McCarthy was the 10th overall pick in 2024 but could only watch after his injury as Sam Darnold led a great Vikings season. The pressure is now on McCarthy to try and match or exceed that. If he's indeed able to use his athleticism to its full potential, that'll go a long way toward the Vikings reaching theirs.

Despite reports that Minnesota Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy has struggled at training camp, his head coach, Kevin O’Connell, is not worried. Here is what O’Connell had to say:

The progress of starting quarterback J.J. McCarthy has been the talk of training camp at TCO Performance Center. Whether the Vikings had a good practice or a bad one can often be