Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz and Frank Schwab discuss expectations for rookie quarterback J.J. McCarthy and whether the Vikings can challenge for a playoff spot this season. Listen and subscribe to the “Zero Blitz” podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen.
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Give me your one big thing that you’re thinking about from Minnie.
Yeah, my one big thing for the Vikings is can jj mccarthy win offensive rookie of the year and I don’t think it’s that crazy.
Yeah, it’s a stacked field with a lot of quarterbacks, obviously, but not many rookie quarterbacks step into such an advantageous situation.
You look around him, obviously.
Justin Jefferson is still to be the best receiver on the planet.
Addison had a great rookie season.
Lester will be back from an AC L at some point.
They added Aaron Jones to help with the running game.
I think Kevin o’connell is a really, really good coach and I think he’s going to help get the most out of jj mccarthy.
Now.
They’re playing this whole game of a Sam’s our guy right now, Sam Darold.
He’s gonna be, you know, he’s got the lead for week one.
I don’t think he holds that job very long if he does it all.
I, I don’t know that he is their guy week one and I think at some point very, very soon in the season jj mccarthy takes over and I don’t necessarily love JJ mccarthy talent wise, I think he’s a good solid quarterback, but just stepping into that situation is gonna be so good for him that I think he can be the type of player that’s in the rookie of the year conversation all year long.
Obviously, voters love quarterbacks.
So if you’re gonna go some long shot right now and not even that much of a long shot, but somebody who’s not one of the top two or three favorites and jj mccarthy has a real chance to have a, a good rookie season.
And as crazy as it sounds, maybe have the best rookie season out of all of these guys in this really star studded offensive loaded draft class.
Now, the more you break it down, the more I, I…
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Publish date : 2024-07-02 12:00:18
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