Mike McCarthy’s record in 13 seasons with Green Bay, including a Super Bowl victory, four NFC Championship games and eight straight postseason appearances, made him a star candidate for the Cowboys head coaching job when it opened up in 2020. Since committing to Dallas, McCarthy has gone 12-5 and qualified for the playoffs every year […]
Caleb Williams and Jayden Daniels live up to hype, J.J. McCarthy wows and more: Grading NFL rookie QB preseason debuts
Week 1 of the 2024 NFL preseason provided an opportunity to see the rookie quarterbacks from a strong draft class play their first professional games. And while a series or two to start a career is the smallest of sample sizes, it’s still fun to consider how good (or bad) their initial impressions were. The […]
Vikings pass catcher raves about rookie QB J.J. McCarthy
The Minnesota Vikings made the direction of the franchise clear this past April when they selected quarterback J.J. McCarthy with the 10th overall pick. The idea is McCarthy will take over as the starting quarterback when he’s ready with head coach Kevin O’Connell having benchmarks for him to hit. When you draft a quarterback highly […]
Vikings QB J.J. McCarthy and Patrick Mahomes have one thing in common
When the Minnesota Vikings selected J.J. McCarthy 10th overall out of Michigan, they were hoping he would be the quarterback of the future. They didn’t draft him for his baseball skills. Unfortunately, on a Tuesday night in Minneapolis, that’s all anyone could talk about, as he threw out one of the worst first pitches in […]
Recent NFL Draft video shows the Rams knew of the Vikings love for J.J. McCarthy
When teams identify a player that they want in the NFL Draft, they will often do whatever it takes to go and get that player. For the Minnesota Vikings, they knew they wanted a top quarterback. They tried to get Drake Maye from North Carolina, but nobody was willing to accept a trade to move […]