#765: Investigating a Minnesota Vikings, JJ McCarthy BOMBSHELL | NFL

Tim Paul delves into the Minnesota Vikings' decision-making regarding their quarterback choices, particularly focusing on J.J. McCarthy. He critiques the team's strategy of passing on other elite quarterbacks and questions the readiness of McCarthy, highlighting issues with his mechanics and performance. The discussion draws parallels to a courtroom scene from 'A Few Good Men' to emphasize the contradictions in the Vikings' narrative about McCarthy's preparedness.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
I Am about to drop a bombshell on the Minnesota
Vikings decision.

Speaker 2 (00:06):
Making going back to last off season.

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spells the same. Last off season, the Minnesota Vikings made
intentional decisions to pass on Sam Darnold, Daniel Jones, and
Aaron Rodgers.

Speaker 2 (00:45):
Why did they do that?

Speaker 1 (00:46):
They did it because Kevin O'Connell told us that JJ
McCarthy would be ready to.

Speaker 2 (00:55):
Lead a Super Bowl winning roster to the Super Bowl.

Speaker 1 (00:59):
There's a movie called A Few Good Men, and I'm
gonna use this movie to help make the point that
I'm making. In the movie, Tom Cruise's character sits down
with Jack Nicholson's character. What Tom Cruise did was he
con't the commander NLI. Jack Nicholson said, my orders are

(01:22):
always followed. If they're not followed, people die. Then Tom
Cruise comes with, well, if your orders are always followed,
and your order was that Santiago was not to be touched,
then why was Santiago in grave danger? Why did he
need to be transferred off the base? And Jack Nicholson

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was f't in that moment. The same thing is happening
to Kevin O'Connell and the Vikings organization if you really
dive deep enough, this week is not really about McCarthy's
health because he's practicing. It's about his mechanics and his
ability to play quarterback at the highest level. So my

(02:04):
question to Kevin O'Connell is a very simple one. If
you told me Jaj McCarthy was ready last offseason and
that's why you passed on three other quarterbacks playing at
an elite level right now, then why is McCarthy's comeback
being delayed.

Speaker 2 (02:24):
Because of his mechanics.

Speaker 1 (02:25):
Did his mechanics just somehow pop up out of nowhere,
because that is highly unlikely. The truth is McCarthy's mechanics
were an issue going back to college, and Kevin O'Connell
thought that he could fix it before the regular season
started and he hasn't. His processing is slow, his footwork

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is poor, and that's why he will not play on
Sunday versus the Eagles. But the Vikings passed up on
three other phenomenal quarterback options for McCarthy. So the story
that they're telling us, his mechanics, his footwork, building that
foundation up, it's a bigger story than we're giving it.

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Because we were told that McCarthy would be ready to
lead a Super Bowl roster that they gathered last offseason,
and now it's time for McCarthy to come back from
his ankle injury and it's like, well about that, Yeah,

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turns out there's a bigger issue.

Speaker 2 (03:31):
His mechanics aren't good. Well, that seems like a big deal.

Speaker 1 (03:35):
Kevin O'Connell thought he could fix his mechanics before the
regular season started. He couldn't, And now the Vikings are
stuck with McCarthy whose mechanics.

Speaker 2 (03:44):
Still are not up to par.

Speaker 1 (03:46):
And we're at a point right now, where is it
Carson Wentz or is it Jaj mccarnarthy.

Speaker 2 (03:51):
What is this even a debate?

Speaker 1 (03:53):
Carson Wentz is on his sixth team in six seasons
and hasn't started regularly in the NFL for years and
now we're like, well, it's Carson Wentz gonna be better
than McCarthy. When we passed up on Darnold, Daniel Jones,
and Aaron Rodgers for McCarthy, who we were promised would
be ready and he's not.

Speaker 2 (04:14):
It all comes back to the courtroom scene.

Speaker 1 (04:18):
If Santiago wasn't to be touched and he was in
no danger, why did he need to be transferred off
the base. If McCarthy was ready and he passed up
on three of the quarterbacks, why is it his mechanics
that are delaying him from starting versus the Eagles. Something
is not adding up, And what is off is they

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misinterpreted how quickly McCarthy would fix his footwork. Going back
to OTAs and training camp, because this was not just
an issue that popped up right now. It was all
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