Vikings WR Jalen Nailor Strongly Defends J.J. McCarthy
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Game Time: 1 p.m. Nailor is currently not listed on this week's injury report. The Vikings have no other receiver on the injury list. Nailor has totaled 395 yards on 26 receptions with four TDs, averaging 28.2 yards per game.
Injures are the bane of our existence in fantasy football, but there is nothing worse than injuries hitting your squad during the playoffs.
But it wasn’t Justin Jefferson or Jordan Addison, but Jalen Nailor who was the star of the receiving corps for Minnesota. Nailor caught three passes for 47 yards, two of which went for touchdowns. It was the first time Nailor reached the end zone since his 124-yard, one TD effort in Week 10 against the Ravens.
The first week of the fantasy playoffs were this week. If you had any Minnesota Vikings players in your rosters, let's see how they did.
"You cannot not like him," Collinsworth said when NBC showed a clip of McCarthy high-fiving first responders before the game. "The guy, when he walks in the room, it's like somebody opened the shades and the sunshine came in. And so everybody's cheering for him. We want it to work. We just have to see it work."
The Minnesota Vikings may have ended the Dallas Cowboys' playoff hopes, as J.J. McCarthy totaled three touchdowns, including a rushing score, in a 34-26 victory on Sunday night.
J.J. McCarthy rolls to his left and finds Jalen Nailor, who makes a great play to come up with the ball despite being covered, tying things up for the Minnesota Vikings against the Dallas Cowboys.
Minnesota Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy lofts a 23-yard pass to wide receiver Jalen Nailor. Minnesota Vikings tight end T.J. Hockeson snatches a 29-yard pass from quarterback J.J. McCarthy.