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

along with Dane Mizetani of the Pioneer Press,

and we just walked off the field at TCO Performance Center

after watching about an hour and a half

of J.J. McCarthy intensely throwing footballs.

That's pretty much what rookie mini camp is,

is the quarterback throwing the football around.

There's not pads, there's not contact.

In fact, Kevin O'Connell said they have a rule that they don't want

anyone to land on the ground at any point, which is quite different from

actual football. However, that will not stop us from having takeaways from J.J. McCarthy and we also spoke with

O'Connell and McCarthy after practice so we have a lot to say about that. But I

will give the floor to you Mr. Mizet, why don't you tell me first, just your immediate impression.

I mean, there will never be a second time we get to see J.J. McCarthy for the first time.

It's a special day.

Yeah, how lucky are we?

That we get to sit here in the room at TCO Performance Center

and talk about a guy who could end up being

the starting quarterback for a decade, maybe two decades, maybe 10 Super Bowls, who knows.

But we'll always remember this day.

What I'll remember first is he's bigger than I thought.

Like I get it, he's listed six, three.

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