It’s time.

When the Vikings play their next game, nine days from now against the Lions, they need to see what quarterback J.J. McCarthy can do.

His high ankle sprain was, we’re told, was a 4-6 week injury. The Week 9 game will land seven weeks from when it happened. And he’s been healthy enough for the past two games to serve as Minnesota’s emergency quarterback. Which means that, if Carson Wentz and Max Brosmer had been injured or ejected, McCarthy would have played.

If he’s healthy enough to play, it’s time to play. Because it’s time for the Vikings to find out what they have. Or what they don’t.

Is two years enough to make a decision? It wasn’t for the Colts, who benched Anthony Richardson for Daniel Jones after Richardson’s second year.

Franchise quarterbacks stay healthy. McCarth

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