June 12, 2025 • 16 mins
Minnesota Tim discusses the performance and potential of J.J. McCarthy, focusing on his arm strength and game management skills. He also touches on the recovery of Christian Derrisaw and its implications for the Minnesota Vikings' offensive line.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
JJ McCarthy can zip it and his blind side is
coming back. All of this on today's show plus more.
I'm sure, But first I need you to check out
five Star Bath Solutions of Minneapolis because they will transform
your bathroom in forty eight hours. Don't wait six to
(00:29):
eight weeks and cram into your teeny tiny bathroom downstairs
while you get ready for work and when you kids
get ready for school. You can have your bathroom back
in forty eight hours. Five Star Bath Solutions of Minneapolis
makes that promise, and that's what they did for us.
I'm talking new floor, new shower, new surround, new vanity.
(00:50):
We went from one sink to two things. Take a
look at the pictures if you're on YouTube. We had
an ugly blue floor with a step going into the
bathroom with handrails every where, and we hated it because
the handrails were opening up and his creating a mold
behind the shower. They took care of all of it.
We didn't have to outsource anything. They did it all
(01:11):
in forty eight hours. Five Star Bass Solutions of Minneapolis
will do that for you as well. Plus they have
affordable payment plans and free consultations, so contact five Star
Bass Solutions of Minneapolis if you want your bathroom done now,
not in eight weeks now. Five Star Bass Solutions of
(01:31):
Minneapolis is the best. They're called five star for a
reason because they deliver five star work. Five Star Bass
Solutions of Minneapolis contact them today, all right, JJ McCarthy,
he's my favorite topic to talk about because he's the
topic that garners the most interest, and he is the
(01:52):
most interesting topic. Josh Mantellus was interviewed yesterday just on
the sideline as they're getting ready for practice. He's doing
a little hold in. That's the popular thing these days,
do a little hold in so that you're showing up
(02:13):
but you're not really participating. But you can't get fined
if you're showing up and not participating. That's that's what
the cool kids these days are doing. And it makes sense.
Why would you hold out miss practice get fined when
you can hold in, show up to practice, not participate
(02:34):
in practice, and not get fine. It's definitely the smart decision.
But this is what he had to say about JAJ McCarthy.
He says this quote, he has one of the best
zips I've seen since being in the league. And I've
been around some guys who could sling it. Shout out
to Sean Mannion. He was slinging it. He had a
(02:56):
great arm. But yeah, JJ throws the ball as good
as I've been around. He can put the ball where
he wants to. Now, it's funny that of all players,
Josh Mattelis compares McCarthy's arm two, it's Sean Manion, career
(03:19):
backup quarterback Sean Mannion who's bounced around from team to team.
But according to Vikings players and reporters, Sean Manion could
zip it. Now, when I saw Sean Manion play, I
didn't actually think he had as much zip on his
ball as everyone said he did in preseason and the
(03:40):
limited reps he got in game, like, that's a zip.
Don't look like a zip to me. But he's got zip,
And apparently McCarthy has zip. And McCarthy's arm strength has
been a topic that has been talked about since his
pro day and concerns about his arm strength. And I've
(04:02):
never understood why McCarthy's arm strength has been the ongoing
topic of conversation because you look at his throw in
preseason to the receiver stricken down the sideline when Justin
Jefferson was on the radio with Paul Allen and TV
(04:23):
and it was an immaculate throw deep down the field
to the corner. And there are plenty of throws where
you look at McCarthy's arm in college and you say, Okay,
that's a big boy throw. That throw requires arm strength.
McCarthy's arm strength has never been even a tiny bit
(04:47):
of concern for me. That's never been my question. My
question when looking at McCarthy and analyzing his game was
his response ability to throw the ball at Michigan because
he was not asked to do too much when their
(05:08):
roster was filled with superstar players all around him. That's
been my biggest question is when he wasn't asked to
do much besides a dig here, a dunk there, a
decent throw here, a decent throw there. And then you
step into an NFL organization where you're supposed to be
(05:34):
the head of the snake. That's been my biggest concern.
Can he take the jump from Okay, we're gonna ask
you to manage the game at a level that won't
require you to make throws two Okay, can you manage
the game at a level where you need to make
(05:55):
the throws because real quick, I hate the game manager idea.
