Vikings' McCarthy stays optimistic despite the discouragement of a season-ending injury

J.J. McCarthy knew when he was prepped for knee surgery that the absence or presence of a brace on his right leg when he awoke from the procedure would provide an immediate sign of the state of his rookie season with the Minnesota Vikings. “I was definitely upset, that's for sure,” McCarthy said. In less than three weeks, though, McCarthy is scheduled to shed the brace and begin walking again. “You take everything that life throws at you, and you find the positives in it, good or bad,” McCarthy said Friday at his cubicle in the locker room in his first interview with reporters since the surgery on Aug. 14 for a medial and radial tear of his meniscus revealed a need for a full repair and the longer rehab that comes with it.


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