"This isn't my first rodeo," Wentz said Wednesday. "I'm not an idiot. I know what I was signing up for going out there. Nobody was forcing me, pressuring me, any of those things. Everybody's handled this tremendously. Communication's been phenomenal from coaches, trainers, all the things. I knew what we were doing all along."

It’s not an easy path, it’s not a likely path, but there is a path to the playoffs.