Overview
- Head coach Kevin O’Connell confirmed McCarthy is fully healthy and will start today at Detroit after a five-game absence with a high-ankle sprain.
- Carson Wentz is out for the year following left-shoulder surgery and has been placed on injured reserve, ending his fill-in run as starter.
- With rookie Max Brosmer the primary backup, the team is evaluating veteran options, with reports citing interest in experienced quarterbacks such as Russell Wilson or Jameis Winston and skepticism about Atlanta moving Kirk Cousins.
- O’Connell expressed optimism that tackles Christian Darrisaw and Brian O’Neill, both listed questionable, could play, while center Ryan Kelly remains on IR.
- McCarthy enters with only 41 career passes and 95 offensive snaps, and he returns to what analysts describe as one of the NFL’s toughest remaining schedules, drawing both warnings of growing pains and calls for patience.