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 preserve or signal any veteran quarterback to be an insurance coverage coverage, and so they’ve gone all-in with J.J. McCarthy.

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

Nonetheless, he missed his whole rookie 12 months 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 just a little uncooked.

Then once more, Dan Graziano of ESPN reviews that the Vikings firmly imagine he will likely be able to take the sector by Week 1 (by way of NFL on ESPN):

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

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

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

In addition they reportedly held inner talks about doubtlessly making a run at Aaron Rodgers, who allegedly wished to play for Kevin O’Connell’s workforce.

That…