Tags, children. – While everyone else in the NFL The record harvest of First Round Field Marshals In the draft last year he launched his careers in the field, JJ McCarthy was forced to start his film study and in the training room for Minnesota vikings.
McCarthy would hardly consider that a wasted season, although the meniscus torn in his right knee made him the first quartback selected in the first round since the era of the common draft began in 1967 to not play any game as a rookie due to an injury.
His journal of gratitude helped take care of that.
“The little things that overlook and underestimated when you are healthy and you can walk, or even the ability to see. I feel that this has been a great anchor for me every morning, along with my meditation, to put a great perspective in my perspective in my days and jump my day,” said McCarthy, reflecting on the practice of practice.
McCarthy was moving in the field of inner practice on Tuesday with a group of offensive players, with a hat back and a recurring smile a session in the first phase of the low seasonal conditioning program that opened briefly to journalists. He said he feels better than before the injury in August.
“I felt that I was back at the time I began to launch. I wanted to be there and pursue him, and I always felt better than I was supposed to feel,” McCarthy said in his first interview with local media. From September 6.
The Vikings reflected in March the bold movement of bringing Aaron Rodgers, but they Finally determined To cover that as an emergency option in the future and solidify its commitment to McCarthy.
When Sam Darnold Signed with Seattle And Daniel Jones and Nick Mullens also departed in the free agency, the Vikings were left with Brett Rypien behind McCarthy. Taking into account that Rodgers made sense without any significant experience in the position, but an NFL MVP four times was not going to be a backup. The Vikings decided on an exchange by Sam Howell, who started the 17 games for Washington in 2023 and was with Seattle last season.
“Obviously, I respect Aaron Rodgers, one of the best quarterbacks I have ever played, but everything that was focusing me was that daily task, what I was doing here, what I was doing at home just to become the best player in general that I can be,” said McCarthy.
The Vikings have made significant improvements in an offensive that ended ninth in the NFL at points and 12th in yards last season, committing more than $ 53 million guaranteed to bring the right guard Will Will Ryan Kelly As free agents of Indianapolis. They sign again Aaron Jones Corridor And he acquired a young and promising support, Jordan Mason, in an exchange with San Francisco. Then they wrote the left guard Donovan Jackson in the first round last week and the open receptor Tai Felton in the third round.
Upon leaving a season of 14 wins, the Vikings are clearly in winning mode, even with a field marshal who has never taken a click in a game that counts.
“I know I am ready to start, due to all the work I put and only the confidence in my skills and skills,” said McCarthy.
Last week, coach Kevin O’Connell offered his last praise of McCarthy’s commitment to “invisible habits” to complete his rehabilitation and absorb everything he can from a strategic point of view. After losing less than 190 pounds before increasing his work in the weight room, McCarthy has returned to his ideal weight of approximately 215 pounds.
There will be immense pressure on McCarthy to succeed this season with a list ready for the championship around it. Living with an attention/hyperactivity deficit disorder since he was a child, McCarthy has found calm and confidence in chaos.
“That’s where I feel more comfortable, where the lights are the brightest, the stage is the greatest,” he said, “and I know there will be much more to come.”
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