For the glass-half-full crowd, one mesmerizing fourth quarter was enough for J.J. McCarthy to make Minnesota Vikings fans believe in their new franchise quarterback.
Unfortunately, the majority of Vikings fans are stuck on the other seven quarters of these first two games of the 2025 season — and for good reason.
McCarthy was brilliant in the fourth quarter of Minnesota’s Week 1 road win over the Chicago Bears. The 22-year-old led three furious touchdown drives to erase a two-score deficit and down an NFC North rival. And while those eight minutes need to be mentioned and highlighted in any discussion regarding the Vikings’ quarterback and offense as a whole, they stand as a clear outlier now two games into the 2025 season.