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T.Y. Hilton ‘pumped up’ after throwing session with Carson Wentz

It didn’t take long for Indianapolis Colts wide receiver T.Y. Hilton to get together with his new quarterback in Carson Wentz shortly after re-signing with the team.

According to Pat McAfee on his show, Hilton and Wentz got together in Indy to throw and start building some of that chemistry together. Suffice it to say, Wentz has a new fan in the Ghost.

Be warned, McAfee does use some NSFW language, but goes into detail here about the throwing session and what he learned about Hilton’s thoughts.

“So, I have on good authority that T.Y. Hilton and Carson Wentz had their first throw session together on Saturday here in the Indianapolis area,” said McAfee on his April 5 show. “I also have it on good authority that T.Y. Hilton is [expletive] pumped up about how it went.”

Wentz has been making the rounds with his teammates already this spring. Even before the deal was announced officially, Wentz met with second-year wideouts Michael Pittman Jr. and Dezmon Patmon for throwing sessions.

The connection between Hilton and Wentz will be vital. It took a minute for Hilton and Philip Rivers to get going and while they eventually did, Rivers was fine spreading the ball around.

It isn’t clear how Wentz will be looking to distribute the ball but if he and Hilton are already connecting quickly, the groundwork could be laid down for a strong bounce-back season.

Hilton is likely going to be working as the WR1/WR2 depending on the development of Pitman Jr. but the fact that he already feels strongly about Wentz is a very encouraging sign before the offseason workouts begin.

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