More McCarthy love.....

[MaroonBells]

This is an interesting quote from Kevin O'Connell. When asked when he'll know McCarthy is ready, he responded...

"When the challenges he already faces as an NFL quarterback won't be magnified by his inexperience."

Well of course, right? It seems like an obvious answer. But it's shocking to me how many NFL teams have and continue to throw kids into the fire before they're ready.

[MaroonBells]

The Purple Persuasion @TPPSkol
The #Vikings "would be far from disappointed" if J.J. McCarthy spends most, if not all, of his rookie season on the sideline, per @SeifertESPN

"It's inevitable that McCarthy, the No. 10 overall pick in the draft, will one day ascend to the starting job. But Sam Darnold is the clear No. 1 QB entering training camp, making the question less about whether McCarthy will overtake him by Week 1 and more about when -- or if -- he will get on the field as a rookie. There is a general sense that top-10 picks should play right away... The Vikings have been careful to keep their plan for McCarthy as open-ended as possible. They're not ruling him out of a training camp competition, but they also would be far from disappointed if he spends most of his rookie season on the sideline."

[purplefaithful]

Vikings rookie QB J.J. McCarthy is becoming a master of meditation

Quarterback J.J. McCarthy begins and ends each day by meditating, a practice developed after a period of depression while at boarding school during COVID.


At 21 years of age, Vikings rookie J.J. McCarthy is but a mere pup as an NFL player and human being. But his offensive coordinator, Wes Phillips, doesn't seem the least bit concerned about the young quarterback's ability to handle anything the Vikings and the league will throw at him.

"He's very into the mental side of just life, not only in football, but it carries over to the games," Phillips said after Friday's light training camp practice at TCO Performance Center. "The meditation, the different things. He's got the Vitruvian Man tattooed on his arm, so he's a big da Vinci fan.

"He's an interesting guy for a 21-year-old guy. He's into some things that I'm into as well."

McCarthy, the highest-drafted quarterback in Vikings history at 10th overall, has spent the first three days of training camp working with the second unit. He's had some ups and some downs, but has bounced right back each time with something positive, according to Phillips, and is on schedule to get some first-team reps at a point in camp that Phillips wasn't willing to share Friday.

To outsiders, it doesn't appear McCarthy has experienced much adversity. His lifetime record as a starting quarterback is 61-3, going 26-2 with a state title at Nazareth Academy in La Grange Park, Ill., 8-0 at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., and 27-1 at Michigan, including a 15-0 mark while winning the national championship last season.

McCarthy, however, said he turned to meditation during an adverse period as a senior at IMG.

"It was during COVID, and I went through a period of depression," he said. "I was just in a really dark spot. I had a blessed upbringing. I didn't really know what depression and anxiety was all about. And going through that alone and being isolated at a boarding school, I didn't have too many resources to help me out with mental health.

"I started looking up things to promote better mental health and meditation was the first thing that popped up. I started learning about it, studying it, researching it. I never really got anywhere until I started practicing it, and once I started doing it over a period of time I started experiencing the benefits. Now, I'll have a period of one week when I don't do it and I experience how I feel without it. So now I won't go a day without it."

McCarthy said he starts each day with meditation. Then he hops into a Shiftwave chair, a nervous system training device that applies pulsed pressure waves to the body, "restoring users to optimal readiness, rebalancing the nervous systems, and reducing pain," according to the company's website.

"And I finish my day with meditation," McCarthy said. "It keeps me in the present moment. Helps me be self-aware so I can just learn so much about myself that my ego might be trying to defend. There's so many different worlds you can get into with the practice of meditation. It's one that I align with very heavily."

https://www.startribune.com/vikings-trai...600386592/

[StickierBuns]

McCarthy held a presser yesterday, its obvious how much he's loving the Viking's organization. He's getting more and more comfortable, even mentioning that Wes Phillips has great hair, lol. Said he feels like he's been in Minnesota for a year already.

