Mike & Mike react to Eagles QB Carson Wentz having the top-selling jersey in the NFL, as well as President Barack Obama being advised by Joe Biden to get on the Wentz bandwagon. (2:03)

Each week, we'll call on former NFL defensive back and current ESPN analyst Matt Bowen to help break down a key play from the most recent Philadelphia Eagles game. What better way to start than by taking a closer look at Carson Wentz's first career touchdown -- a 19-yard strike to Jordan Matthews on the opening drive against the Cleveland Browns.

The Eagles break the huddle facing a second-and-9 at the Cleveland 19. Doug Pederson dials up a mirrored concept where the outside receivers run hitches while the inside receivers -- in this case Dorial Green-Beckham and Matthews -- break for the end zone on fade patterns.

Wentz is able to decipher the type of coverage the Browns will be playing by their actions before the snap, and therefore where he can go with the ball.

"When Wentz comes to the line here, empty formation, sees both corners pressed outside, sees a single-high safety over the top," Bowen said. "The weakside safety, you can tell he's walking down. You can tell right before the snap just by his stance, by his alignment, where he is over No. 2 [receiver], that he's coming down [to cover him]. So Wentz, the first thing he knows is he's got man coverage. He's got man coverage the entire way."

Matthews runs a fade from the slot, which Bowen calls "the most difficult route to cover in football." The corner doesn't have the luxury to hem the receiver in along the sideline like he would if the route started from the outside, and has a lot of ground to cover once the wideout breaks for the pylon. With man coverage, Wentz knows he should get an open look, then, so long as he can keep the safety off the scent.

"The key here with Wentz, he gives a quick look off," Bowen said. "It's not much. He looks at the open side of the formation once he gets the snap, and it's just enough. It's all you need to hold the free safety because the free safety is not going to get over the top of that. There's no chance. Earl Thomas is not getting over top of that because it's so far to go.

"So Wentz knows, I have a one-on-one matchup and I have a lot of room to work with. What I have to do here is give a quick look off to the free safety just to hold him for a second, then I have no help over the top for the defense, and it's all about the ball placement now. It's all about the ball placement. Because he's fading to the outside, I want to put this throw on the upfield shoulder away from the defender's leverage because Matthews beats him off the snap, fades outside, and now the defensive back is stuck inside.

"It's a perfect ball. A perfect ball. I don't want to take anything away from Matthews, it was a heck of a catch, a great route, but the ball here from a rookie in his first start, that early in the football game. I mean, that's a beautiful thing."

The Eagles coaching staff has lauded Wentz for both his physical ability and football IQ. Here we see a bit of both on display, as he deciphers the coverage pre-snap, uses eye placement to hold the safety and then fires a flawless ball to Matthews. And it all happened just five minutes into his pro career.