Given that he had no actual in-game NFL experience before last Monday, plenty of people have expected J.J. McCarthy to struggle in his first season as the starting quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings. Well, in Minnesota's loss to the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, those struggles happened, and McCarthy's inexperience played a major role in the outcome.
Following Sunday's loss to the Falcons, the young Vikings quarterback has now completed 58.5 percent of his passes for 301 yards (7.3 per attempt), two touchdowns, and three interceptions in his first two NFL starts, in addition to getting sacked a total of nine times.