Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell has done a lot of talking this season, and it definitely hasn’t helped his young quarterback or his floundering 4-8 team overall.
Vikings fans have learned more about J.J. McCarthy’s “leg-whip throwing motion,” for example, than how their team plans to attack the next opponent in recent weeks, and it’s helped create a swarm of outside narratives that aren’t entirely fair (or rooted in reality).
We know this for sure: McCarthy’s a self-described over-thinker. He expressed relief this week after being instructed by coaches to focus less on his throwing mechanics and footwork and more on executing each individual play.