'Thought it was a great first start for him, really getting some game reps under his belt in our offense.'
, telling ESPN's Pat McAfee he thought it "was a great example of what playing quarterback in this league is all about."on Monday, O'Connell said he felt the rookie had "poise" and "confidence" during his outing in Saturday's. McCarthy threw for 188 yards, bouncing back from an early interception to connect on two touchdown passes in the third quarter.
"I just thought there was a ton of learning moments in the game for J.J. What I was most proud of is just the way, even after turns it over early, comes right back and is ripping the ball down the field, standing in the pocket, generating explosives on early downs a couple big third down conversions and got the team in the end zone a couple times there."
"One of the things that drew me to him throughout the draft process is this guy is authentically himself, every single day," O'Connell said when asked about how the rookie is handling the transition to the NFL off the field. " brings a ton of juice and energy, enthusiasm and the guy works his tail off. He is truly in that quarterback room with Josh and Grant trying to get better.
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