Eagles' Pederson: 'No setbacks' for Wentz despite lack of participation

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz has not participated in training camp team drills for five days as the team eases him back after his December ACL tear.

Despite the lack of activity, head coach Doug Pederson insists his star pivot is making progress.

"No setbacks. Not at all. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing," Pederson told reporters Friday after practice, according to NFL.com's Kevin Patra. "What you see out here is considered backwards. What we see in the building, and what he does with our strength and conditioning staff is still progressive.

"It doesn't have to be every snap, every football situation for him to go forward. What you see out here is only one small tidbit of what he's doing collectively inside this building too."

Wentz has thus far been limited to individual and seven-on-seven drills during camp. Pederson noted this is "still part of the plan" and the team is "not going to subject" him to team activities with defenders flying around near his rehabbing knee.

The Eagles coach claims there is a planned progression for his quarterback as he works toward being cleared for the team's Week 1 matchup with the Atlanta Falcons - the 2018 season opener.

"Carson's out here working his tail off every single day," Pederson said. "He's throwing individual routes. There is going to come a time when we game plan, and we are game-plan-specific, and he gets a chance to be in there, then we work. But right now, seven-on-seven, and the things that we are doing with the starters and Carson and all that is preparing him for that day we cross that bridge."

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