I hate when you call a quarterback a game manager,
because they are called to be game managers. Tom Brady,
you could argue, is the best game manager in the
(06:16):
history of football, and Patrick mahomes as a phenomenal game manager.
So this rap on quarterbacks being game managers. The best
game managers win super Bowls. That's what they are called
to do. Because when you look at what game manager means,
(06:37):
game manager means you are managing the game. It's knowing
when not to take a sack. It's knowing when to
get rid of the football. It's knowing when to forfeit
your possession on third and twenty, punning the ball away
(06:58):
and winning the field battle game and not throwing a
ball up, throwing an interception and giving a team easy
field position. That is all a part of what being
a great quarterback is game managing. So I'm very intentional
about the words that I use to describe McCarthy's game managing.
(07:24):
At Michigan, McCarthy was asked to be a game manager
that didn't screw up, but now he needs to be
a game manager at the NFL level where he can
make all the throws and still not screw up. That's
always been my biggest question. And you look at his
(07:45):
arm strength. At the Pro Days, they quarterbacks throw the
ball as fast as they can, and McCarthy's speed was
right up there with Josh Allen as the fastest balls
to be thrown at Pro Day. And now we got
to take all that with a grain of salt, because
(08:07):
who at the NFL level throws the ball as fast
as they can on a given throw, because each throw
requires a level of accuracy and timing and all of
those things. And when it requires all of those things, really,
(08:27):
how fast do you have to throw the ball? Certainly
not as fast as you can, but it does point
to a level of arm strength that he does have
that he could throw the ball as fast as he
can and McCarthy can zip it. And the question about
(08:49):
does he have the arm strength, in my opinion, is
a dumb question to ask, and that is not a concern.
They're Viking have posted videos of McCarthy throwing the ball
around to his teammates in minicamp, and there was a
long bomb to Jordan Anderson that they posted on all
(09:12):
their social sites, it's this one right here. Jordan Hasen
gets past Harrison Smith and gets past the Vikings defense
and McCarthy finds him for the touchdown, and it was
an easy walking touchdown. Now, apparently this throw from McCarthy
(09:36):
has received some online criticism. Someone said online says, it
has been brought to my attention that people are complaining
about this throw. And my reaction to McCarthy's throw to
Addison is, I would rather have a quarterback underthrow my
(10:04):
wide receiver. I'd rather them throw the ball with the
idea of having a little bit of an underthrow than
even trying to hit him perfectly in stride. I want
mp throwing with the mentality of having a touch of
an underthrow. And here's why you underthrow the ball, and
(10:28):
so many good things can happen. The receiver has complete control,
can come back and track the ball, while ninety five
percent of the time the corner has no idea where
the ball is. And when the corner has no idea
where the ball is, how many times do you see
(10:51):
pass interference penalties called down the field? And if you
are obsessed with trying to hit a guy in strite
in between the numbers the chances are is that you
are going to have more overthrows than you would like to.
And if you are going to have more overthrows then
(11:12):
you would originally like to, well, then you are going
to miss on more opportunities on players like Addison and
Jefferson and Hockinson down the field. So I love that
throw by McCarthy, even though Addison needed to hesitate for
a moment to come back and get the ball, because
(11:34):
it gave him an opportunity to get the ball. So
that play apparently is being criticized online. I haven't seen it,
but some people have, and that's the exact type of
throw that I would want McCarthy making in an NFL
game because it allows his receiver to go up and
(11:59):
make a play and have an impact, whether it's catching
the ball down the field or creating a past interference penalty.
All Right, the next story, Christian Darrisaw is back practicing
doing some one on ones, and apparently he's attacking his rehab.
(12:27):
He's not just participating in rehab, he's attacking his rehab.
He's attacking his rehab, trying to get that torn ACL
back to one hundred percent after he tore it against
the Los Angeles Rams late in the first half, which
brought on a lot of criticism for the Vikings coaching
(12:50):
staff and organization because all white and just kneel it.
