“I’m very excited about where J.J. is at,” Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell said in an end-of-season press conference. “He’s returned to on-field training. He’s returned to being right where we hoped he’d be at this point to have the type of offseason to be able to answer that question (about whether or not he can start beginning in 2025).”

Could Darnold return on another team-friendly prove-it deal, with first-round rookie J.J. McCarthy still recovering from multiple knee surgeries? It's possible. It's just as, if not more ...

Then there's J.J. McCarthy, the organization's first-round pick from last year who was kept off the field with an injury for the entirety of his rookie campaign. The ESPN broadcast was left to ...

Minnesota Vikings rookie quarterback J.J. McCarthy turned a moment of confusion into comedy gold when former Washington QB Robert Griffin III struggled to identify him during the Vikings-Lions ...

Despite not playing a single game in the 2024 season, Minnesota Vikings rookie quarterback J.J. McCarthy is already ... rough early stints in New York and Carolina to emerge as one of the ...

Should the Vikings keep quarterback Sam Darnold and trade J.J. McCarthy? Or should they keep McCarthy and tag and trade Darnold? The best answer could be the most obvious one: Both. Veteran quarterback contracts usually carry two fully guaranteed seasons ...

Vikings QB J.J. McCarthy's physical readiness for the 2025 season will sway their decision on Sam Darnold; he took a step forward this week.

Minnesota Vikings general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah revealed the team’s plans for quarterback J.J. McCarthy, who the team drafted No. 10 overall in the 2024 NFL Draft. McCarthy was sidelined all season due to a preseason knee injury,

The Jets already have interviewed four GM candidates and two head coaching candidates, including former Tennessee Titans coach Mike Vrabel, who met with team brass Friday at the facility. Vrabel will be highly coveted, and the New England Patriots and Las Vegas Raiders figure to be in the Vrabel sweepstakes if they change coaches, as well.

After all, he’d had no real success in his first six seasons in the league (say what you will about the situations in New York and Carolina ... Vikings drafted J.J. McCarthy with the 10th ...

He joined the team last March after spending the 2023 campaign as a backup for the San Francisco 49ers and was joined a few weeks later by J.J. McCarthy ... and former Carolina Panthers teammate ...

Last summer, Minnesota Vikings coach Kevin O'Connell gave J.J. McCarthy a ringing endorsement as the team's quarterback of the future. "Everyone should be excited that we got our young franchise quarterback in the building,” O’Connell said in August after McCarthy underwent season-ending knee surgery.