With his hands full battling for the starting job in Minnesota, rookie quarterback JJ McCarthy continues to put in the work.
By all accounts, Vikings rookie QB JJ McCarthy has his hands full battling for the starting job in Minnesota. His primary competition is with six-year veteran and former first-round pick, Sam Darnold. Although Darnold is now on his fourth NFL team entering his seventh year, McCarthy is still adjusting to life in the NFL - along with all of the growing pains that come along with it.
"McCarthy looked like a quarterback with the talent to be a top-10 pick but with the inexperience of a 21-year-old. In other words: Exactly what should have been expected. At times, he fit darts into small windows against aggressive coverage. On other occasions, he bounced passes to receivers with no defenders in the drill."Growing pains aside, anyone who doubts McCarthy's ability to rise to the occasion should proceed with caution.
Knowing he's got plenty of work to put in, McCarthy recently indicated that he doesn't intend to take any vacations over the summer. Instead, he plans to spend the next month developing his game as much as he can before training camp starts in late July. One of the best ways to do that is by getting in reps with a veteran wide receiver who's a two-time Pro-Bowler and holds the NFL record for most consecutive 100-yard receiving games.
"This is not going to be something where you can have ultra control to the point where, when J.J. is out there playing for us, we are expecting some finished product," O'Connell said during minicamp. "That's part of the development... getting exposed to in-game adversity, getting in a rhythm and feeling like you can't miss, and then there's other days where it feels like the defense has 13 guys on the field.
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