March 21, 2025 • 8 mins
Minnesota Tim discusses the evolving quarterback situation for the Minnesota Vikings, focusing on J.J. McCarthy's potential as the starting QB. The conversation highlights the Vikings' ongoing interest in other quarterbacks, including Aaron Rodgers, Sam Darnold, and Daniel Jones, while emphasizing McCarthy's fiery passion for football and the support he is receiving from new teammates. Tim reflects on the implications of the Vikings' decisions and what they reveal about their confidence in McCarthy as they prepare for the upcoming season.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
Welcome into the show today. Thank you for making this
podcast a part of your day. Hit that subscribe button
if you are watching on YouTube or if you're listening
somewhere else. A Minnesota Viking story that we thought was
going away that just won't is sort of back because
(00:29):
Adam Schefter and Diana Russini and Jeremy Fowler have all
reported the exact same thing in the last twenty four hours,
and they've all been consistently saying that the Minnesota Vikings
have not announced that they're out on Aaron Rodgers, but
(00:52):
rather that they are giving the first opportunity to JJ
McCarthy this spring to prove that he can be QB.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
One and.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
Mike Greenberg, ESPN's host of Get Up, even mentioned the
other day the Vikings now that they're out on Aaron Rodgers,
and Adam Schefter, sitting on the same panel.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
Said, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa whoa. Nothing has changed here.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
The Minnesota Vikings have not announced that they're out on
Aaron Rodgers, but rather they are going to give McCarthy
the first opportunity this spring.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
To prove that he can be the guy.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
So what we thought was over is clearly not, because
it's the story that keeps on giving. And I have
one more take about the whole situation because I've received
some critics about my take because the Vikings discussion about
(01:59):
Roger their contract offers to Sam Darnold and Daniel Jones,
I believe indicates that they are not one hundred percent
sure on McCarthy, and really, why should they be. He's
an unproven quarterback that missed his an entire rookie season,
(02:24):
So I get it.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
But my take is also what I think my take is.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
My take is that McCarthy is what he is and
he has not proven himself.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
I don't know what he said at the end of this.
I don't think he knows what he said either to
be the guy that everyone thinks that he already.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
There's a lot of hope of Jaj McCarthy right now,
not a lot of facts behind it. And the Vikings
are throwing out feelers to other quarterbacks that are available,
And my question for you is this, if you're a
happy relationship, are you throwing out feelers to other people
(03:09):
seeing what's available and seeing who you can attract and
seeing what you can get. Because that's what the Vikings
are doing. Sure, they might be content with McCarthy, but
are they really happy right now with an unproven quarterback
because the decisions that they are making is showing us
(03:35):
what their true belief is, and their decisions are showing
us that, Hey, you know what, we did make an
offer to Darnold and Jones, and we did have a
long discussion about Rogers that were shelving for now, and
it's not over yet.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
So it's just one of those things where.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
The Vikings are trying to get the mass majority of
people to believe a certain thing, but their decisions are
speaking louder than what they are trying to share to
the public and what they're trying to say to the media.
(04:17):
So that's my take on that whole situation, The Rogers
situation not done yet. All right, One more take to
give this morning, and this is a compliment to J. J.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
McCarthy New Viking Center Ryan Kelly.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
This comes from Kevin Seaffert said he has had some
brief conversations with McCarthy, called him fiery, and added he's
got some stuff to him. Here's most of Kelly's answer
about how he is in a unique position to help
the youngster who remains QB one on the depth chart.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
Here's what he said.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Just having some brief conversations with JJ so far and
just getting a feel from people in the facility on
how they view him.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
He's a fiery man. He's got some stuff to him.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
He's got that energy that you want as a quarterback
and as a young guy who missed his entire rookie season.
I think you need to have that edge where this
guy is like, he wants to prove he can be
in this league. He wants to lead this team to
an NFC North title. He wants to go to the
NFC Championship Game, the Super Bowl. I think he also
understands that there's a lot he hasn't seen and doesn't know.
