The Philadelphia Eagles have gone through myriad quarterbacks since Donovan McNabb’s tenure with the team ended in 2009. Of those signal-callers, Michael Vick was the most effective as McNabb’s replacement for five years.

Vick revived his career with the Eagles. He thinks highly of the next player that is likely to spend extended time under center in Philadelphia, Carson Wentz.

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“I think Wentz is a great quarterback. I think consistency will be a key for him,” Vick said at a charity golf event on Monday. “He started out great in the beginning of the season last year, and then kind of tailed off toward the end. He was young and probably hit the rookie wall a little bit.”

Wentz hit the ground running in his rookie year, but once right tackle Lane Johnson began to serve a 10-game PED suspension, the quarterback started to show some cracks in his game.

In his first three career NFL games, Wentz threw passed for 769 yards, five touchdowns and no interceptions with a completion percentage of .647. He ended the season with 16 touchdowns, 14 interceptions, 3,782 yards and completion percentage of .624.

Though the Eagles asked a lot of their first-year quarterback, Vick doesn’t think of all of Wentz’s mistakes can be chalked up to being a rookie.

“That’s no excuse, because you’ve had guys like Matt Ryan and Joe Flacco who went deep in the playoffs in their first couple seasons,” Vick said. “Wentz is a spark for that city. I think it’s what they need. Good to see a guy out there really giving the fans something they want to see, and something to cheer about down the road in the future.”

The No. 2 overall pick in 2016 gave Eagles fans hope they’d been lacking for years. Wentz has the potential to become a franchise quarterback, something Philadelphia has spent eight years searching for.