What It Means:

Wentz replaced Taylor Heinicke in last week's loss to the San Francisco 49ers and completed 12 of 16 attempts for 123 yards and a touchdown. It was Wentz's first time on the field since breaking his ring finger in Week 6. "What he showed was that he's fully healthy, he's got fresh legs right now, and got a lively arm," Commanders head coach Ron Rivera said. "He made very quick decisions. He showed us that quick twitch that you look for in quarterbacks, and his decision-making seemed to be right on." Over the first six weeks of the season with Wentz under center, Curtis Samuel led the Commanders with 8.5 targets per game and a 22.2% target share, so he may benefit from the quarterback switch. Samuel only averaged 4.3 targets (15.1%) from Weeks 7-16.

numberFire's models project Wentz for 14.1 FanDuel points in Week 17 and he's the QB22 in our weekly rankings. The Browns have the No. 12 pass defense in our adjusted team rankings for the season, compared to the fifth-worst run defense, so Washington may try to focus more on the run game.