Why Minnesota Vikings can’t bail on JJ McCarthy… Yet

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1. You were WRONG about JJ LAST YEAR – Kirk was NEVER a check down QB – WINNING DOES NOT TRANSLATE AGE DOESN'T MATTER # of games does not matter EVEN COLLER IS OFF THE BANDWAGON —- you are NOW DOUBLING DOWN

2. Thor- Please stop saying "irregardless". It is not a word.

3. I will be so mad at this franchise if the roster decision making becomes about KOC job preservation. We need an adult in the room to shut that ish down. We should not be married to this guy who seems to have an ego larger than his playsheet (full of long developing pass plays). I swear I like KOC, but 2025 has proven that he has just as much room to grow as JJ does.

4. THAT ST PLAY DID NOT END THE GAME THERE WAS STILL TIME FOR THE BEARS TO GET INTO FG RANGE did you watch the game NON STOP EXCUSES FOR JJ – SHANAHAN AND AZ PULLED THE PLUG after 4 games and 13 games

5. Im so tired of JJM fans keep saying we can't judge him off 10 games and in the same comment judging him off winning at the end of season against a favorable schedule.

6. everything you said about JJ last season was 100% wrong now you will be wrong again

7. I dont like to say this but I think the Greenbay Packers had this quarterback thing figured out. You draft a young quarterback and sit him for 3 years to watch, learn, fuel competitiveness, allow time to mature. Packers has had 3 quarterback since 1992, think about it!

8. This is very likely KOC’s final season. I think we have seen his last happy sappy locker room speeches.

9. WINS and LOSSES are NOT a QB stat – inexpensive QB room DOES NOT MATTER IF QB sucks – HE LACKS PHYSICAL ABILITY – STRONG ARM and QB SPEED DO NOT MATTER – COLLEGE WIN DOESN'T MATTER

10. "Paragon of brilliance!" Love that quote from Thor! I'm spamming this phrase 😃

11. I'm all in on JJ. I'm completely out on KOC! FIRE KOC!!!

    How about the receivers actually catch the ball. Eliminating the drops would help a lot!!

12. Drake Maye is great but wouldn't survive in Minnesota with KOC play calling

13. Thor needs to wake up McCarthy is simply not ready & after Darnold won the superbowl Wilfs want to win now McCarthy is out

14. Thors constantly got an excuse for McCarthy

15. What Thor is experiencing is cognitive dissonance. He went in to this year convinced there’s no chance that JJ can fail, when things went wrong and JJ doesn’t play well, he has to place the blame elsewhere

16. Sure jj has arm strength but there is also a reason he has to put everything into all his throws

17. DONT LET THOR EVER TALK ABOUT A QB AGAIN

18. Get JJ a running game please!!!!! You have to be able to run in the nfl

19. I appreciate Thor’s perspective that McCarthy will improve as he grows up. His brain is still only 23 and with each passing year, JJ will make better football decisions.

20. Fire KOC and stop making excuses for him. JJM will FLOURISH once that GIANT EGO leaves the Minnesota Vikings on his @ss! KOC is not smarter than everyone else who can see running the football will light up the real JJ (18). FIRE KOC.

21. This fan base would have bailed on a lot of QB stars. Like the one who had 5100 yards, 30 TDs, and 21 interceptions in his first two years. Those fans hated him too.

22. Calling it now if the Vikings start JJ next year we’ll go 8-9 miss the playoffs the team will be in total chaos Jettas will want to leave and we will be out of a top 10 pick in this “strong 2027 QB class”

23. Stay with JJ

24. Your coach didn’t know how to use darnold run and defense and play action. Your coach was expecting Peyton manning that’s not darnold you have to play to his strengths just some advice from Seattle

25. Yes, give the kid 20 to 30 starts and regroup for the stacked 27' draft even if it's a new regime at that point.

    I still like the idea of building a strong TE and RB room along with the perennial 'improve the vikings OL!'. Also totally ok with the vikes letting speedy nailor walk and trading JA for a second rounder if there are suitors. Otherwise dont pick up JA's 5th year option and let him walk as well.

    Building a young WR room on the cheap behind Jets and focusing Offensive cap resources on a strong run game/PA pas game seems the most sustainable, and is a path that should be unavoidable for this team, especially considering our defense. Plus the money WRs make may throw some more comp picks our way, which seems more favorable now that we don't have to worry about what Kwesi will leave on the bone come draft day.

    It seems nearly every year there are more teams succeeding in January and February that have strong defenses and a solid run game with explosives from PA passing.

26. If I hear someone (local or national) refer to KOC as the “the quarterback whisperer “ one more time I’m going to projectile vomit all over my Viking gear and memorabilia.

27. Don't trade for Jones or Murray it would be expensive to trade for them and Murray wouldn't work in O'Connell's offense

28. So if I understand Judd correctly, if the opponent's Defense can read you like a book, maybe you should skip a few pages or chapters and mix up the vocabulary a bit. Seems like a good idea to me! Also, run the damn ball more often and get a Franchise RB to help the QB! Not a5th,6th,7th round pick or UDFA! Nick Singleton got hurt so maybe he will slide down in the draft. Nick is expected to be healed and ready in a few months.

29. Now do a show on why you don’t think McCarthy is the Vikings qb of the future. Be fair. Tell both sides of the story, because there is valid points to that also.

30. First, the V overpaid Kirk Cousins to be their QB, and now they have overpaid a WR that is underused, or that KOC feels obligated to use? Why build your team around a wide receiver??? How many teams have d ever done that and been successful? Is that really the formula for success? Is this an "elephant in the room" that no one sees?

31. Rich coming from Thor and Judd talking like they know more about play calling than KOC!

32. Whos to say he cant grow and be better than last year? Maybe he will be able to handle more of KOCs playbook. Gotta stay healthy though

33. The most sober Purple Daily fan is the one playing a drinking game to the mention of Bo Nix! The kid who was passed up and ignored by all these fools and who has outperformed Maye, Daniels, Penix, Williams…and McCarthy!

34. I believe in JJ. I think we had offensive line issues in some games and some bad luck in other. The one interception, I forget the game, but if that tipped ball hit the ground we're still in that game and the special teams loss late was another. JJ should be our guy. I'm all in. 100%

35. All in on Doogie😂

36. Why wasn't he played more in pre season

37. Another PD JJ apologist show! NOPE

38. God DAMN Thor sounds insanely desperate for JJ to be good..

39. It's Thorsday!

40. You guys are idiots. McCarthy only playing 10 games is his fault. He had wide open receivers and couldn't hit them, also his fault. So you want to run 70% of the time just to try and make JJ not look like trash? Good plan morons

41. I dont understand why Thor doesn't see what everyone else sees on McCarthy hes always defending him and making excuses if given a choice of McCarthy as the vikings superbowl qb i dont see it. The question Thor and purple daily has always asked can you win a superbowl with McCarthy it's not can he be a serviceable qb I dont see McCarthy winning next years superbowl with the vikings I don't see y he can't see that

42. McCarthy cannot complete short throws Judd, we tried that