JJM Held Out of Practice

[purplefaithful]

AGR is right, we cant have nice things...30 snaps and bam
This will certainly back-burner any talk of him starting anytime soon. 
KOC is right - main thing is to figure out what is medically the problem and correct it. Everything else is just secondary. 
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Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy will need surgery on a tear in his right meniscus, coach Kevin O’Connell said.

McCarthy played 30 snaps in the Vikings’ preseason opener against the Raiders, completing 11 of his 18 passes for 188 yards, two touchdowns and an interception while scrambling twice for 18 yards. On Monday, O’Connell said the quarterback reported some right knee soreness lingering after the game; the Vikings decided to hold him out of their night practice on Monday night, and schedule additional testing for Tuesday before determining whether he would go to Cleveland for their joint practices against the Browns.

Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy has torn meniscus in right knee


O’Connell said a timetable for McCarthy’s surgery will be determined in the near future. When he has the surgery, O’Connell said, doctors will determine whether McCarthy will need a full repair or a cleanup that would likely mean a shorter recovery.

”Hopefully we’re having a shorter timeline than a longer timeline,” O’Connell said. “But the most important thing right now is making sure, from a medical standpoint, that we’ve identified the potential severity when we do that procedure.“

https://www.startribune.com/vikings-quar.../601105413

[wiviking]

And just like that, we probably wont see any starters playing the next couple games.

Damned if ya do, yadda yadda yadda

[Greylock]

Well as Viking fans did we expect anything different. Just let JJ have reps in practice when he heals and sit his ass down for the rest of the season. Look to 2025 to actually make noise in the division with JJ under center. But then of course with our fucking luck he will slip on ice getting into his car in December and tear an ACL.

[MaroonBells]

@adampatrickNFL
“My suspicion is this is a small little flap tear”

⁃ Estimates J.J. McCarthy will only need a trim to repair his torn meniscus

⁃ Since McCarthy is a rookie, he thinks the Vikings could possibly wait until after their Week 6 BYE to activate him

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https://twitter.com/DrJesseMorse/status/...99/video/2

[MaroonBells]

The Purple Persuasion
@TPPSkol
One reason why J.J. McCarthy’s knee injury “might not be the worst thing for him” is that it will allow him to spend more time than he otherwise would have “mastering the verbiage” of Kevin O’Connell’s system and the play concepts, per
@Alec_Lewis

[purplefaithful]

Has anyone checked on Thor Nystrom this am?

[DeepFreeze05]

For sure. And after Bradford and Teddy, it's hard to blame anyone for being scared here. Seems like QBs all over the league get a knee injury and are ripe as rain the following year. Vikings QBs? Career killer smh.

That's exactly it. My first reaction was this is nothing, not even worth responding to. Happens every week. If he's the starter in the regular season, it wouldn't even show up on the injury report. 

But Vikings fans have earned every bit of their PTSD on injuries and I don't blame anyone for being a little nervous.

I came across this the other day by Doug Clawson:

"J.J. McCarthy is the 1st QB drafted in the 1st round in the common draft era (since 1967) to miss his entire rookie season due to injury."

https://twitter.com/doug_clawson/status/...4295647360

[purplefaithful]

I came across this the other day by Doug Clawson:

"J.J. McCarthy is the 1st QB drafted in the 1st round in the common draft era (since 1967) to miss his entire rookie season due to injury."

https://twitter.com/doug_clawson/status/...4295647360

Of course he was; only the frigging Vikings.