Vikings TRADE UP to select J.J. McCarthy at No. 10 | Pat McAfee Draft Spectacular

Vikings TRADE UP to select J.J. McCarthy at No. 10 | Pat McAfee Draft Spectacular

and now you got a guy who I think can come in and be a legitim one on a lot of teams of Roman Dooms a big smooth almost like a basketball player out there and it’s going to win one-on-one match up the Jets were on the clock they have traded wow on this 2024 NFL draft to Minnesota was allegedly going to move up to get a quarterback is what everybody was thinking the Minnesota Vikings who just traded up one spot by giving up 129 and 157 to the New York Jets the Jets will be on the clock after this pick is announced guess who JJ McCarthy goes to the Minnesota Vikings it feels like this been chatted about since the combine even beforehand they’re not going to be able to pay Kirk if they pay Justin Jefferson Kirk’s going to leave we’re going to look at a younger quarterback JJ McCarthy is inevitably the guy that they trade up one spot to grab former hockey player winner another guy out of IMG Academy bill bich yeah again two number one picks for IMG Academy I mean that’s this is like uh you know Alabama turn them out this is unbelievable but uh you know again there’s a lot to like part of IMG I’m just saying you should get something when you look at their High School what the what coach Miller has done down there in the last six years it’s unbelievable um but anyway there’s a lot to like about McCarthy I mean this gets tough he’s a great leader uh you know he’s an alpha guy players love him his teammates love him and he makes a lot of good decisions you know he really helps your team I think he’ll work well with uh uh you know with the Vikings and you know I think uh you know coach mconnell do a great job with him and and he’s got some good players to work with especially you know Jefferson so whenever you think about JJ McCarthy’s future and he watched the film what do we see what do we like what do we not like and what is Kevin oconnell going to be able to kind of make better and take advantage of a guy who’s had success with damn near any quarterback you put in his offensive system let’s go to the yeah here he is I mean there’s not much to not like about McCarthy I mean one thing is the question is his weight you know he he weigh in at 202 and then 219 you know he’s somewhere in there you know we’d like him at 219 not 202 but again this guy’s got a quick release he can get the ball out he reads coverage as well he’s just got a lot more experience than uh and they huddled up too coach is that a big deal like I know Nick sa was talking about playing him they actually huddled and did all that and that his defense was not used to seeing it and and he plays under Center you know he isn’t in a shotgun all the time so he can handle under Center he can handle the play action passes turn his back to the quarterback uh but here he is getting the ball out quick this if you run back for a second foxy uh this is um see foxy so this is chop Robinson coming off the edge here and look at how quick McCarthy gets the ball out here I mean to get it out and have a complete and have a 10 yard gain when it when he ends essentially unblocked like that’s pretty good uh he has good ball security I I know he had the two pick sixes against TCU in a championship game uh but I would say overall like this guy it’s third and 10 you know he’s going to protect the team he’s not looking to turn the ball over and and say his ball security all down the field right there this is a second and 10 play again another quick throw now it’s third and one third and two get back on track those plays help your offense you know again taking a profit you know every play is not going to be an 80 yard touchdown you know he’s he’s good to make good completions good solid plays here he throws on the run you know puts the ball right on the money good solid 10 12 yard gain like you need those plays in the NFL now if you want to run the ball with this guy he’s a good runner and he’s tough so here he’s athletic yeah here’s the sweep you know he does a nice job of reading the hole here you know and and this is really uh a good run game decision so sarpio uh you know he’s reading the the rotation coming down to the right side here and so instead of handing the ball off or to the left side rather instead of handing the ball off here you know he sees Isaac take it pulls the ball down and then again good solid run he just makes good decisions fourth and one this is really a good play you know they run the the little roll out here and everybody’s covered he’s got nobody to throw to he’s six seven yards behind the line of scrimmage got to get the first down and makes a good run I’m not saying this guy’s a better Runner than Jaden Daniels but he just makes good decisions and is definitely good enough um here’s another second and uh second down play where he you know he’s got to read the defensive end and the rotation on the top U sorry on yeah at the top of the screen here here pulls the ball and out runs Isaac Edge burn out gets a first down so you know these are the ones you want him to hit here he’s got the crossing pattern uh should throw the over route and still he tries to you know get on the field to that flag that’s you know he got no chance on again there’s things for him to work on too but overall this this kid is a he makes a lot of good football plays yeah I think what we like about JJ here is he’s also a winner you know as you go through it I think he’s only lost like one game he beat the hell out of Ohio State and obviously uh there’s been a lot of down times in the state of Ohio because what JJ McCarthy and Jim Harbaugh did towards them the last three years wins a national championship played hockey growing up this the type of guy that you would love to see leading the program agj yeah he’s the guy that I you feel like the players love him we saw him we were out there we’re watching him he’s meditating before the game under the goal post what’s going on here the GU Barefoot doing all this I like it I’m into all that I think it’s pretty cool the guys like old School mentality old school toughness with some new age you know I I think mindfulness and seems like he uh he loves his teammates as well and takes care of the ball like bill says yeah I absolutely love JJ McCarthy Pat you mentioned he’s a winner 27-1 uh you know often times we don’t talk about that listen if you win in college granted there’s a there’s a decent chance that you’re going to have the requisite skills to go win in the NFL but I am curious coach when you look at a guy like JJ McCarthy obviously played a bunch in college do you think he’s going into Minnesota and he’s going to be the guy who’s going to going to start from the Geto obviously they signed Sam darnold a guy who you basically ripped his soul out of his body yeah exactly he saw ghost because of you um is that is that a situation where they’re expecting JJ McCarthy to come in and start right away you know I can’t speak for Coach oconnell I would just say for me I would start him when I think he’s ready if that’s week one it’s week one if it’s midseason it’s mid-season I think as a coach when you feel like he’s ready that’s when you put him in if you put them in too early you don’t want to have to take them out after week four or week five you want to wait till you know this is it this is our guy we’re going with him all the way and he’s ready enough to play at whatever point that is it might be after the second preseason game I don’t know but I I think with that position what you don’t want to do is you’re in you’re out you’re in you’re out once he’s ready you put him in then you just got to live with it might be a couple bad you know rough spots in there but you’re going to stay with them going into a great situation too you mentioned k see one with a ton of different quarterbacks they lost they didn’t do so great in those close games but him coming in with Justin Jefferson who we think they’re going to resign probably the best receiver in the league and then Jordan Addison who had a great rookie year as well and going to continue to uh you know create separations so I think he’s going into a good situation whenever he does get that start definitely five quarterbacks have been taken in the top 10 picks damn five all offense now yeah and to chalk offense 19 is the number the most amount of offensive players that have been drafted in one first round I think it was a 2021 or 2022 everybody had predicted that this year would go over the six quarterbacks in the first remember Michael penx was only like minus 130 a week ago to go into first round JJ McCarthy was having chatter about maybe he was the fourth quarterback instead he finds a perfect home in my eyes in Minnesota yeah [Music]

The Pat McAfee Show crew reacts to the Minnesota Vikings trading the 11th pick with the New York Jets for the 10th pick and selecting Michigan Wolverines QB J.J. McCarthy in the 2024 NFL Draft.

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