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Carson Wentz’s Injury Throws NFC Playoff Race Wide Open

Monday’s confirmation that Eagles QB Carson Wentz suffered a season-ending anterior cruciate ligament tear in Sunday’s game against the Rams split NFL fans into two distinct circles.

First there’s those who loved watching Wentz—die-hard Eagles fans, his North Dakota faithful and football junkies who enjoy drooling over his combination of size, awareness, speed and arm strength—who held a Twitter and talk-radio eulogy of sorts. Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Mike Sielski even noted that there was a caller crying on WIP.

Then there was the callous NFL Waits for No Man circle—the same group who kicked up after injuries to high-profile players like Aaron Rodgers, Deshaun Watson, J.