In the wake of their Sunday Night Football loss to the Atlanta Falcons, the Minnesota Vikings’ injury report is awfully crowded, but it’s the name at the top of the list that’s given fans of the purple something to talk about.
And, perhaps, an opportunity to strap on their tinfoil hats.
At his press conference on Monday, Vikings’ head coach Kevin O’Connell said that quarterback J.J. McCarthy had suffered a high ankle sprain during Sunday night’s loss and would likely be out for two to four weeks. No word yet on whether or not the Vikings would place him on IR, which would put him out of action until Week 8 at the earliest.
McCarthy is believed to have suffered the injury on a scramble near the sideline in the third quarter on what may have been one of those “hip drop” tackles that the league has allegedly banned. He got the ankle re-taped on the sideline and finished the game, but O’Connell said that the injury was fully diagnosed when he got to the team’s facilities on Monday morning.
The more conspiracy-minded among our fanbase might believe. . .maybe. . .that McCarthy being diagnosed with a significant injury after returning to the game and finishing things off is what the kids might call “sus.” Outside of the fourth quarter against Chicago in Week 1, it’s been pretty rough for McCarthy, who has had some issues in his first two NFL starts, problems which have been exacerbated by some questionable play calling and his offensive line not living up to its preseason billing thus far.
I’ll leave that up to everyone else to debate. Frankly, if O’Connell says McCarthy is injured, as far as I’m concerned, he’s injured.
With McCarthy out, the Vikings will turn to Carson Wentz, whom they signed a little over three weeks ago, to run the offense for the next few weeks at a minimum. He’ll be backed up by Max Brosmer, who lit it up for the Vikings in the preseason but hasn’t faced the pressure of an NFL regular season yet. At least Wentz has had some success in the NFL before, and perhaps O’Connell can work his quarterback voodoo with him as well in his limited time in purple. I mean, if he can win a game while Josh Dobbs is still learning the names of the guys he’s in the huddle with, surely he can do something with a former #2 overall pick, right?
Right?
What do you think about the injury to J.J. McCarthy and how it affects things going forward, folks?
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