After sitting out the entire 2024 campaign with a knee injury, J.J. McCarthy will make his regular-season debut as the starting quarterback of the Minnesota Vikings in a primetime Week 1 matchup against the Chicago Bears next Monday.
It's difficult to predict how McCarthy will play against the Bears because of his inexperience, and during an appearance on ESPN Chicago's "Waddle & Silvy" radio show on Tuesday, longtime ESPN analyst and personality Michael Wilbon shared how he believes the Bears should be able to easily exploit that inexperience of the young Vikings quarterback next week.
"I expect them to beat the hell out the Vikings and I expect them to make a rookie quarterback look like a rookie quarterback.