Overview
- Minnesota dropped to 3-4 with a 37-10 loss to the Chargers, and The Athletic pegged the Vikings’ playoff chances at about 5%.
- Kevin O’Connell said J.J. McCarthy is expected to be ready for a full week of practice with a potential Nov. 2 return at Detroit.
- The coach expressed optimism that tackles Brian O’Neill and Christian Darrisaw could be available after the mini-bye.
- Carson Wentz started Thursday with Max Brosmer as the backup and McCarthy designated as the emergency third quarterback.
- Reporting from The Athletic, cited by Heavy, said there was internal support for exploring Aaron Rodgers to buy McCarthy more development time.