(05:21):
So for the last nine years, for the most part,
I've been in charge of the run game, the pass game,
and all the blitz lookups and all those So I
think that's what I bring to this table. Hey, there's
a young guy who we really believe in, who we
know has the fire and the passion to be great.
He just might not be able to see everything right away.
(05:44):
So this is stuff that we all knew about McCarthy.
The dude loves football. He bleeds football. All he wants
to do is talk about and play football, and that
has been very known since his time at Michigan. Have
no doubts about McCarthy's love for the game because you
listen to the guy talk and you hear what teammates
(06:09):
past coaches say about him, and it's the exact same thing.
They love McCarthy, and McCarthy loves the game of football.
You might love the game of football even a little
bit too much, you know what I mean. Kirk Cousins,
he was criticized and ripped countless times because he wanted
(06:34):
to take a day off during the week, and I
think there's nothing wrong with that. Having a sabbath where
you can just take your mind off of the game
and think about other things and spend time with your
family is an important thing. McCarthy, you will not have
to worry about that for one second with him. The
dude loves football and he will never get criticized for
(06:56):
not loving the game enough.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
So already seeing it.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
And these Minnesota Vikings free agents have only been in
the building for what two weeks, and they are already
complimenting McCarthy's love for the game. Now they're not going
to come out and rip the guy. But they also
did not have to go on this full long answer
(07:22):
of how much McCarthy loves the game of football. So
you're already seeing McCarthy vibe with his teammates, get that
trust from his teammates, and already see they already see
how much he loves the game. And McCarthy during his
interview with O'Connell and the Vikings general manager during his
(07:43):
pro day basically said, I'm gonna run through a wall
for you. And that's as cheesy as you can get,
you know what I mean, That's as cheesy as you're
gonna get from anybody. But if there's a guy that
I believe actually would do that, it's McCarthy, and we
are going to see that from the Minnesota Vikings.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
He's going to run through a wall to.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
Make sure he is a successful super Bowl winning quarterback
in this league. The question is is his physical as
good as his mental?
Speaker 2 (08:17):
So that's the question and we'll see.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
But we're already seeing good things from the Vikings players
and teammates of JAJ McCarthy. All Right, everyone, thank you
for watching this episode and for being with me on
this podcast Today, hit that subscribe button and the follow
button wherever you're watching or listening
Welcome into the show today. Thank you for making this
podcast a part of your day. Hit that subscribe button
if you are watching on YouTube or if you're listening
somewhere else. A Minnesota Viking story that we thought was
going away that just won't is sort of back because
(00:29):
Adam Schefter and Diana Russini and Jeremy Fowler have all
reported the exact same thing in the last twenty four hours,
and they've all been consistently saying that the Minnesota Vikings
have not announced that they're out on Aaron Rodgers, but
(00:52):
rather that they are giving the first opportunity to JJ
McCarthy this spring to prove that he can be QB.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
One and.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
Mike Greenberg, ESPN's host of Get Up, even mentioned the
other day the Vikings now that they're out on Aaron Rodgers,
and Adam Schefter, sitting on the same panel.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
Said, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa whoa. Nothing has changed here.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
The Minnesota Vikings have not announced that they're out on
Aaron Rodgers, but rather they are going to give McCarthy
the first opportunity this spring.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
To prove that he can be the guy.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
So what we thought was over is clearly not, because
it's the story that keeps on giving. And I have
one more take about the whole situation because I've received
some critics about my take because the Vikings discussion about
(01:59):
Roger their contract offers to Sam Darnold and Daniel Jones,
I believe indicates that they are not one hundred percent
sure on McCarthy, and really, why should they be. He's
an unproven quarterback that missed his an entire rookie season,
(02:24):
So I get it.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
But my take is also what I think my take is.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
My take is that McCarthy is what he is and
he has not proven himself.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
I don't know what he said at the end of this.
