Conversations about whether or not or not the 2-1 Minnesota Vikings might hold Carson Wentz as their beginning quarterback when J.J. McCarthy recovers from his excessive proper ankle sprain proceed to hover over the workforce forward of this Sunday’s recreation versus the 2-1 Pittsburgh Steelers that may happen in Dublin, Eire.
McCarthy was already dominated out of the Pittsburgh contest earlier than the Vikings made their journey abroad. Whereas talking with reporters on Friday, Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell stated he has “not even thought of” if McCarthy could possibly be out there to play in opposition to the Cleveland Browns at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England, on Oct. 5.
Minnesota enters its bye week following the Cleveland contest.
Kevin O’Connell shares plan for J.J. McCarthy
“First issues first, we wished to get him right here by means of the flight and see how he did with that flight,” O’Connell stated about McCarthy, per Kevin Seifert of ESPN. “And as we undergo the weekend, after which on our method in making the journey to London, he’ll actually be each day and we’ll see the place he’s at [and] if we will begin ramping up his workload and a minimum of getting him concerned possibly on a restricted foundation, and permit us to get him on the grass and work some approach and fundamentals, and begin constructing that again up.”
Wentz carried out admirably as he completed 14-of-20 passes for 173 yards with two touchdowns and no turnovers in Minnesota’s 48-10 Week 3 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals. Following that consequence, O’Connell insisted that McCarthy has “obtained to get wholesome” earlier than the membership will take into account enjoying the 2024 first-round draft decide, who spent his rookie season recovering from a full meniscus restore.
Why Kevin O’Connell will not rush J.J. McCarthy again into the lineup
“I actually meant it the opposite day after I stated I need him to get 100% wholesome,” O’Connell added about McCarthy. “I believe it is part of his recreation to have the ability to transfer. I believe he strikes rather a lot higher than folks give him credit score for, particularly when he’s wholesome. After which it additionally has an utility to his capability to be as correct as he can probably be, being that it is his plant foot.”
Earlier this week, one-time Tremendous Bowl MVP and present NFL analyst Phil Simms noted that he was “anxious about” how McCarthy was “not throwing the ball effectively” over his first two begins of the season.
“It’s plenty of work, and it looks like except he will get to throw it as exhausting as he can throw it, that’s the one time he considerably places it on the right track, on time, and the whole lot like that,” Simms stated about McCarthy on the time.
For now, it sounds just like the Vikings are getting ready for Wentz to begin in opposition to Cleveland no matter what occurs at Croke Park this Sunday.