He's back participating in NFL mini camps, doing some one
on one drills and stuff like that, which is great
news because if the Minnesota Vikings want to be as
elite as they hope to be, getting Christian Darrisaw back
(13:10):
sooner rather than later is going to be a big
part of making sure the team can be ready to
win immediately as the NFL season starts, because you look
around the offensive line, Brian O'Neil, will Fries, Ryan Kelly,
(13:30):
the guard they drafted, and then who is filling in
at left tackle until Christian Darrisaw is ready to play.
And if Christian Darsaw is ready to play immediately or
at least in Week two latest week three, well, then
that is a great sign for the Minnesota Vikings offensive line.
(13:55):
But not just their offensive line. It's a great sign
for their passing game. It's a great sign for their
rushing attack. Because Darrisaw tours ACL in Week eight last year, which,
if we're being one hundred percent honest, is a great
time to tear your ACL. The last thing you'd want
(14:17):
to do is tear your ACL in week eighteen when
the season's almost over, and then you got to train
all off season and train even through preseason and probably
the first few weeks of the NFL season, because your
tour your ACL in week eighteen, you tour your ACL
(14:39):
in January. But he tore his ACL ten weeks before
in week eight which gives him a ten week advantage
to get back sooner and in week one for the
Minnesota Vikings. So if we're if we're looking at this
thing objective, Christian Derza could not have torn his ACL
(15:06):
at a better time for the Minnesota Vikings because then
they traded for the opposite of lineman from Jacksonville and
filled his spot with a solid player, not a great player,
not a terrible player, but a solid player and were
able to kind of withstand that injury. But it looks
(15:27):
like he's coming back, getting his reps and getting some
movement in which is a great sign because it's only
June and Trenning camp is a month and a half away,
and if Darisaw is already moving and grooving and you're
seeing reps on the practice field is better than not
(15:47):
seeing reps on the practice field, and the blind side
is a big deal for McCarthy and Dariza is the
best oppensive lineman on the Vikings and if he can
be available to play week one for the Vikings, that's
a great, great thing. All right, everyone, thanks for joining
the show today. Make sure you check out Five Star
Bass Solutions of Minneapolis if you need a bathroom ramodel
(16:11):
and you want it done quick, Five Star Bass Solutions
of Minneapolis. Thank you for going on this podcasting journey
with me. Hit that follow button wherever you're watching or listening,
and everyone, you have a great day.
JJ McCarthy can zip it and his blind side is
coming back. All of this on today's show plus more.
I'm sure, But first I need you to check out
five Star Bath Solutions of Minneapolis because they will transform
your bathroom in forty eight hours. Don't wait six to
(00:29):
eight weeks and cram into your teeny tiny bathroom downstairs
while you get ready for work and when you kids
get ready for school. You can have your bathroom back
in forty eight hours. Five Star Bath Solutions of Minneapolis
makes that promise, and that's what they did for us.
I'm talking new floor, new shower, new surround, new vanity.
(00:50):
We went from one sink to two things. Take a
look at the pictures if you're on YouTube. We had
an ugly blue floor with a step going into the
bathroom with handrails every where, and we hated it because
the handrails were opening up and his creating a mold
behind the shower. They took care of all of it.
We didn't have to outsource anything. They did it all
(01:11):
in forty eight hours. Five Star Bass Solutions of Minneapolis
will do that for you as well. Plus they have
affordable payment plans and free consultations, so contact five Star
Bass Solutions of Minneapolis if you want your bathroom done now,
not in eight weeks now. Five Star Bass Solutions of
(01:31):
Minneapolis is the best. They're called five star for a
reason because they deliver five star work. Five Star Bass
Solutions of Minneapolis contact them today, all right, JJ McCarthy,
he's my favorite topic to talk about because he's the
topic that garners the most interest, and he is the
(01:52):
most interesting topic. Josh Mantellus was interviewed yesterday just on
the sideline as they're getting ready for practice. He's doing
a little hold in. That's the popular thing these days,
do a little hold in so that you're showing up
(02:13):
but you're not really participating. But you can't get fined
if you're showing up and not participating. That's that's what
the cool kids these days are doing. And it makes sense.
Why would you hold out miss practice get fined when
you can hold in, show up to practice, not participate
(02:34):
in practice, and not get fine. It's definitely the smart decision.
But this is what he had to say about JAJ McCarthy.
