Minnesota Vikings rookie quarterback J.J. McCarthy and linebacker Andrew Van Ginkel were in attendance the Minnesota Timberwolves-Denver Nuggets game Saturday afternoon at Target Center in Minneapolis. The Wolves briefly showed the duo on the video board during the first quarter, and McCarthy started doing a Skol clap to loud applause from the crowd. Some @Vikings… Continue reading J.J. McCarthy and Andrew Van Ginkel start Skol clap at Wolves-Nuggets game
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Vikings Get Concerning Assessment on Quarterback J.J. McCarthy
Getty Quarterback J.J. McCarthy of the Minnesota Vikings. Minnesota Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy is healthy and possibly on his way to the starting job in 2025, but there’s a lot that can go wrong between late January and early September. The Vikings have yet to make clear the direction they will head with players like… Continue reading Vikings Get Concerning Assessment on Quarterback J.J. McCarthy
Does the 2025 NFL Draft class affect the trade value of J.J. McCarthy?
The conversation isn’t going away for a few more weeks if you are the Minnesota Vikings. The discussion around the future of Sam Darnold and J.J. McCarthy is set in stone for some while others continue to gauge different avenues the team can take. The latest to discuss different possibilities for the Vikings is ESPN’s… Continue reading Does the 2025 NFL Draft class affect the trade value of J.J. McCarthy?
Vikings should go all-in on J.J. McCarthy, add $80.1 million, former All-Pro WR
Despite another brutal exit in the first round of the playoffs, Minnesota Vikings GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah feels the franchise has “laid the foundation for a really competitive, sustained team.” Whether that team will feature Sam Darnold at quarterback in 2025 remains an unsolved mystery. Neither the GM nor head coach Kevin O’Connell has committed to… Continue reading Vikings should go all-in on J.J. McCarthy, add $80.1 million, former All-Pro WR
NFC Notes: Lions Coordinators, Jeff Hafley, J.J. McCarthy, Packers, Vikings
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
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’