I don't think he knows what he said either to
be the guy that everyone thinks that he already.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
There's a lot of hope of Jaj McCarthy right now,
not a lot of facts behind it. And the Vikings
are throwing out feelers to other quarterbacks that are available,
And my question for you is this, if you're a
happy relationship, are you throwing out feelers to other people
(03:09):
seeing what's available and seeing who you can attract and
seeing what you can get. Because that's what the Vikings
are doing. Sure, they might be content with McCarthy, but
are they really happy right now with an unproven quarterback
because the decisions that they are making is showing us
(03:35):
what their true belief is, and their decisions are showing
us that, Hey, you know what, we did make an
offer to Darnold and Jones, and we did have a
long discussion about Rogers that were shelving for now, and
it's not over yet.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
So it's just one of those things where.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
The Vikings are trying to get the mass majority of
people to believe a certain thing, but their decisions are
speaking louder than what they are trying to share to
the public and what they're trying to say to the media.
(04:17):
So that's my take on that whole situation, The Rogers
situation not done yet. All right, One more take to
give this morning, and this is a compliment to J. J.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
McCarthy New Viking Center Ryan Kelly.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
This comes from Kevin Seaffert said he has had some
brief conversations with McCarthy, called him fiery, and added he's
got some stuff to him. Here's most of Kelly's answer
about how he is in a unique position to help
the youngster who remains QB one on the depth chart.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
Here's what he said.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Just having some brief conversations with JJ so far and
just getting a feel from people in the facility on
how they view him.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
He's a fiery man. He's got some stuff to him.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
He's got that energy that you want as a quarterback
and as a young guy who missed his entire rookie season.
I think you need to have that edge where this
guy is like, he wants to prove he can be
in this league. He wants to lead this team to
an NFC North title. He wants to go to the
NFC Championship Game, the Super Bowl. I think he also
understands that there's a lot he hasn't seen and doesn't know.
(05:21):
So for the last nine years, for the most part,
I've been in charge of the run game, the pass game,
and all the blitz lookups and all those So I
think that's what I bring to this table. Hey, there's
a young guy who we really believe in, who we
know has the fire and the passion to be great.
He just might not be able to see everything right away.
(05:44):
So this is stuff that we all knew about McCarthy.
The dude loves football. He bleeds football. All he wants
to do is talk about and play football, and that
has been very known since his time at Michigan. Have
no doubts about McCarthy's love for the game because you
listen to the guy talk and you hear what teammates
(06:09):
past coaches say about him, and it's the exact same thing.
They love McCarthy, and McCarthy loves the game of football.
You might love the game of football even a little
bit too much, you know what I mean. Kirk Cousins,
he was criticized and ripped countless times because he wanted
(06:34):
to take a day off during the week, and I
think there's nothing wrong with that. Having a sabbath where
you can just take your mind off of the game
and think about other things and spend time with your
family is an important thing. McCarthy, you will not have
to worry about that for one second with him. The
dude loves football and he will never get criticized for
(06:56):
not loving the game enough.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
So already seeing it.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
And these Minnesota Vikings free agents have only been in
the building for what two weeks, and they are already
complimenting McCarthy's love for the game. Now they're not going
to come out and rip the guy. But they also
did not have to go on this full long answer
(07:22):
of how much McCarthy loves the game of football. So
you're already seeing McCarthy vibe with his teammates, get that
trust from his teammates, and already see they already see
how much he loves the game. And McCarthy during his
interview with O'Connell and the Vikings general manager during his
(07:43):
pro day basically said, I'm gonna run through a wall
for you. And that's as cheesy as you can get,
you know what I mean, That's as cheesy as you're
gonna get from anybody. But if there's a guy that
I believe actually would do that, it's McCarthy, and we
are going to see that from the Minnesota Vikings.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
He's going to run through a wall to.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
Make sure he is a successful super Bowl winning quarterback
in this league. The question is is his physical as
good as his mental?
Speaker 2 (08:17):
So that's the question and we'll see.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
But we're already seeing good things from the Vikings players
and teammates of JAJ McCarthy. All Right, everyone, thank you
for watching this episode and for being with me on
this podcast Today, hit that subscribe button and the follow
button wherever you're watching or listening
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