[MaroonBells]

McCarthy said he starts each day with meditation. Then he hops into a Shiftwave chair, a nervous system training device that applies pulsed pressure waves to the body, "restoring users to optimal readiness, rebalancing the nervous systems, and reducing pain," according to the company's website.

$10,500 if anyone's interested.

[NorseFeathers]

MaroonBells wrote

         $10,500 if anyone's interested.

Unless you're being quoted on the homepage of Shiftwave's website.

"I felt the effects of Shiftwave in high pressure moments. 4-minutes to go in the Rose Bowl, my mind was clear, my heart was steady, and I was ready to seize the moment.
We had to score."
~ J.J. McCarthy

[purplefaithful]

McCarthy held a presser yesterday, its obvious how much he's loving the Viking's organization. He's getting more and more comfortable, even mentioning that Wes Phillips has great hair, lol. Said he feels like he's been in Minnesota for a year already.

The kid hasn't stepped in a turd @ the podium yet...

https://youtu.be/JDa2G4Ie-cE?si=YogLcHWtdsr2Vh4f

[FLVike]

$10,500 if anyone's interested.

Here's hoping they fly off the shelves after this season.

[MAD GAINZ]

McCarthy was cooking in the red zone period. He went 4 for 5 in that setting, with touchdown passes to Nailor, Lucky Jackson, and Trey Knox. The fourth completion was a dump-off to Kene Nwangwu that may or may not have resulted in a score if tackling were in play. The lone incompletion was a ball that was too hot and a bit too high for Sammis Reyes. Overall, McCarthy looked smooth, decisive, and accurate during the red zone work.

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McCarthy was cooking in the red zone period. He went 4 for 5 in that setting, with touchdown passes to Nailor, Lucky Jackson, and Trey Knox. The fourth completion was a dump-off to Kene Nwangwu that may or may not have resulted in a score if tackling were in play. The lone incompletion was a ball that was too hot and a bit too high for Sammis Reyes. Overall, McCarthy looked smooth, decisive, and accurate during the red zone work.

When the Vikings went back to 11-on-11 work, McCarthy had a rookie moment when he was late trying to fit a ball into a tight window with two defenders in the area. Theo Jackson seemed to read it all the way and jumped the route for a pick.

Both Darnold and McCarthy have had their good moments and their bad ones as they've tried to deal with the relentless pressure and complex coverage looks that Brian Flores presents to them. But if you're declaring a winner of each day, Darnold took Day 1 and McCarthy gets each of the last two.

I like reading this about both our QBs.

BOOM

[StickierBuns]

McCarthy was cooking in the red zone period. He went 4 for 5 in that setting, with touchdown passes to Nailor, Lucky Jackson, and Trey Knox. The fourth completion was a dump-off to Kene Nwangwu that may or may not have resulted in a score if tackling were in play. The lone incompletion was a ball that was too hot and a bit too high for Sammis Reyes. Overall, McCarthy looked smooth, decisive, and accurate during the red zone work.

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When the Vikings went back to 11-on-11 work, McCarthy had a rookie moment when he was late trying to fit a ball into a tight window with two defenders in the area. Theo Jackson seemed to read it all the way and jumped the route for a pick.

Both Darnold and McCarthy have had their good moments and their bad ones as they've tried to deal with the relentless pressure and complex coverage looks that Brian Flores presents to them. But if you're declaring a winner of each day, Darnold took Day 1 and McCarthy gets each of the last two.

I like reading this about both our QBs.

BOOM

McCarthy will learn. He will get better. If Minnesota can stick to keeping him off the field for most of this year, I think the team will have its answer at the position.

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McCarthy will learn. He will get better. If Minnesota can stick to keeping him off the field for most of this year, I think the team will have its answer at the position.

Yet there's this:

The Purple Persuasion
@TPPSkol
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For the second straight day, #Vikings rookie QB J.J. McCarthy has outperformed veteran QB Sam Darnold and looked “more impressive of the two”, per
@WillRagatz
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