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 palms.

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.

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 a bit of uncooked.

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

“Is [J.J. McCarthy] prepared to start out proper now? In all probability not. Can he be the primary weekend in September? The Vikings consider that he can,” he stated.

“Is [J.J. McCarthy] prepared to start out proper now? In all probability not. Can he be the primary weekend in September? The Vikings consider 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 may’ve and will’ve gone the additional mile to maintain Sam Darnold or Daniel Jones round.

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

That speaks volumes…