Carson Wentz, the latest great hope of Philadelphia Eagles fans, might never have landed here if a North Dakota hand surgeon hadn't inserted a variable pitch screw in the quarterback's right wrist last October.
Surgery let Carson Wentz step up for the Eagles
That's the wrist with a religious tattoo - "AO1," for "Audience of One" - on the front.
It's also the wrist that threw three touchdowns with zero interceptions as the Birds won their first two games of the season.
Last Oct. 17, after an early pass for the North Dakota State Bison, Wentz got shoved and landed on his hand.