Fansided · Nov 21, 2025
Kevin O'Connell isn't sugarcoating J.J. McCarthy’s struggles anymore
Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell | Ellen Schmidt/GettyImagesWhile there were a few concerns surrounding J.J. McCarthy before the Minnesota Vikings made him the 10th overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, his ability to accurately throw the football certainly wasn't one of them.
After all, in his final season at the University of Michigan, the Illinois native completed 72.3 percent of his passes in leading the Wolverines to a national championship, good for the highest mark in the Big Ten and the sixth-highest mark in the entire country.
