Vikings player seemingly threw JJ McCarthy under the bus

A Minnesota Vikings player seemingly threw quarterback JJ McCarthy under the bus by suggesting the team had to dumb down its offense to accommodate him.

Vikings running back Aaron Jones on Friday discussed the present state of the team’s offense, and attempted to diplomatically reveal that the team has had to simplify things to help certain players. Pretty much everyone assumed that Jones’ comments were about McCarthy.

“Where it gets complex, where everybody may not have the same deeper understanding of each play concept, is where we’ve, I guess in a way dumbed it down,” Jones said. “Kind of took the meat of it off, but you’re still getting a lot of everything.

“To me it’s not complicated. I’ve been playing football my whole life. But to some people, it’s like learning a new language.”