Minnesota Vikings’ JJ McCarthy says his ankle is ready to go | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

Minnesota Vikings’ JJ McCarthy says his ankle is ready to go | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

COACH. OKAY, AND YOU KNOW OBEYING ORDERS AT THE END OF THE DAY BUT I THINK IT WAS THE SMARTEST THING POSSIBLE AND I FEEL GREAT. JJ MCCARTHY, WHO WILL RETURN THIS WEEKEND 7 WEEKS AFTER SUFFERING, A HIGH ANKLE, SPRAIN WEEK, 2 SUNDAY NIGHT, FOOTBALL IN A LOSS, TO THE FALCONS THAT WAS VERY VERY DEFLATING FOLLOWING THAT THAT THRILLING WEEK 1, MONDAY NIGHT WIN. AT CHICAGO, WHEN THE VIKINGS WERE SLUGGISH FOR 3 QUARTERS AND THEN THEY AND THEN JUST FIGURE OUT THEIR QUARTERBACK. BY THE WAY, BY THE WAY, I DID I DID FIND SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT WANT ME TO STICK TO MY DAY JOB. YOU MAY REMEMBER LAST WEEK I SHARED WITH YOU SOME FEEDBACK FROM SOMEONE WHO WHO NOTICED THAT I’VE CHANGED THE FORMAT OF THE SHOW ON THURSDAY. I PREFER THAT YOU HAVE A YOU BEING ALONE. DO YOU LOVE YOURSELF THAT MUCH? REMEMBER THAT. FROM. EMAIL. MY DAY JOB. ON YOUR OWN AGAIN. I CAN’T DEAL WITH IT. HAVE A GREAT DAY BACK TO PAINTING. OH WELL ANOTHER EMAIL CAME IN IN RESPONSE TO THE GUY WHO TOLD ME TO STICK TO MY DAY JOB F THAT GUY, ALTHOUGH IT WAS THE OTHER 3 LETTERS ATTACHED TO. TO THE F THAT THAT IS A WORD THAT WOULD BE BLEEPED IN A BROAD SHOT HYMER, PRESS ANY CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT THE HELL WAS BLEEPED AND WHY WAS IT BLEEPED? AND WHY WAS THE BLEEP SO LONG? THE ABSENCE OF MIKE OF MIKE MCCARTHY JJ MCCARTHY, MIKE MCCARTNEY TOO. MANY MCCARTHY’S MCCARTNEY, HE’S PAUL MCCARTNEY. THE ABSENCE OF JJ MCCARTHY CHARLIE MCCARTHY. THAT’S A VERY DATED REFERENCE JJ MCCAR, JJ MCCARTHY WAS LONGER THAN ANYONE WOULD HAVE EXPECTED. ALTHOUGH 1 IN CLEVELAND. ON THEIR BYE WEEK BEFORE THEY PLAYED THE EAGLES. THE QUESTION WAS, WOULD CARSON WENTZ PLAY AGAINST PHILLY? OR WOULD IT BE JJ MCCARTHY AND I POKED AROUND AND THAT’S WHEN I GOT SOME CLARITY ON THIS INJURY BECAUSE THE INITIAL REPORTS OR 2 TO 4 WEEKS FOR THE HIGH ANKLE SPRAIN. I WAS TOLD IT’S 4 TO 6 AND THE EAGLES GAME WOULD HAVE LANDED AT 5 RIGHT? IN THE MIDPOINT OF THE ESTIMATED ABSENCE FOR JD MCCARTHY. SO EAGLES WAS 5. LAST WEEK WAS 6, AND IT WASN’T REALLY 6 BECAUSE IT WAS A THURSDAY NIGHT GAME. SO IT WAS 5 AND 4 DAYS. 7 WEEKS IS SUNDAY AGAINST THE DETROIT LIONS. SO, MCCARTHY’S. READY TO GO AND EARLY ON KEVIN O CONNELL SAID THAT IT CAN’T BE JUST A SITUATION WHERE JJ MCCARTHY IS HEALTHY THE NIGHT BEFORE A GAME. HE’S GOT TO BE HEALTHY ENOUGH TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FULL WEEK OF PRACTICE AND OKAY, CANO, AT THAT TIME TIPTOED THROUGH A POTENTIALLY DELICATE MINEFIELD. WHEN HE SAID HEY LOOK LET’S FACE IT AGAINST THE FALCONS. JJ DIDN’T HAVE A FULL WEEK OF PRACTICE. HE NEEDS A FULL WEEK OF PRACTICE. NOW, HE BECAUSE THE CHILD WAS BORN. BUT THE REALITY IS, WHEN YOU MISS THAT WORK, WHEN IT’S SO DRIVEN BY COACHING AND UNDERSTANDING THE GAME PLAN AND GETTING THE BALL WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE AND REPETITION REPETITION REPETITION YOU TAKE AWAY 1-3 OF YOUR WORK WEEK, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, IN ADVANCE OF A SUNDAY GAME. WHEN IT’S YOUNG QUARTERBACK, HE’S JUST NOT GOING TO BE AS READY AS HE COULD BE THIS WEEK. HE’S GETTING THE FULL WEEK OF PRACTICE THIS WEEK. HE’S THE GUY