year.

Give Beckham credit for winning on the field most of the day -- according to Pro Football Focus' early data from the game, he was targeted seven times while covered by Beckham, and caught five passes for 88 yards. PFF also gave Norman two pass deflections. (ESPN pegged Beckham for six catches on nine targets and 107 yards while covered by Norman, for what it's worth.)

Norman said after the game he was more worried about being warriors, savages, etc., than seeing what happened. "All the stuff in between that, that was show," Norman said.

That's fine and dandy, but he can't claim to have shut down Beckham. He can claim, however, that he totally and completely flustered Beckham.

At one point after an Eli Manning interception, Beckham went to the sideline and totally melted down, getting in a fight with a kicking net (he lost):

And then crying (yes, crying) on the sideline:

So that was less than impressive for the always-emotional Beckham. Norman will get one more shot at shutting him down completely. But he can certainly brag about winning the game for now.