Yawn...another boring JJ McCarthy article/Camp quotes

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https://www.si.com/nfl/vikings-training-...d-pressure

“[McCarthy] is a very, very hungry and driven player, but also a leader,” Jones says. “He’s different. In terms of the smarts, I put him in that category with Aaron Rodgers, in terms of how smart he is and really having an understanding for the game.”

It’s a lot of pressure on McCarthy, but his ring from Michigan’s 2024 title team suggests he might be able to handle it.

“He’s been amazing,” Jones says. “I’m honestly confident in what we have here. I feel like we have everything we need, all the pieces we need here. I feel like J.J. is going to surprise a lot of people.”

Various other nuggets, including some quotes from Will Fries. The D might be legit as well. Also read from another source that Jurgens held his own very well yesterday with a vet day off for Ryan Kelly. Showed power in the run game. Held decently against the bigger inside DTs in pass protect, Jurgens is progressing nicely. KAM and staff seemed particularly stoked to draft Jurgens on the inside video coverage of the Draft, maybe we are seeing why now. His big knock was functional strength coming out and that's been rectified. He's got the required length necessary. My comp is a Matt Birk type, Birk was a former 6th rounder that just kept getting better like Jurgens with identical body frame.

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With just 3 words, O'Connell says a ton

O’Connell was chatting with the Minnesota media after the Vikings’ 20-10 victory over the Texans. Per the top coach, McCarthy found success not just because of being able to operate the offense but also due to being able to play “above the scheme.” 

Turn back the clock to Kirk Cousins, someone who is no stranger to criticisms about not being able to rise above the scheme.

Essentially, Cousins is excellent when it comes to following the rules. Cousins’ pre-snap work was strong — he’s an intelligent, hard-working guy — and his accuracy has always been excellent. The play asks for a deep shot? Good chance the well-paid passer executes at a high level. Want him to toss a screen, find someone on an intermediate crossing route, or jump into hurry-up? No problem, so long as things are proceeding as they should. The issue occurs when things start to breakdown around him. Too often, Cousins crumbled, such as the infamous throw to T.J. Hockenson on 4th Down versus the Giants.

O’Connell wants his quarterback to be “exhausting the progressions” – a football way of saying that McCarthy needs to ensure that he looks to see if any of his available receivers are open. Basically, throw the ball when there’s an opportunity to throw the ball. If, however, that option closes, then use his excellent athleticism to get a fresh set of downs. Getting the new downs when things breakdown brings us back around to the central idea: being capable of making plays “above the scheme.”

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With just 3 words, O'Connell says a ton

O’Connell was chatting with the Minnesota media after the Vikings’ 20-10 victory over the Texans. Per the top coach, McCarthy found success not just because of being able to operate the offense but also due to being able to play “above the scheme.” 

Turn back the clock to Kirk Cousins, someone who is no stranger to criticisms about not being able to rise above the scheme.

Essentially, Cousins is excellent when it comes to following the rules. Cousins’ pre-snap work was strong — he’s an intelligent, hard-working guy — and his accuracy has always been excellent. The play asks for a deep shot? Good chance the well-paid passer executes at a high level. Want him to toss a screen, find someone on an intermediate crossing route, or jump into hurry-up? No problem, so long as things are proceeding as they should. The issue occurs when things start to breakdown around him. Too often, Cousins crumbled, such as the infamous throw to T.J. Hockenson on 4th Down versus the Giants.

O’Connell wants his quarterback to be “exhausting the progressions” – a football way of saying that McCarthy needs to ensure that he looks to see if any of his available receivers are open. Basically, throw the ball when there’s an opportunity to throw the ball. If, however, that option closes, then use his excellent athleticism to get a fresh set of downs. Getting the new downs when things breakdown brings us back around to the central idea: being capable of making plays “above the scheme.”

You need a little gunslinger DNA.

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With just 3 words, O'Connell says a ton

O’Connell was chatting with the Minnesota media after the Vikings’ 20-10 victory over the Texans. Per the top coach, McCarthy found success not just because of being able to operate the offense but also due to being able to play “above the scheme.” 

Turn back the clock to Kirk Cousins, someone who is no stranger to criticisms about not being able to rise above the scheme.

Essentially, Cousins is excellent when it comes to following the rules. Cousins’ pre-snap work was strong — he’s an intelligent, hard-working guy — and his accuracy has always been excellent. The play asks for a deep shot? Good chance the well-paid passer executes at a high level. Want him to toss a screen, find someone on an intermediate crossing route, or jump into hurry-up? No problem, so long as things are proceeding as they should. The issue occurs when things start to breakdown around him. Too often, Cousins crumbled, such as the infamous throw to T.J. Hockenson on 4th Down versus the Giants.

O’Connell wants his quarterback to be “exhausting the progressions” – a football way of saying that McCarthy needs to ensure that he looks to see if any of his available receivers are open. Basically, throw the ball when there’s an opportunity to throw the ball. If, however, that option closes, then use his excellent athleticism to get a fresh set of downs. Getting the new downs when things breakdown brings us back around to the central idea: being capable of making plays “above the scheme.”

Not disagreeing with the premise, but that is just lazy journalism.  That throw isn't an example of cousins not being able to rise above.  It has been well debated here, but there wasn't much else to try, he was facing serious pressure and putting the ball in the hands of a good player is better than taking a sack.  If there was fault to be had with Cousins it was the throw the play prior where he didn't lead the WR and the defender was able to make a play on it.

And if anything is to be taken away from that game it was the _onatell defense.  Hiring that man was on the coach and we wasted a good year from the offense with an absolute travesty of a defense.  The only good thing that happened was those 2 games led the Giants to overpaying Danny Dimes.