First impressions of JJ McCarthy from rookie minicamp 

Being a Michigan of course I had to follow JJ Mccarthy to the vikings. When I was listening to KOC's press conference and he said that JJ was on the field practicing before everyone else. That doesn't surprise me one bit. I'm not going to say that he will be a successful nfl quarterback but I can say with confidence that he will put in the work.

JJ McCarthy weighed in at 219 lbs at the combine and if KOC said he has put on weight since the combine than he must be over 220. Not sure where the 210 is coming from.

One thing that makes the greats great is that ability to read defenses. JJ is the guy who is going to study study study. Never allow real life drama to come into his life. No partying and all that nonsense. Your going to see progress from JJ every day and once he gets a full year under his belt with reps and learning he is going to be a great QB. So if the Vikings bring him up right he will be fantastic

It will be a night and day difference from McCarthy‘s first practice to his last practice before the NFL season begins. Don’t forget, he came out as a junior and only played 2 + college, seasons. In major league baseball when a team picks a pitcher in first, they are almost always sent to the minor leagues. Most first round pitchers will start at AA or AAA and then quickly move up if they’re doing well.

I think jj ends up being the best qb in this draft. No doubt. It’s day one of nfl practice. Give him some time to learn and play with the actual teams.

This is one of the videos I've been waiting for. Initial reaction to the rookies. Thanks for making it an interesting, informative, and fun video as well.

This is great info!!! Thank you Matt and Dane

JJ is 100% starting over Sam Darnold week 1. The kid is a psycho. Most confident and driven QB I have seen at Michigan since Brady.

Jj is a beast. You guys don't have a clue what you got. He will kill it.

i know preseason games are not cool anymore but i'm really excited to see them this year. i'm hoping JJ gets a standing ovation like Teddy did in the preseason his rookie year vs the cards i believe

If McCarthy fails, he will fail because he can’t process the game. He won’t fail because of physical abilities because he’s got it all and his work ethic is on par with Brady. This is the first time I’ve ever felt confident in a Vikings QB. To me, due to how he is as a person and his situation, his likelihood to succeed is more probable than it is it fail.

He'll be a BUST...IN CANTON!

He made a bet with his teammates😭😭show his competitiveness

This day will always be remembered as the day JJ arrived not the Wolves.

Guys Favre threw it hard and coaches said don't worry, we will get guys who can catch the fastball.

We can always rely on Matt and Dane 😊

this guy has a canon

As far as thinking he was putting everything into it in college, remember that from Penn State on in 2023 he was injured and couldn't transfer his weight through his plant leg. Without the ability to use good technique, he would have had to work harder to get the velocity.

I absolutely love the comparison to Brett Favre. He used to have a tally in his locker, 4 every player he broke a finger. Not saying that’s cool, but my meaning is JJMC being able to rip the ball with such velocity, he can be a gunslinger like Brett when needed; now 2 control all this power! 💪😈skol🔥

6'3" & 219 lbs on the team roster

The Vikings "owe" me those ten S.B....

I think the season is going to be fun Its just kinda hard for me to find excitement with Sam Darnold Potentially starting for a while My excitement is more in seeing McCarthy’s progression & if he just flat out starts cooking Darnold in practices.

You can’t say that. Harbaugh trains his players for the nfl. Quarterback is a lot different than defensive end. Your drafted in the first round as a d end your supposed to start day one. At qb it’s different. You want a qb to sit and learn a lot more. He’s the focal point of the offense. Instead of a cog in the defense. A d end won’t be ruined playing right away. A qb can be ruined by playing him from the get.

I see Crusaders butthurt! Lol

This man just lost all credibility when he said he would toss a fade to rudy gobert... That man has hands of stone.

JJ was just a little excited today

QB #1 Barrington, Illinois, U.S. Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Weight: 205 lb (93 kg) QB #2 La Grange Park, Illinois, U.S. Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Weight: 219 lb (99 kg) Which one is JJ and which one is Kirk Cousins? Without google, take your best guess. Unless you know where each player was born, this would be tough. Source: Wikipedia, so take this with a grain of salt. 👍

Haven't even started the episode and all I can hear is Matthew saying "he looked like a rookie in rookie mini-camp, let's not read too much into this..." *continues to discuss*

Virgin blog boys finally realizing what Michigan Fans knew 3 years ago.

Curious how the learning curve for Darnold is going

i would honestly not rush him in it wouldnt be the smartest thing to do in my gm couch opinion just give the boy time to see the real time speed of what is going on week to week he will study more but like i said what do i know just food for thought only fools rush in.

I think he looked a lot better than you're making it sound. He hasn't played in months and he's playing with guys that will be cut or practice squad members at best. JJ will be the week one starter.

The film I remember about Dallas Turner is him slamming JJ's head and body into the ground in the rose bowl.

I think you have 3 levels of ready coming out of preseason Not ready yet Ready yes, but we want more work done He's ready and he's the guy

Hi Matt

I’m interested to see how Darnold fares in this QB friendly system and all the support you’re talking about for JJ. We may find that Darnold’s previous teams failed him and not the other way around. It sure looks like he has all the tools.

Sam Darnold will start wk 1.

Thoughts on McBride?

Wish he could wear #10

Anthony Edwards could play RB in the NBA today.

Oh...Bull...he won't be starting ... he'll sit and learn ...and well he should

Kinda disrespectful the kid had a life changing type injury

Reading your reaction when JJ was mentioned said enough. You didn’t seem impressed

JJ better QB than Goff and JJ hasn't even played a regular season game yet

TJ missed most of camp with an "ear infection" last year and he had a rough start to the year, so Jefferson missing camp could get him off to a bad start too. That's good or bad depending on how you want to look at it. I wouldn't mind seeing the Vikings lose about 12 games this year because they should be eyeballing 2025 as when they start being competitive again. Use 2024 to load up one more time. Because how competitive can they really expect to be in 2024? I don't want to see them eek out meaningless wins just to finish with 8 or 9.

Parabola lol 🫡

Cousins didn't light up a decent Flores D last year. JJ on this D has to be taken with a grain of salt

Okay

Unfortunately fans want Superbowl results immediately and that's when staffs destroy a guy's career. Tossing them to the wolves right out of college at 21 years old is not what you do when you want to have a stud franchise QB that will win you Superbowls. JJ has been a winner everywhere and I don't believe anything is going to change with that. Except when y'all play the lions. Than you can lose lol

PS2 Madden aka when madden was Good

Lewis was an obscene draft pick

of all the rookie QBs he looked the worst: shaky balls / 3 plus misthrows / pick 6 pathetic meanwhile the rest throwing dimes go look at the Penix film I wonder of Vikes would have taken Penix if ATL didn't beat them to the punch lol

Modern Madden is a broken piece of trash.

JJ is better than Darnold. He will learn better by playing than by sitting on the bench. KOC isn't an idiot. Therefore McCarthy will be starting sooner rather than later.

Jj is a bum

Your guest was the guy that was knocking jj and Dallas draft day because Dallas said they will go to war for each other and he doesn’t like that term war “it’s not his thing”. This dork doesn’t realize he wouldn’t be here talking about football if it wasn’t for the men who fought wars for our freedom to be here talking about football. Guy on the right, please show some respect

He is the bust of the draft along with Caleb Williams 😂😂 Penixx will be the best qb out this draft

When McCarthy can't set his lower half, it's game over. His noodle arm is masked, at times, by his full body mechanics.

Jj mccarthy sucks. Most inaccurate QB to ever go first round