Rookie quarterback J.J. McCarthy missing the entire 2024 season due to meniscus surgery is all too painfully familiar for the Minnesota Vikings.
He became the third Vikings first-round draft-pick quarterback since 2005 to deal with a knee injury and miss significant time. Daunte Culpepper, the No. 11 pick in 1999, became the first 19 years ago when he shredded his knee and missed the rest of the 2005 season. Teddy Bridgewater, the No. 32 pick in 2014, sustained a catastrophic knee injury in 2016 and missed almost two seasons.
