The Minnesota Vikings are in the middle of their last round of voluntary offseason team activities this week. Many of the team’s veterans were given the week off, but attendance appears to be more mandatory than not, for youngsters like rookie quarterback J.J.
The NFL is heading into the annual dead period between the end of OTAs and minicamps and the opening of training camp. With it comes even more rumors and speculation, just to keep people engaged with the sport.
A team reporter offered further insight into the team's quarterback competition.
The Minnesota Vikings selected quarterback J.J. McCarthy with the 10th overall pick of the NFL Draft in April, but there is no guarantee he is going to begin his rookie season as the starter.
After moving on from Kirk Cousins this offseason, many on the outside are skeptical of the Vikings' chances this season. The Vikings replaced a four-time Pro Bowl quarterback with Sam Darnold, a journeyman QB who has had more downs than ups in his six-year career, and J.J.
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For about six weeks, Minnesota Vikings fans have daydreamed about when rookie quarterback J.J. McCarthy might take the reins of QB1. Minnesota found McCarthy with the 10th overall pick in April’s draft after a trade one spot up the board with the New York Jets.
A new report offered a blunt assessment of Minnesota Vikings rookie quarterback J.J. McCarthy as mandatory minicamp this week. The Vikings have an unusual schedule this offseason, where they will hold three voluntary practices for OTAs next week after mandatory minicamp this week.
Packers CB Jaire Alexander compared WR Jayden Reed to another longtime Packers receiver. “I mean, he has full potential. He reminds me of a young Randall Cobb.
The Minnesota Vikings are done with 2024 mandatory minicamp, as they continue to push through organized team activities this offseason. Superstar wide receiver Justin Jefferson was even at TCO Performance Center this week, after the Vikings finally inked him to the record-breaking contract extension we’d been waiting nearly two offseasons for.
The Minnesota Vikings wrapped up minicamp on Thursday afternoon and J.J. McCarthy threw the ball well.
This offseason this Minnesota Vikings moved on from quarterback Kirk Cousins, shifting the entire direction of the franchise. Especially, to get younger and more financially stable for future years.
Tuttle will be competing for the starting job. fds2024 is Michigan quarterback Jack Tuttle’s seventh season of college football and second with the Wolverines.
J.J. McCarthy was added as one of the shiny new weapons for the Minnesota Vikings this spring and many hope to learn everything they can about how the fit is going.
Justin Jefferson signed a record-breaking extension with the Vikings Monday, tying him to the franchise until 2028; the same year J.J. McCarthy's standard rookie contract will end.
While some lauded McCarthy’s intangibles coming out of Michigan, others expressed serious concern over his physical limitations.
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While the Minnesota Vikings signed quarterback Sam Darnold to a deal worth up to $10 million in 2024, do not sleep on 2024 NFL Draft first rounder J.J.
One of Minnesota’s best receivers informed reporters that McCarthy has a promising future.
For the previous six seasons, the Minnesota Vikings were blessed with the ease of mind that comes with having a veteran quarterback like Kirk Cousins. They’re quickly adjusting their expectations to life with a rookie quarterback during his first practice with the team in OTAs.
The Minnesota Vikings selected quarterback J.J. McCarthy with the 10th overall pick, with hopes that they have found their franchise guy. After Kirk Cousins left in free agency to sign with the Atlanta Falcons, the Minnesota Vikings landed on Michigan's J.J.
The Minnesota Vikings see QB Sam Darnold as an important piece in the development of rookie signal-caller J.J. McCarthy.
McCarthy was the fifth quarterback selected in last month’s draft. He didn’t put up huge passing numbers in college at Michigan, but he helped the team win plenty of games, including the national championship last season.
One imagines that the very first practice for a rookie quarterback in the NFL would be daunting. After all, the quarterback is arguably the most high-profile position in professional sports, and there is little room for error in the NFL — even for rookies.
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