The ex-Michigan quarterback appears to have some learning to do.
tenure, quarterback J.J. McCarthy heard his name called with the 10th selection. His tantalizing potential appeared to win out over his unknown-quantity reputation—derived from how rarely the Wolverines asked him to win games on his own."Here's what we can say about McCarthy so far," Seifert
Wednesday. After two days of minicamp, and with one final week of OTAs remaining, he's squarely behind veteran Sam Darnold on the depth chart.""During the practices open to reporters, Darnold has taken nearly all of the first-team reps, and more often than not, veteran Nick Mullens been the next quarterback to step in followed by McCarthy and then Jaren Hall," Seifert wrote.
Mullens and Hall accounted for half of the four quarterbacks to start games for the Vikings in 2023 after Kirk Cousins's Achilles injury. With Cousins gone, consistency at the sport's most important position is a must for Minnesota going forward.Patrick Andres has been a Staff Writer on the Breaking & Trending News Team at Sports Illustrated since 2022. Before SI, his work appeared in The Blade, Athlon Sports, Fear the Sword, and Diamond Digest.
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