McCarthy's regular season debut won't come this year, but KOC firmly believes the Vikings have found their guy.
J.J. McCarthy's rookie season has come to an end before it really had a chance to begin. The Vikings' No. 10 overall pick underwentIt's a brutal blow for the Vikings and for McCarthy, who wasagainst the Raiders on Saturday. But while speaking to the media on Wednesday afternoon in Cleveland, ahead of a joint practice session with the the Browns, head coach Kevin O'Connell tried to focus on the positives.
"As our fans either have already come to find out or will in the future, this guy is so motivated and so dialed in," O'Connell said. "As excited as I was to draft him, he's confirmed everything that I hoped to see. Our fan base and everyone should be excited about the fact that we've got our young franchise quarterback in the building."
The Vikings were thrilled to select McCarthy back in April, moving up one spot from the 11th pick to ensure that they landed Michigan's national championship-winning quarterback. They believed in both his physical tools and his overall makeup — the way he works to get better, understands football, and carries himself off the field. All of that has only been verified by the way he's conducted himself this offseason and shown rapid growth in a short period of time.
That's what makes this news so tough to swallow for O'Connell and the Vikings. He was having so much fun coaching McCarthy and watching his development, and now that has to get put on hold to some extent. This year is suddenly about immersing McCarthy in film study and mental reps as much as possible so that he can hit the ground running next offseason.
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