The Minnesota Vikings added a veteran quarterback to their practice squad after losing Carson Wentz to shoulder injury.

The NFL is determined to prove Minnesota Vikings kicker Will Reichard did not hit a camera wire on his missed field-goal attempt in Week 5. The league reviewed video of the kick from multiple angles and determined "the ball in no way made any contact with the cable," an NFL spokesperson told ESPN.

"It's too obvious to ignore," Walder began. "The Vikings are expected to get McCarthy back this week, but he struggled when he played this season (23.2 QBR), the Carson Wentz backup experiment was largely a failure, and this team has too much potential to waste this season."

With just two quarterbacks in the entire organization after Carson Wentz suffered a season-ending shoulder injury, the Minnesota Vikings had

Minnesota Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell did his weekly news conference on Wednesday at TCO Performance Center, and spent most of the 19 minutes talking about quarterbacks.

McCarthy will be making his return in a crucial game for the Vikings, who have slipped to 3-4 this season, but remain 1-0 in NFC North play. A win over the Lions would be major for Minnesota making sure their season doesn’t start to slip away from them.

The Minnesota Vikings have been urged to consider making an extremely surprising quarterback trade after the Carson Wentz injury.

The Vikings, Panthers and Falcons all took blowout losses in Week 8 of the NFL season, and it may mean more than just one defeat for them.