Carson Wentz Avoids PUP List, to Be Limited with Knee Injury at Eagles Practice

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz will practice on a limited basis when the defending champions open training camp. 

According to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, Wentz—who tore his ACL last December against the Los Angeles Rams—will not start camp on the physically unable to perform list, as it was previously thought he might. 

ESPN.com's Chris Mortensen added Wentz will participate in "individual and seven-on-seven drills, monitor progress and determine later with medical staff when it's appropriate to do full team work."

Wentz also participated in individual and seven-on-seven drills throughout organized team activities. 

Last month, Mortensen appeared on ESPN's NFL Live and said he was "starting to believe that Carson Wentz is going to be ready for the opener" Sept. 6 against the Atlanta Falcons. 

Head coach Doug Pederson, however, has refused to discuss timelines in detail. 

"I can't say. I don't know now," Pederson told NBC Sports' Peter King. "I can tell you it's not going to be a Doug Pederson decision. It will be a doctors' decision. Carson will have to be 100 percent before he takes the field. I am going to rely totally on my medical staff."

Regardless, all indications to this point are that Wentz's recovery is proceeding as planned. 

"Rehab has been great," he told NFL Network's Good Morning Football in May. "It's quite the process. So far everything is going well. My goal is to be ready Week 1. As an aggressive player, I'm not going to change. I believe I'll be back better than ever."

In the event Wentz isn't back at 100 percent come September, the Eagles will have the luxury of pivoting to Super Bowl 52 MVP Nick Foles to try to down the Falcons eight months after he led Philadelphia to a 15-10 win over Atlanta in the divisional round of the NFC playoffs.