The J.J. McCarthy era in Minnesota has not gone as the front office would have hoped when they used a first-round pick on the Michigan product. It also hasn't really begun as McCarthy has been able start two games and finish one as his sophomore season approaches the midway point. He was once again on the sideline for Thursday night's rout suffered at the hands of the Chargers and Carson Wentz did not, by any metric, look like a serious NFL quarterback.
Vikings coach Kevin O'Connell says his young signal-caller will play when he's healthy—and perhaps that'll be next week. In the interim, the playoffs are getting further away from reality for the 3-4 Vikings and the pressure is only mounting. To the point that ESPN's Peter Schrager identified McCarthy as having more than any other at the position, league-wide.
