Kevin O'Connell provides update on J.J. McCarthy's ankle injury 'he's still in the early stages'

Kevin O'Connell provides update on J.J. McCarthy's injury

Now that we are a few days removed from the injury happening, there is more of a semblance on how the injury is responding. O'Connell was relatively positive about his recovery.

"Yeah, he's responding well early on to treatment and things," said O'Connell. "He's in a boot and letting that thing settle down when he's not getting treatment. [He's] still heavily involved in meetings and installs and everything, has had great energy and enthusiasm to kind of attack it in any way he can for now, and that'll be able to build and progress from there. But, yeah, he's still in the early stages of it."

It's good news for the Vikings that McCarthy is responding well to treatment. Will he end up missing the majority of the timeline or come back sooner? The best case scenario might be to wait until after the bye week to let his ankle heal.

Ankle injuries can fluctuate in sevarity, which could be in the Vikings' favor. We will keep you updated on how things develop with McCarthy over his recovery.

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