JJ not at practice today, fiance in labor now...

[StickierBuns]

Ben Goessling
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J.J. McCarthy is back at #Vikings practice today (TBA on baby details). Jeff Okudah is practicing in a no-contact jersey as he goes through the concussion protocol. Still no Andrew Van Ginkel.

[JR44]

Great that JJ is back at practice today as I would think Thursday was an important day for game planning. I think Van Ginkel is the most valuable defensive player we have so really hoping he can play Sunday.

[purplefaithful]

Good to hear JJ is back, meaning all must be ok at home...

Hope GINK can make it back, but it might be next man up time.

In this case #15

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Ben Goessling
@BenGoessling
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J.J. McCarthy is back at #Vikings practice today (TBA on baby details). 

Can u imagine all the dialogue on whats eventually going to make it up on Instagram?

[StickierBuns]

Good to hear JJ is back, meaning all must be ok at home...

Hope GINK can make it back, but it might be next man up time.

In this case #15

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Can u imagine all the dialogue on whats eventually going to make it up on Instagram?

Baller QB name:

VikingzFanPage
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JJ McCarthy is naming his son Rome, per Kevin O’Connell.

Rome McCarthy 

[purplefaithful]

He's going to have to leave that new family at home for 1/2 a mos soon...

Thats going to be tough for him (and mom) even knowing she's most likely got plenty of family around to help.

[Zanary]

He's going to have to leave that new family at home for 1/2 a mos soon...

Thats going to be tough for him (and mom) even knowing she's most likely got plenty of family around to help.

I was thinking about that...and yeah, a new young'un can seriously get the "village" of family and friends around like few things can...

...but, as a Dad, I remember rushing home from work because 10 hours away from the wife and the new baby boy was painful. Being away for weeks? Brutal.

[StickierBuns]

I was thinking about that...and yeah, a new young'un can seriously get the "village" of family and friends around like few things can...

...but, as a Dad, I remember rushing home from work because 10 hours away from the wife and the new baby boy was painful. Being away for weeks? Brutal.

Well, the young knuckleheads could have planned this a bit better timeframe-wise  , but they induced during the week of a home game and have a healthy baby boy so all's good.

But this is how you do it:

Vikings QB J.J. McCarthy welcomes first child, then has ‘great’ practice
Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell, who has four kids, praised McCarthy’s return in a “kind of fast Friday practice” following the birth of his son, Rome, on Thursday.

[purplefaithful]

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Here y'all go...I know you've been waiting all day

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Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy returned to practice Friday following the birth of his first child Thursday. 

McCarthy, 22, and his fiancée, Katya Kuropas, announced the birth of their son Rome Micah McCarthy in a joint Instagram post Friday afternoon.
Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell, who has four kids, said McCarthy came to him Thursday asking if he could leave before practice to take Kuropas to the hospital. He’d been at TCO Performance Center for meetings and team walk-through.

O’Connell told McCarthy that wasn’t something he had to ask permission for and excused him.

“Ryan [Kelly] and I got a kick out of thinking about the last 24 hours for J.J. knowing how many times him and I have both been through that, but not come out the very next day and have a great red zone kind of fast Friday practice,” O’Connell said in his Friday afternoon news conference. “It’s an awesome moment as a father myself to kind of see his reaction to it, best day of his life.”

He also said he gave McCarthy advice in that moment on both what to and not say to Kuropas throughout the day.

“QB development, man,” O’Connell said with a smile.

McCarthy and Kuropas, who’ve been engaged since January 2024, announced the pregnancy via a joint Instagram post May 21.

Near the beginning of training camp, McCarthy said he’d spent the summer reading parenting books.

STRIB

[Vikergirl]

Super happy for them. I absolutely love the name of the baby boy. I read that Gink is out for Sunday

[kmillard]

Good to hear JJ is back, meaning all must be ok at home...

Hope GINK can make it back, but it might be next man up time.

In this case #15

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Can u imagine all the dialogue on whats eventually going to make it up on Instagram?

Time to take the diapers off!