This episode of Purple Insider is presented by Fandul.

Northern Prizes just want to see McCarthy play good or bad.

Absolutely.

I mean, finding out what you have is so interesting in football.

And I haven't written off the idea that the Vikings can get hot

with McCarthy and turn a corner and be a good team. I mean, I've just continued to bring up

that Broncos team from last year, but it's the same kind of circumstance. It's an inexperienced

quarterback, a lot of talent on the roster, a good coach, and the quarterback finds it and they play

really well and they get hot down the stretch and they make the playoffs. It happens in the NFL

pretty often where we don't know all the answers to the test after six weeks and after a, you

know, a three and three record. Like that happens a lot in the NFL where things turn one way or the other.

And when you're talking about a different quarterback,

it can always turn in one way or the other.

But I think what the problem with a lot of folks had,

just from an entertainment standpoint and an intrigue standpoint,

and the finding out part

was the possibility even that Carson Wentz could play well enough to be the starting

quarterback and that it could become a locker room thing and everything else.

Like he would have to throw for 500 yards for that.

I mean, I think that after the Philly game, everybody was like, all right, we're on the same page. Like, this guy can beat the bad teams. He's going to lose probably to a lot of the good teams and end up eight and nine. And that's the ceiling for this. And then that's a backup quarterback. Good job, Carson. But there was no magic surprise.

Whoa, it's Sam Darnold again.

He's going to win 14 games.

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