JJ McCarthy drama in Vikings’ QB room

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He compared a professional QB room to a high school classroom.

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Even if that is how he truly he views the current situation, that is an unfiltered response to a question that is clearly presented to open a can of worms.

His comments could have easily been shaped to prevent the media from scrutinizing every move made in that room, but he clearly wasn’t interested in that outcome.

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Do you really believe JJ answered that question with a response that he felt was best for the team and his QB room to prepare for the upcoming season?

I’m not saying he is obligated to do so… but I certainly can’t see how his response can be viewed as anything but contentious for this coming season.

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Yeah, agree. He’s creating unnecessary drama by setting it up as me vs. him instead of just saying he’s going to do whatever he can to help the team and then let his play do the talking.

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The drama started when they signed a former #1 overall pick to compete with their first round pick. They wanted this. We’ll see how it plays out, but you can tell it’s the offseason by how much people are reading into it.

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i read the thread before i read the comments. I expected them to be way more inflammatory. seems pretty tame. If a tad tone deaf

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This is off-season nfl media generated drama

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Well good he got extended. Great player and a great person from what I hear. Plus he is a team leader and a great team player.


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I’m not sure there is much of a “competition” involved here.

The Vikings surely wanted better QB play.

I know a guy that met a few Vikings offensive players recently, and they playfully gave him a “boo” when he mentioned he was from Michigan.

He responded that we “gave them JJ McCarthy”…. so they should be happy.

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They gave each other a “look” and didn’t say anything back.

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He said it was a pretty awkward moment.

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Where? He said he’s in a classroom, nothing about high school, a QB room is a class room in a sense… Film study, identifying problems and developing game plans, a lot of teaching goes on in that room. Again, people are adding more to this than what’s there

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I agree, that’s why they added to the room. How it plays out will determine if JJ stays or gets moved, but they aren’t going to like eachother no matter what they say or don’t say to the media.

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While I find your JJ love to be a bit cultish you are so right IMO.

Here is Minny the last 2 seasons:

  • We love JJ and are getting rid of the QB that led us to 13+ wins because we believe in JJ
  • A year later: We have brought Mighty Mouse in to add depth to the room…and compete for the starting spot.

There is ZERO surprise here. Minny chose violence as I like to say when they brought Murray on the team.

And also it is clearly the off season and people are reading tea leaves by any comment by any player in the league. Desperate times…

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JJ absolutely compared it to high school.

The 2nd questions was… “is there any awkwardness between you two?”

McCarthy replied….

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His comments were nothing like the comments most QBs make when they face a QB competition. Considering that he hasn’t proven himself at the NFL level yet, I can understand why many people find them to be unimpressive.

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Josh Jacobs strangle somebody and no files have been charged. I’m pretty sure none of the players give two shits about this comment.

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Josh Jacobs’ behavior has absolutely nothing to do with the Vikings.

It is interesting for a few people to dismiss these comments as nothing, but I have noticed that some of the strongest statements being made online about them have been coming from former NFL players!

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Certainly not dismissive, moreso that players say things all the time and do things that are offensive all the time, and yet they sweep everything under the rug in the locker room because they are paid millions. Besides this he is a backup QB. There have been dumber people.

It’s the same old story.
Boy finds girl
Boy loses girl
Girl finds boy
Boy forgets girl
Boy remembers girl
Girl dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year’s Day.

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I mean, yeah, that’s how you get clicks… No one is clicking on a “JJ comes Kyler into yhr QB Room” headline

Season 3 Wtf GIF by The Simpsons

I don’t care, as long as they both suck

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Keep in mind at one time Stafford teammates in Detroit and old Lions players (Herman Moore to name 1) felt the same way about Stafford.

Glad to hear Minnesota is as dysfunctional as we used to be

I’ll take JJ from them as our reclamation QB project whenever they are ready

Perfect wingman response

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