The Athletic: Vikings aren't shy about next phase of JJ's development

[StickierBuns]

Will Fries was just on the Ross Tucker podcast talking about JJ McCarthy: "It's real...the look in his eye doesn't waver from snap 1 to snap 65....The intensity, the moxie....you just BELIEVE that he can make something happen at any time....I think its the most real I've ever been around. He's so fun to play with, he just has a look to him and the whole team feeds off it".

That's pretty incredible praise and belief for a 22 year old QB.

[Montana Tom]

I grew up across the street from my best friend in Billings, MT. His dad was the biggest hockey fan on the planet. And if there was a game on, and it was warm enough to have the windows open, you could hear Darryl screaming a block away. I realized last weekend just before I closed my windows that I'm now that guy.

Somehow it escaped me that you grew up in Montana...only 475 miles away from Whitefish...practically neighbors!  LOL