Hey, everybody, welcome to another episode of Purple Insider, Matthew Collar here.

And as you can probably tell, I did not leave Los Angeles, California, right after the game, so I'm still here.

But I have a lot of your fan questions to answer.

We'll also have a recap of the Green Bay Packers and

Pittsburgh Steelers game after that is over with on Sunday as well. And then I'll be back to

Minnesota to start the prep for Vikings and Detroit Lions. So a quick update. We did talk to

Kevin O'Connell again on Friday and he he said that Christian Darrasaw and

Brian O'Neill should be expected to get back against Detroit, and of course, J.J. McCarthy is ready to

start. So let's dive right into your questions. There are many following that loss to the

Chargers. So the first one comes from Bailey, says maybe it's too

early to be looking this far ahead. But what is the best, worst, and most realistic scenarios

for the team for the rest of the season? I think the best case scenario is really clear. It's that

JJ McCarthy plays well. I think best case scenario within reason is probably off the table now, which would be that McCarthy steps back in. They win eight out of ten games. They're into the playoffs. They're taking down the Packers and the Lions on the final weeks of the season. And then off you go into the postseason, the way that everybody dreamed it up at the beginning of the year.

That does not seem very realistic or within reason now.

So if we're talking about the best case scenario that actually has a chance to happen,

I think we just start with the idea that J.J. McCarthy could get into the game and play well down the stretch.

Now, that might not be in the first game that he's going to play against Detroit, that he

looks like the next franchise quarterback. But with 10 games left to go, the idea would be

develop, get better, and that by the end of the season, you have a pretty good sense that you're

comfortable going into 2026 with J.J. McCarthy. All the rest doesn't really matter that much. If the

defense doesn't play that well and J.J. McCarthy does, that's okay at this point. You have to

accept that as a potential result. If they do play well and they can

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