India, Oct. 18 -- The Minnesota Vikings benched JJ McCarthy for Week 7, and named Carson Wentz as their starting quarterback. According to NFL insider Ben Devine, Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell used McCarthy's injury as an excuse, and benched him due to poor form.

On Friday, O'Connell claimed that McCarthy would be the emergency third-string quarterback behind Wentz and Max Brosmer. "I thought (Carson) had a good week of practice as well as JJ," he said.

"Feel good about him being available but he will be the emergency third quarterback. We went into the last game with two (QBs) and didn't quite feel like that was the smartest thing to do- and feel good about where he'd be at if he had to play in that third quarterback capacity."

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