The Minnesota Vikings will be without their first-round draft pick, quarterback J.J. McCarthy, for an undetermined amount of time due to a meniscus injury in his knee. According to initial reports, the rookie could miss as little as a few weeks and as much as a few months. That all depends on if the meniscus needs to be trimmed or repaired, per NFL’s Ian Rapoport.
McCarthy was either a late-round pick or wasn’t being taken in most fantasy football drafts, but his absence does have a fantasy impact: it solidifies Sam Darnold’s place atop the team’s depth chart into the foreseeable future. Darnold has been mostly a dud in the NFL, but there are those people who think he hasn’t had a fair chance to produce.
