The Kansas City Chiefs go into the 2025 Super Bowl with the best quarterback in the NFL in Patrick Mahomes. However, should injury strike, who would take Mahomes’ place on the field during the big game against the Philadelphia Eagles? His backup is actually a pretty familiar face: quarterback Carson Wentz.

That pick appeared to pay off in Wentz's second season, when Wentz led the Eagles to an 11-2 record while playing like an MVP. However, Wentz suffered a torn ACL late in the season, opening the door for Nick Foles to lead the Eagles to a Super Bowl title.

Carson Wentz once again will mostly be a spectator on the sidelines for a Super Bowl appearance by the Philadelphia Eagles.

Wentz, who was the Eagles’ starting quarterback for five seasons, says his time in Philly "feels like five, six lifetimes ago."

You dream of being on that stage and playing that game,” Wentz said. “Then life unfolds and you get that opportunity, and you’re in street clothes.”

Carson Wentz’s past and present are about to collide, but it’s the predictions for his future that might be most tantalizing. Wentz — the former Eagles franchise quarterback who was upstaged by the 2018 Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles while recovering from a torn ACL — will be on the opposite sideline Sunday as Chiefs backup quarterback in Super Bowl 2025.

It seems like a lifetime has occurred — at least in NFL terms — since Carson Wentz last played for the Eagles. A lot has happened since his trade request was granted and Eagles general manager Howie Roseman dealt his franchise quarterback to the Indianapolis Colts in 2021.