Lions While cleaning out their lockers on Sunday, several Lions players noted that while they feel their title window is still open, there is no telling what the future can hold during the upcoming offseason. “I feel like it happens to teams every year,” DT Alim McNeill said, via The Detroit News. “Players move in and out.… Continue reading NFC Notes: Lions Coordinators, Jeff Hafley, J.J. McCarthy, Packers, Vikings
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Insider ‘truly’ believes Vikings will sign Sam Darnold, use J.J. McCarthy as trade ba
The NFL is a fickle business. When a quarterback doesn’t meet the biggest moments, their success in other games is quickly overshadowed, like a needle lost in a haystack. Just ask Kirk Cousins. After his 2022 season with the Vikings, he knows all too well that throwing short of the sticks on fourth-and-8 in a… Continue reading Insider ‘truly’ believes Vikings will sign Sam Darnold, use J.J. McCarthy as trade ba
Vikings ‘really confident’ in J.J. McCarthy with QB decision looming
Whether the J.J. McCarthy era in Minnesota will begin in Week 1 of the 2025 season remains to be seen. But as general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah said, “If that’s the course of action we decide, we’ll go in there confidently.” Adofo-Mensah fielded a slew of questions about the Vikings’ offseason plans from members of the… Continue reading Vikings ‘really confident’ in J.J. McCarthy with QB decision looming
Kevin O’Connell: J.J. McCarthy able to have full offseason to show he can be starter
The quarterback position was central to the conversation at the end of season press conferences that the Vikings held on Thursday. Sam Darnold’s future with the organization was one significant issue and 2024 first-round pick J.J. McCarthy’s return from the torn meniscus that kept him from playing as a rookie was another one. Decisions about… Continue reading Kevin O’Connell: J.J. McCarthy able to have full offseason to show he can be starter
Vikings miss out on J.J. McCarthy, Dallas Turner in 2024 re-draft
The Minnesota Vikings made a big play for the future when they traded up for both J.J. McCarthy and Dallas Turner in the 2024 NFL Draft. They took McCarthy to be the future at the quarterback position while Turner would be the face of the defense. With so many teams now out of the season,… Continue reading Vikings miss out on J.J. McCarthy, Dallas Turner in 2024 re-draft
Sam Darnold or J.J. McCarthy? For Vikings, it’s about what gives them ‘best chance to win’
EAGAN, Minn. — Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and Kevin O’Connell prepare for these news conferences. They sit with the public relations staff beforehand and consider the questions likely to be lobbed their way. They have been here long enough to know most of the queries Thursday would revolve around the quarterback position and the Minnesota Vikings’ plan… Continue reading Sam Darnold or J.J. McCarthy? For Vikings, it’s about what gives them ‘best chance to win’
J.J. McCarthy returns to on-field training: What it means for Vikings’ QB room
In the wake of the stunning end to the Minnesota Vikings’ season in Monday’s wild-card loss to the Los Angeles Rams, they delivered some promising news on Thursday: J.J. McCarthy is back to on-field training. “I’m very excited about where J.J. is at,” Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell said in an end-of-season press conference. “He’s… Continue reading J.J. McCarthy returns to on-field training: What it means for Vikings’ QB room
Sam Darnold or J.J. McCarthy? Vikings say it’s too early to decide
Quarterback Sam Darnold’s disappointing finish to this Vikings season does not close the door on him returning to the team in 2025. General Manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah told reporters during Thursday’s season-ending news conference that Darnold is among the “good options” the Vikings have at quarterback moving forward. Darnold, who prior to this year hadn’t been… Continue reading Sam Darnold or J.J. McCarthy? Vikings say it’s too early to decide
Vikings’ 2025 QB candidates: Three logical targets for J.J. McCarthy insurance if Sam Darnold exits
The Minnesota Vikings went out with a whimper on a Monday night, and in the process, Sam Darnold may have cost himself any shot to return as the club’s unquestioned starting quarterback. A pleasant surprise for much of an explosive 2024 campaign, the journeyman utterly crashed at the finish line, leaving the Vikings with consecutive… Continue reading Vikings’ 2025 QB candidates: Three logical targets for J.J. McCarthy insurance if Sam Darnold exits
Minnesota’s J.J. McCarthy vs. Sam Darnold dilemma suddenly gets easier
All too often, answers to seemingly difficult decisions tend to reveal themselves in time. For the Vikings, the right way to resolve their quarterback quandary has become apparent in the last 120 minutes of football. When the lights got the brightest, Sam Darnold reverted to his ghost-seeing ways. And that makes it a lot easier… Continue reading Minnesota’s J.J. McCarthy vs. Sam Darnold dilemma suddenly gets easier