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Avi.

Amani, whoever is running the board, hit me with the Viking horn because I need to check in

on Skol Nation right off the top.

Well done whoever hit that button.

Minnesota Vikings fans. How are we living? How are you living today?

And no I'm not asking just to ask. I'm asking because I really want to know.

I'm asking because I care yo, I do. This is a Vikings house. I do your

your pain because I know that to be a Viking fan is to no pain

it's to experience pain it's to live with that pain on a regular basis. This is why I know for a fact that you were not shocked when it was first announced that your first round drop pick, J.J. McCarthy, is going to miss some time due to a knee procedure.

A quarterback going down with an injury.

I mean that's nothing new to you, right Viking fan?

In fact, it's like I always always say it's sort of who you are

sort of what you do it's a lifestyle it's an identity it's not a question of

if it's a matter of when somehow it's a matter of when. Somehow it's a part of the job description. It comes with the

job of being Vikings quarterback and I'm not piling on either. Again, I'm with you. It's just it's inexplicable and it sucks, but it's real.

So why don't we get into some of the terminology a knee procedure a knee procedure a knee procedure a knee procedure which is a surgery pretty simple right but calling it a procedure makes it seem a lot less worse. It makes

it seem more mild. In my book, surgery is surgery. In my book, it is a surgery. So the good news is, it could be a relatively minor surgery,

depending on what they find when they go in there.

And maybe he's even back in a number of weeks.

Now, the bad news is is it depends what they find when they go in there because

he could end up missing months if not the entire season. So let's talk about that notion of minor versus major surgery.

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