THIS WEEK. WE SEE WHAT HE CAN BE WITH A FULL WEEK OF PREPARATION AND I DON’T WANT EXCUSES BEING MADE BY KEVIN OCON OR ANYONE ELSE ON THE BACK END IF THIS DOESN’T WORK, OKAY? IT’S WORKING. FOR DRAKE, MAYE. WITH CALEB WILLIAMS, IT’S WORKING. WHEN JAYDEN DANIELS IS HEALTHY. MICHAEL WHAT IT’S DOING. LET’S NOT IT’S WORKING. STAY HEALTHY. I SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THAT LAST WEEK AND I SAW A CLIP ON IT’S LIKE, MAN, THAT WAS A LITTLE HARSH BUT IT’S NOT FRANCHISES. ENTRUST THEIR SHORT AND LONG-TERM FUTURE FRANCHISES LONG-TERM FUTURE TO THESE AND WHEN YOU MAKE A GUY, A TOP 10 PICK, IT’S AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE BUT IT’S ALSO A HELL OF A BURDEN. AND YOU GOT EXPECTATIONS. SHOW WHAT YOU CAN DO. LOOK AT YEARS IN INDIANAPOLIS AND YOU GOT TO SHOW WHAT YOU RICHARDSON. HE GOT 2 YEARS IN THERE’S NO 5-YEAR PLAN IN THE NFL ANYMORE, IT’S ALL YEAR TO YEAR. EVERYBODY IS YEAR TO AND 1 BAD YEAR, GETS YOU GONE. NOW COULD JJ MCCARTHY BE A GUY THAT IF IT WASHES OUT FOR HIM IN MINNESOTA HAS A GREAT SECOND ACT. WELL, THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY LUMP MINNESOTA INTO THE CATEGORY OF THE DYSFUNCTIONAL TEAMS, BECAUSE THAT’S THE TYPE OF TEAM THAT IT HAPPENS TO THE BROWNS AND THE JETS. IT’S PRETTY MUCH THE LIST. TO MAKE AN OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT. IS HE THE GUY? AND IT DOESN’T MEAN THEY HAVE TO GIVE UP ON HIM RIGHT AWAY. THEY CAN DO WHAT THE COLTS. DID YOU JUST MAKE HIM THE SECOND STRING QUARTERBACK? LET HIM KEEP LEARNING. MAYBE HE NEEDS MORE TIME, MAYBE WE NEED TO TAKE A STEP. BACK SEEMED TO WORK FOR BRYCE YOUNG LAST YEAR. BUT THIS IS A HELL OF A TEST. WE’RE PLAYING THE LIONS IN DETROIT. AND HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT, THE GOOD NEWS IS. IT’S MICHIGAN. SINCE HE BEAT OHIO STATE. A LITTLE SPARK. MAYBE THAT IDEA OF TAKING ON THIS MASSIVE CHALLENGE, WHERE NO 1 THINK YOU’RE GOING TO WIN EVERYONE’S DOUBTING. WHY IS EVERYBODY DOUBTING ME? WELL, BECAUSE YOU GOT INJURED IN WEEK 1 OF THE PRESEASON LAST YEAR. AND THEN YOU GOT INJURED IN WEEK 2 OF THE REGULAR SEASON THIS YEAR. YOU GOT TO BE AVAILABLE. YOU GOT TO SHOW THAT YOU CAN PLAY THE GAME IN A WAY THAT KEEPS YOU FROM GETTING INJURED. THAT IS NOT HARSH. THAT IS FAIR. IF YOU ARE PLAYING RECKLESSLY, IF YOU ARE GOING BEYOND YOUR PHYSICAL CAPABILITY AND YOU GET INJURED BECAUSE OF IT, IT’S ADMIRABLE, IT’S ALSO BECAUSE YOU’RE NOT AVAILABLE TO YOUR TEAM, WE SAY THE SAME THINGS ABOUT 2 TO TANGO VOA, AND I SAID ABOUT ANY QUARTERBACK. I REMEMBER THE, THE FIRST GAME, ROBERT GRIFFIN, THE THIRD EVER PLAYED FOR THE BROWNS, IT’S BROWNS. EAGLES WEEK 1. IT WAS PROBABLY 2016. HE’S RUN ALONG THE SIDELINES AND HE DROPS HIS SHOULDER. INSTEAD OF JUST GETTING OUT INTO AN EAGLES PLAYER. AND THERE GOES THE SHOULDER AND THERE GOES THE SEASON, HE WAS BACK LATER BUT IT IT DIDN’T MATTER BY THEN JIMMY GAROPPOLO. THIRD GAME OF THE 2018 SEASON AT KANSAS CITY ALONG THE SIDELINE HAD TO BE A TOUGH GUY. AND MEAT HEAD. DROPS HIS SHOULDER AND DO ACL. IT’S PART OF YOUR OBLIGATION TO PLAY THE GAME IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS YOU TO BE AVAILABLE TO YOUR TEAM. AND I ASSUME THE VIKINGS HAVE BEEN HARPING ON HIM. NOW, THE PROBLEM IS A LOT OF THESE GUYS, WHEN YOU GET INTO THE FRAY AND THE ADRENALINE IS FLOWING AND YOU YOU, YOU, YOU WANT

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