McCarthy’s rookie season vanished due to a knee injury. Turner chipped in modestly on the edge. Free-agent signings carried Minnesota to a 14-3 record, masking the roster’s thin depth.

All signs point to J.J. McCarthy being the man under center for the Minnesota Vikings in Week 1. Despite a career resurgence from Sam Darnold, the Vikings decided to move on, and he went to the ...

Last spring, the Vikings took quarterback JJ McCarthy tenth overall in the NFL Draft to be their 'quarterback of the future'. The Michigan prospect then suffered a season-ending injury in the ...

In the months that have passed since the Vikings’ season ended, Sam Darnold signed with the Seattle Seahawks and JJ McCarthy appears to be the heir apparent, starting in 2025. But there’s one ...

The entire fanbase thought Darnold was about to be anointed as the franchise quarterback and that rookie JJ McCarthy would spend the next one to two years backing him up. However, all the goodwill ...

McCarthy was expected to compete with Darnold for a starting job last offseason. He then suffered a torn meniscus and underwent surgery.Darnold put together a great season and led the Vikings to a ...

The Minnesota Vikings have been operating this offseason as though they expect JJ McCarthy to be their starting quarterback going forward, but apparently that has not been communicated to the ...

Following the departure of former Vikings QB Sam Darnold to Seattle, it looked like the JJ McCarthy era was soon to follow. But then reports began to surface that future Hall-of-Fame QB Aaron ...

McCarthy said that the team hadn’t been told he was the starter. “I’m happy they didn’t because I try to earn it every single day day and I never want that to be given to me,” McCarthy said.

Advertisement Ultimately, Minnesota opted to stay the course for now, moving forward with 22-year-old J.J. McCarthy. McCarthy was interviewed for the first time in months Tuesday on the “Up ...

Vikings quarterback JJ McCarthy AP They have also been one of the suitors for Rodgers’ services. “For me to sit here and say that anything’s 100 percent forever, that’s just not the job ...