‘I would be surprised’ — NFL insider Jeremy Fowler makes a bold statement about J.J. McCarthy’s future
Things are not trending positively for the young Vikings quarterback.
J.J. McCarthy‘s relationship with the Minnesota Vikings is getting more and more interesting.
We know that head coach Kevin O’Connell wants to bring in competition for McCarthy, and there have been a lot of reports circulating that the Vikings are ready to move on. Even with the rumors, we still don’t know what exactly the Vikings think about McCarthy’s future with the team.
Jeremy Fowler references break up with Vikings and J.J. McCarthy
We’ve heard everything from the Vikings’ patience is wearing thin to the still believe he is the franchise quarterback. ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler believes that the two sides are set to break up, but a cut would be a surprise.
“I would be surprised if he gets cut,” said Fowler on The Dan Patrick Show. “It’s a similar situation to Anthony Richardson last year. I think in a perfect world, they would like to bring somebody on, but if you bring on Geno Smith, I think he’s interesting to Minnesota is because he’s had enough struggles where, if you bring him in and sell him as a competitor to J.J., you can kind of sell it, but you can also sell it as, yeah, he’s probably the starter, so you’re hedging both ways. And you can keep it alive with J.J. a little bit, and maybe he surprises you in camp.
“But you know, we’ve all been there. Dan, it’s kind of like when you get broken up with or somebody starts seeing other people, like when they do that, it’s kind of clear it’s probably over. So there’s that element to the J.J. McCarthy situation as well, similar to Anthony Richardson with Daniel Jones. When they signed Daniel Jones, they were probably going to start him. They were going to have a competition in camp and maybe see if Richardson can play him out. But they sort of knew where it was going. I think this is a similar situation in Minnesota. They know where this is headed, but they’ll leave a little wiggle room for J.J. to maybe surprise them.”
The key phrasing from Fowler is simple: It’s a similar situation to Anthony Richardson. He had a “chance” to win the job last year, but Jones was more than serious competition. It certainly does feel similar, especially with how the reporting has come out about the situation.
The next few days are going to tell us a lot about what the future holds at the position. The confidence in McCarthy is definitely at an all-time low.
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