Week 3 was wild. Backup quarterbacks suddenly found themselves in the spotlight. Five teams had to make a switch, and the results were all over the place. Some stepped up and delivered big, while others struggled to keep things together. Here’s how the replacements played out.

1) Carson Wentz

The Vikings dropped arguably their best performance of the season so far, thumping the Bengals 48-10. And Carson Wentz stepping up to fill the QB1 role might’ve been one of the reasons why. Wentz got the call for the Vikings this weekend after J.J. McCarthy went down with an ankle injury on Sunday night.

And the player made his case. The former No. 2 pick did something McCarthy hasn’t managed yet in a Vikings uniform: play clean, mistake-free football. No, he wasn’t out there slinging lasers, but h

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