Two games into his injury-riddled career, J.J. McCarthy is already back on the sidelines with a pesky ankle injury. With Carson Wentz looking strong in his Week 3 debut, Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell will not commit to a specific timeline for McCarthy's return.

The team initially reported that McCarthy could miss up to four weeks with an ankle sprain. It was further suggested that the Vikings were targeting a Week 7 return, following the team's Week 6 bye, but O'Connell shut down that notion as “inaccurate,” according to ‘The Athletic.'

“What is accurate is the idea that I believe J.J. would go out there and tough it out today or tomorrow if we asked him to,” O'Connell said, via ‘The Athletic.' “To me, at this point in a very young career, his mobility is one of hi

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