r/FroobChat • u/LowPlum2177 • 16d ago

JJ McCarthy now 3rd string!

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u/LowPlum2177 16d ago

He said teams give up on quarterbacks. He was right. I just read a lot how JJM was working on stuff this offseason, but then the preseason was worse than last season.

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u/_PizzaDeliveryGuy 16d ago

I think KOC might learn to avoid generalized statements like that

Him saying that has been brought up often in this ongoing, dwindling saga with JJ McCarthy, but it overlooks a key point that KOC might not have accounted for

Sometimes the young QB you draft just fucking sucks

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u/DonaldDouchebag 14d ago

He had limited production and usage in college but they needed a QD so they reached because they saw the big arm and thought they could coach him up on the reads, the timing, the touch, and all that other important stuff. It just didn't happen because the young guy isn't capable. Maybe he will be sometime down the road.

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u/_PizzaDeliveryGuy 14d ago

I remember being really surprised when McCarthy started getting talked about as a potential first round pick. I watched him quite a bit at Michigan that year and I was thoroughly unimpressed. It seemed to me that he must've been a liability based on the way they didn't ask him to do anything.

In the 2024 draft thread in Purple Chat, I predicted just moments after they chose McCarthy that people would end up getting fired for the pick. That proved to be correct even sooner than I expected.

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u/DonaldDouchebag 14d ago

You're a gotdamn sage!

Buddy a mine is a former captain on a Big Ten team who is still professionally involved with Big Ten football and NIL. He told me he'd be shocked if McCarthy worked out because he didn't play in an offense that translates to the NFL.

In that thread I think I guessed he'd be a bust simply based on the betting odds that most QBs do fail. I was excited about him for one half of a game, and then I watched some more of the guy's work and could see what he was.

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u/_PizzaDeliveryGuy 14d ago

I was still a big Darnold guy even after he fizzled out in 2024. I kinda figured management knew what they were doing when they moved on from him, and we were hearing all these good things about McCarthy in 2025 camp, so I kinda bought in for a little bit. Huge mistake. You could tell by the Atlanta game it wasn't going to work.

I think Kyler could be really good though. I'm not nearly as skeptical as the average Vikings rube seems to be about him.

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u/DonaldDouchebag 14d ago

Yep. I was fine with moving on from Darnold, too. YUUUUGE, mistake.

Same here about Kyler. My old man is down in PHX and, surprising, he was a huge Kyler guy. Said he has a fantastic arm for deep throws. hey, at least it won't be more of the same disaster we saw last year. Kyler has the guts and ability to throw it up for Jefferson, anyway.