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J.J. McCarthy was 4 years old when he attended his first NFL game.
He wore a navy Brian Urlacher jersey to Soldier Field and watched the Vikings, of all teams, make a 55-yard field goal at the gun to beat the Bears, 34-31. His father bought a program on the way out of the stadium to commemorate the first of his son’s many trips to see the Bears.
Don’t expect the La Grange Park native — and now the Vikings quarterback — to get too sentimental about it Monday night when he makes his NFL debut against those same Bears.