J.J. McCarthy is slated to make his return as QB1 for the Minnesota Vikings (3-4) as they take the field in Motown Sunday against the Detroit Lions (5-2). The second-year signal-caller has been sidelined since spraining his ankle in Week 2. He will need to shake the rust off in a hurry as Sunday represents as close to a must-win situation as possible for the Vikings who have lost two in a row and three of their last four. As a result, they trail the Lions by 2 games and the first-place Packers by 2.5 games in the NFC North.

The Lions are coming off their bye week. Jared Goff and co. smacked Baker and the Bucs in their last game, 24-9. As one-sided as the game was, it marked the first time since Week 1 that the Lions’ offense failed to clear the 30-point threshold. Jahmyr Gibbs has be

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