He says this quote, he has one of the best
zips I've seen since being in the league. And I've
been around some guys who could sling it. Shout out
to Sean Mannion. He was slinging it. He had a
(02:56):
great arm. But yeah, JJ throws the ball as good
as I've been around. He can put the ball where
he wants to. Now, it's funny that of all players,
Josh Mattelis compares McCarthy's arm two, it's Sean Manion, career
(03:19):
backup quarterback Sean Mannion who's bounced around from team to team.
But according to Vikings players and reporters, Sean Manion could
zip it. Now, when I saw Sean Manion play, I
didn't actually think he had as much zip on his
ball as everyone said he did in preseason and the
(03:40):
limited reps he got in game, like, that's a zip.
Don't look like a zip to me. But he's got zip,
And apparently McCarthy has zip. And McCarthy's arm strength has
been a topic that has been talked about since his
pro day and concerns about his arm strength. And I've
(04:02):
never understood why McCarthy's arm strength has been the ongoing
topic of conversation because you look at his throw in
preseason to the receiver stricken down the sideline when Justin
Jefferson was on the radio with Paul Allen and TV
(04:23):
and it was an immaculate throw deep down the field
to the corner. And there are plenty of throws where
you look at McCarthy's arm in college and you say, Okay,
that's a big boy throw. That throw requires arm strength.
McCarthy's arm strength has never been even a tiny bit
(04:47):
of concern for me. That's never been my question. My
question when looking at McCarthy and analyzing his game was
his response ability to throw the ball at Michigan because
he was not asked to do too much when their
(05:08):
roster was filled with superstar players all around him. That's
been my biggest question is when he wasn't asked to
do much besides a dig here, a dunk there, a
decent throw here, a decent throw there. And then you
step into an NFL organization where you're supposed to be
(05:34):
the head of the snake. That's been my biggest concern.
Can he take the jump from Okay, we're gonna ask
you to manage the game at a level that won't
require you to make throws two Okay, can you manage
the game at a level where you need to make
(05:55):
the throws because real quick, I hate the game manager idea.
I hate when you call a quarterback a game manager,
because they are called to be game managers. Tom Brady,
you could argue, is the best game manager in the
(06:16):
history of football, and Patrick mahomes as a phenomenal game manager.
So this rap on quarterbacks being game managers. The best
game managers win super Bowls. That's what they are called
to do. Because when you look at what game manager means,
(06:37):
game manager means you are managing the game. It's knowing
when not to take a sack. It's knowing when to
get rid of the football. It's knowing when to forfeit
your possession on third and twenty, punning the ball away
(06:58):
and winning the field battle game and not throwing a
ball up, throwing an interception and giving a team easy
field position. That is all a part of what being
a great quarterback is game managing. So I'm very intentional
about the words that I use to describe McCarthy's game managing.
(07:24):
At Michigan, McCarthy was asked to be a game manager
that didn't screw up, but now he needs to be
a game manager at the NFL level where he can
make all the throws and still not screw up. That's
always been my biggest question. And you look at his
(07:45):
arm strength. At the Pro Days, they quarterbacks throw the
ball as fast as they can, and McCarthy's speed was
right up there with Josh Allen as the fastest balls
to be thrown at Pro Day. And now we got
to take all that with a grain of salt, because
(08:07):
who at the NFL level throws the ball as fast
as they can on a given throw, because each throw
requires a level of accuracy and timing and all of
those things. And when it requires all of those things, really,
(08:27):
how fast do you have to throw the ball? Certainly
not as fast as you can, but it does point
to a level of arm strength that he does have
that he could throw the ball as fast as he
can and McCarthy can zip it. And the question about
(08:49):
does he have the arm strength, in my opinion, is
a dumb question to ask, and that is not a concern.
