3 areas Carson Wentz must improve at Commanders training camp

After months of anticipation following the blockbuster trade, Carson Wentz finally took the field for Washington Commanders training camp last week. Like any quarterback joining his third team (and thereby offense) in as many seasons, Wentz has been pretty erratic over the first several practices.

In a vacuum, he’s learning Scott Turner’s system as well as the tendencies of his receivers, tight ends and running backs. Not to mention there’s a sense of trust that has to be established with the offensive line, which has a couple new faces.

It’s not going to happen overnight. By the time training camp is over and the regular season rolls around, Wentz should be more acclimated in every facet.

Until then, however, there are key areas where Wentz must show improvement. Let’s highlight some of them, shall we?

3 areas Commanders QB Carson Wentz must improve at training camp

3. Tunnel Vision

Tunnel vision has been a huge problem for Wentz in his career and it’s plagued him early and often at training camp.

Look no further than this back-breaking interception he tossed in overtime against Tennessee last season. With the Colts needing just a couple first downs to get into field goal range and win the game, Wentz stared down the left side of the field and forced a pass into triple coverage that got picked off by Kevin Byard.

If you pause the video at the three-second mark, you’ll notice Jonathan Taylor WIDE open at the line of scrimmage and likely to pick up a first down at minimum had Wentz just dumped it off to the star running back.

This has been a recurring theme for Wentz. Sometimes he locks into one receiver and trusts his arm (too much) to make every throw.

At training camp, he’s forced several throws into tight coverage that wound up getting intercepted, largely due to the fact that he’s failed to go through his progressions. The Bobby McCain interception on a comeback route to Terry McLaurin is a prime example.

That’ll improve once he gets more familiar with the playbook, but we’re talking about a quarterback going into Year 7. Time to clean it up.