Carson Wentz returns to Vikings; what does it mean for JJ McCarthy?

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🗓️ 20 March 2026

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Matthew Coller talks with Manny Hill about the Minnesota Vikings re-signing Carson Wentz. Is he going to be QB2? Are the Vikings going to trade JJ McCarthy and keep Wentz as the backup quarterback or is there a serious competition between McCarthy and Murray and Wentz is just the backup? Plus, Matthew makes a schedule and Manny has to pick the wins and losses based on having Kyler Murray at quarterback for the 2026 NFL season. The Purple Insider podcast is brought to you by FanDuel. Also, check out our sponsor HIMS at https://hims.com/purpleinsider Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody, welcome to another episode of Purple Insider, presented by Fandual.
0:10.2	Matthew Collar here along with Manny Hill on this Thursday evening, where the weather has finally turned towards spring, and it's going to stay that way.
0:19.3	We've got March Madness going on, and the women's tournament is getting going, and it's going to stay that way. We've got March Madness going on and the women's tournament is getting going and
0:23.5	it's a great time of year.
0:26.4	Normally though, Manny, we're getting into this time of year and going,
0:30.5	wow, what a crazy free agency it was for the Minnesota Vikings and get a little bit
0:35.5	of a break and we could all sit back and watch some college basketball. But there really wasn't. It really wasn't at all. The Vikings got a new
0:42.9	quarterback and they picked up an RFA tackle and they needed that. And they have a new punter
0:49.4	who's kind of an old punter and I don't know is going to be as good as Ryan Wright. So,
0:53.9	you know, he can hold well, I think.
0:56.1	And there you have it.
0:57.3	Oh, and they got Carson Wentz back, which was something that was thrown out there by
1:01.7	Adam Schaefter a couple of weeks ago.
1:04.1	And I think all of us when Schaefter report it went like, oh, like, okay.
1:08.4	I mean, I guess so.
1:09.9	And today I saw a lot of attempts to make this interesting. I saw a lot of reaches to make this controversial. I saw a lot of, well, I guess they have to trade J.G. McCarthy now. And I'm here to make a declaration, Mr. Hill. It's not interesting.
1:28.2	It's not controversial.
1:29.9	It's not shocking.
1:31.5	And it will have no ripple effects whatsoever.
1:34.8	Carson Wentz is back because in two out of the four seasons that KOC has been the head coach,
1:40.5	they have ended up with QB3.
1:42.5	And you know who QB3 was?
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