They're Viking have posted videos of McCarthy throwing the ball
around to his teammates in minicamp, and there was a
long bomb to Jordan Anderson that they posted on all
(09:12):
their social sites, it's this one right here. Jordan Hasen
gets past Harrison Smith and gets past the Vikings defense
and McCarthy finds him for the touchdown, and it was
an easy walking touchdown. Now, apparently this throw from McCarthy
(09:36):
has received some online criticism. Someone said online says, it
has been brought to my attention that people are complaining
about this throw. And my reaction to McCarthy's throw to
Addison is, I would rather have a quarterback underthrow my
(10:04):
wide receiver. I'd rather them throw the ball with the
idea of having a little bit of an underthrow than
even trying to hit him perfectly in stride. I want
mp throwing with the mentality of having a touch of
an underthrow. And here's why you underthrow the ball, and
(10:28):
so many good things can happen. The receiver has complete control,
can come back and track the ball, while ninety five
percent of the time the corner has no idea where
the ball is. And when the corner has no idea
where the ball is, how many times do you see
(10:51):
pass interference penalties called down the field? And if you
are obsessed with trying to hit a guy in strite
in between the numbers the chances are is that you
are going to have more overthrows than you would like to.
And if you are going to have more overthrows then
(11:12):
you would originally like to, well, then you are going
to miss on more opportunities on players like Addison and
Jefferson and Hockinson down the field. So I love that
throw by McCarthy, even though Addison needed to hesitate for
a moment to come back and get the ball, because
(11:34):
it gave him an opportunity to get the ball. So
that play apparently is being criticized online. I haven't seen it,
but some people have, and that's the exact type of
throw that I would want McCarthy making in an NFL
game because it allows his receiver to go up and
(11:59):
make a play and have an impact, whether it's catching
the ball down the field or creating a past interference penalty.
All Right, the next story, Christian Darrisaw is back practicing
doing some one on ones, and apparently he's attacking his rehab.
(12:27):
He's not just participating in rehab, he's attacking his rehab.
He's attacking his rehab, trying to get that torn ACL
back to one hundred percent after he tore it against
the Los Angeles Rams late in the first half, which
brought on a lot of criticism for the Vikings coaching
(12:50):
staff and organization because all white and just kneel it.
He's back participating in NFL mini camps, doing some one
on one drills and stuff like that, which is great
news because if the Minnesota Vikings want to be as
elite as they hope to be, getting Christian Darrisaw back
(13:10):
sooner rather than later is going to be a big
part of making sure the team can be ready to
win immediately as the NFL season starts, because you look
around the offensive line, Brian O'Neil, will Fries, Ryan Kelly,
(13:30):
the guard they drafted, and then who is filling in
at left tackle until Christian Darrisaw is ready to play.
And if Christian Darsaw is ready to play immediately or
at least in Week two latest week three, well, then
that is a great sign for the Minnesota Vikings offensive line.
(13:55):
But not just their offensive line. It's a great sign
for their passing game. It's a great sign for their
rushing attack. Because Darrisaw tours ACL in Week eight last year, which,
if we're being one hundred percent honest, is a great
time to tear your ACL. The last thing you'd want
(14:17):
to do is tear your ACL in week eighteen when
the season's almost over, and then you got to train
all off season and train even through preseason and probably
the first few weeks of the NFL season, because your
tour your ACL in week eighteen, you tour your ACL
(14:39):
in January. But he tore his ACL ten weeks before
in week eight which gives him a ten week advantage
to get back sooner and in week one for the
Minnesota Vikings. So if we're if we're looking at this
thing objective, Christian Derza could not have torn his ACL
(15:06):
at a better time for the Minnesota Vikings because then
they traded for the opposite of lineman from Jacksonville and
filled his spot with a solid player, not a great player,
not a terrible player, but a solid player and were
able to kind of withstand that injury. But it looks
(15:27):
like he's coming back, getting his reps and getting some
movement in which is a great sign because it's only
June and Trenning camp is a month and a half away,
and if Darisaw is already moving and grooving and you're
seeing reps on the practice field is better than not
(15:47):
seeing reps on the practice field, and the blind side
is a big deal for McCarthy and Dariza is the
best oppensive lineman on the Vikings and if he can
be available to play week one for the Vikings, that's
a great, great thing. All right, everyone, thanks for joining
the show today. Make sure you check out Five Star
Bass Solutions of Minneapolis if you need a bathroom ramodel
(16:11):
and you want it done quick, Five Star Bass Solutions
of Minneapolis. Thank you for going on this podcasting journey
with me. Hit that follow button wherever you're watching or listening,
and everyone, you have a great day.
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