Vikings' JJ McCarthy Out for Season with Knee Injury

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00:00Of course, we discussed at the top of the show, the Vikings will not have rookie quarterback

00:09J.J. McCarthy for the entire season.

00:12They opened up the knee this morning, complete tear of the meniscus, surgery, finished.

00:17We'll see you next year for J.J.

00:19Here is Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell giving the bad news, Scotty.

00:24An update on J.J. McCarthy.

00:26He did undergo surgery actually this morning on that meniscus.

00:32It was led by our team doctor, Dr. Chris Larson at TCO.

00:35It was a successful procedure, but it did reveal that a repair was necessary, which

00:43will end J.J.'s 2024 season.

00:47That's just unbelievable to me that that's how quick his season ended.

00:53He looked great in his time that he played.

00:57He was slinging it all over the football field, bangs up the knee.

01:02You think you're going to get a break with the meniscus and not the ACL, and the same

01:07thing happens.

01:08He tore it.

01:09They had to repair it, full repair, full year.

01:14He's out.

01:15I think it's devastating news for the Vikings, and I don't believe any of that.

01:21This is the best thing that could have happened for him, that he's getting it fixed and he'll

01:27be back next year.

01:30I don't see any brightness in losing a season, losing a year of your life.

01:36I don't care what anybody says.

01:37You only play for so long in the NFL, and now you've got one knee surgery under your

01:43belt, and you know what usually follows, another one.

01:48It's that simple.

01:50These guys start having bad knees, and then will he be able to take a hit?

01:56It's real simple.

01:57This league is violent, and guys drop like flies, and guys with bad knees don't last.

02:03It's real simple.

02:05He's already got one now.

02:06He never had any problems in high school and college, and now he's already got a problem

02:11in the NFL.

02:12I think it's a real bad day for the Vikings.

02:16It is a real bad day for them.

02:17In fact, they had some other bad things happen too.

02:20Jordan Addison went down holding his leg, of course, one of their wide receivers.

02:24They had to help him off.

02:26They brought the cart out for him.

02:28Now, Kyle said he's okay.

02:30It's not that serious.

02:31I think everyone gets nuts now.

02:32That's the new thing now, right, Scott?

02:33They put everyone on the cart.

02:34You've seen a lot of this the last couple days.

02:38Just because someone goes on the cart, it's not a good thing, but I think there's a big

02:42jump to conclusion when these guys end up on the cart, and sometimes it's not as bad.

02:47That is precautionary.

02:48Correct.

02:49You don't want this guy to limp off or be carried off.

02:52This is the NFL.

02:53They have all this money.

02:54Bring the cart out and bring him back into the room, and don't make him suffer trying

02:58to get off the field.

03:00They're saying it's not bad.

03:01I don't believe them.

03:03I don't believe anything I hear from NFL teams regarding injuries until you hear what he

03:09did.

03:10He had a press conference, and he said he had surgery this morning.

03:13He's done for the year.

03:15That's when there's finality to it.

03:17When they admit that there's injuries, because the rest of the time, they come out with injury

03:22reports, but I don't think they tell the truth about a guy in camp goes down.

03:26Yeah, it's no big deal.

03:28I've heard that neighbor's ankled.

03:30No big deal.

03:31You know what I mean?

03:32Everybody says it's nothing.

03:33I don't believe them.

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