Daily Norseman
A Vikings win is always great! However, the injury to JJ McCarthy really stinks. The team really needs to be able to evaluate his play on the field which has seen ups and downs. The ups have been really nice while the downs can mostly be chalked up to him having very little snaps. The difficult part comes with his frequent injuries. You’d like to believe it is just unlucky but at this point, it is a legitimate concern. Going forward, I know that I will be very worried on every snap. I will not say that he is “injury prone” but he has gotten injured a lot so far. No two ways around that. Will he ever be able to play a full 17 game NFL season?
The larger question is do KOC and KAM want to continue to hitch their careers to this young QB? I do not know if they will survive if JJ does not stay healthy and pan out. It is a tough call but I know that if it were me, I would have to have a second option that is better than Max Brosmer who does have some “potential” (maybe a lot – who knows). It would be doing a disservice to the organization not to have a solid backup plan.
This is like a double knockout. First, out of the playoffs and now the QB is unable to stay on the field so that his journey can continue.
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I have been posting this article because I thought is made sense even though it is for Super Nerds.
The Sneaky Reason to Be Excited about J.J. McCarthy
A very good article here that says “NFL quarterbacks do not take any semblance of final shape, on average, until 250-300 dropbacks”. It includes a lot of super nerd stats and a comparison to Jared Goff and Josh Allen to support the theory that by the Giants game we should be seeing the real version of JJ.
JJ attemtped 713 passes at Michigan completing 482 (67.6%). He began at Michigan in 2021.
He has attempted 220 passes with the Vikings completing 126 (57.3%).
Since 2021 he has only attempted 933 passes on a footbal field in live game action. Five years worth of attempts.
A comparison is Bo Nix who attempted 1936 passes in college completing 1286 (66.4%) He began at Auburn in 2019.
He has attempted 1118 with the Broncos completing 724 (64.8%).
Since 2019, Nix has attempted 3,054 passes on a footbal field in live game action.
Since 2021, Nix has attempted 2,320 passes.
To say that JJ needs more reps is an understatement. He is fairly raw IMHO.
All we can do now is be hopeful. I doubt JJ has much trade value either. He has not been overly impressive and cant stay on the field. What team will give up a high draft pick (2nd?) to take him on?
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