Insider Reveals What He’s Listening to About J.J. McCarthy, Vikings

 

The Minnesota Vikings enter this season with an enormous query mark on their fingers.

They didn’t hold or signal any veteran quarterback to be an insurance coverage coverage, and so they’ve gone all-in with J.J. McCarthy.

That is smart, since they took him with a top-ten choice final season.

Nevertheless, he missed his whole rookie yr with a knee harm, and he didn’t have that a lot expertise in faculty, both.

That’s why it’s not a lot of a shock to listen to rumblings about him nonetheless being slightly uncooked.

Then once more, Dan Graziano of ESPN experiences that the Vikings firmly imagine he might be able to take the sphere by Week 1 (by way of NFL on ESPN):

“Is [J.J. McCarthy] prepared to begin proper now? Most likely not. Can he be the primary weekend in September? The Vikings imagine that he can,” he mentioned.

“Is [J.J. McCarthy] prepared to begin proper now? Most likely not. Can he be the primary weekend in September? The Vikings imagine that he can.”@DanGrazianoESPN talks about J.J. McCarthy’s improvement with the Vikings pic.twitter.com/5IbHid9DGi

— NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) June 23, 2025

The Vikings might’ve and may’ve gone the additional mile to maintain Sam Darnold or Daniel Jones round.

Additionally they reportedly held inside talks about doubtlessly making a run at Aaron Rodgers, who allegedly wished to play for Kevin O’Connell’s group.

That speaks volumes in regards to the…