After getting battered and bruised last week in primetime, veteran quarterback Carson Wentz won’t play again for the Vikings this season. He has officially been placed injured reserve and is set to have surgery on his left shoulder.

The lasting image of Wentz’s time with the Vikings will be him grimacing in pain on the sideline late in last Thursday’s 37-10 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers. He had been playing through a significantly injured left. non-throwing shoulder while young quarterback J.J. McCarthy recovered from a high ankle sprain.

Asked last week if he thought about pulling Wentz from the game, coach Kevin O’Connell went over the decision to keep him in.

“I asked him multiple times where he was at,” O’Connell said. “He said he was good and wanted to keep going.”

As he reflected on constantly having to peel himself off the turf, Wentz talked about the bulky harness he wore on his left shoulder, adding that pain he felt during the game might have been the worst of his career.

As of right now, McCarthy and rookie quarterback Max Brosmer are only quarterbacks on the roster. Presumably, the Vikings will add another at some point in the near future.

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In a corresponding move, the Vikings claimed tight end Ben Sims off waivers. which indicated injured tight end Josh Oliver could miss some time.

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