The Minnesota Vikings chose not to bring Sam Darnold back because they believed J.J. McCarthy was ready to take over. After losing his rookie year to a torn meniscus, Year 2 hasn’t gone any smoother. The offense has looked static for most of the season, and running back Aaron Jones may have admitted that it’ll only get even more predictable.

“Where everybody may not have the same deeper understanding of each play concept is where we’ve kinda made it…Made it less…Yeah, I guess in a way, dumbed it down, kinda took the meat of it off, but you’re still getting a lot of everything though, so it’s give and take,” Jones said while highlighting the Vikings’ playbook has essentially been “dumbed down.”

After going two straight games without a touchdown, Minnesota clearly felt something needed t

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