Minnesota Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy will get "extensive work" on the field during the team's bye week, coach Kevin O'Connell said Monday, in anticipation of him officially returning to practice next week after missing three games because of a high right ankle sprain.

Veteran Carson Wentz has started all three games in McCarthy's place, winning two of his three starts while throwing for 759 yards and five touchdowns with two interceptions. But a left shoulder injury that briefly forced him out of Sunday's 21-17 victory over the Cleveland Browns was "pretty sore" Monday and required further evaluation, O'Connell said.

Speaking to reporters Monday after returning from a 10-day, 2-country international trip, O'Connell said of Wentz: "That will be something that we'll be taking

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