QB J.J. McCarthy out (hand) vs. Lions

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Minnesota Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy will miss Thursday's game against the Detroit Lions with a hairline fracture in his right hand, head coach Kevin O'Connell told reporters Tuesday.

McCarthy appeared to injure his hand near the end of the first half of Sunday's 16-13 win over the New York Giants in East Rutherford, N.J., and was