While J.J. McCarthy is close to a return, it won't come this week against his collegiate head coach.

Carson Wentz will make his fifth straight start at quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings on Thursday night against the Los Angeles Chargers, led by former Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh, in Inglewood, Calif.

"J.J., the medical staff, myself, we're all kind of encouraged with where he's at and the progress he's making, but he's just not there," Vikings coach Kevin O'Connell said. "If this was a Sunday game, maybe it would be a little bit of a different story."

Wentz's time replacing McCarthy, who has a sprained ankle, has been a mixed bag. He has kept the Vikings (3-3) right at the .500 record he inherited, winning two of his four starts while throwing for 1,072 yards, five touchdowns and fo

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