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Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

JJ McCarthy practices, what can he gain from playing???? (Part 3)

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Football, Sports, Nfl Draft, Nfl, Vikings, Nfl Team, Minnesota

4.7958 Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Matthew Coller talks about McCarthy returning to practice and the chance he can play against the Packers. They won't play starters so what can JJ gain from playing? 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

This episode of Purple Insider is presented by Fandul.

0:10.0

Christopher Fall Guys, Quasey, quarterback's coach, that one's tough from McCown.

0:14.7

O-line coach, maybe West Phillips, special teams, getting rid of the space.

0:19.6

Any idea of getting rid of Matt Daniels is

0:21.8

assinine I mean that to me is just like you'd be insane if they do that I'm going to wonder

0:28.3

what the hell are they thinking they have the best kicker in the entire league they have one

0:34.6

of the best punters in the league they have had developed a young kick returner who I think has a lot of talent,

0:40.5

has made some mistakes.

0:41.7

And they've made some mistakes.

0:43.1

And you're going to lead,

0:44.3

you're going to have more penalties when you return every single kick.

0:47.0

That's how it works.

0:48.3

But they've had some huge game changing plays.

0:51.8

They've been one of the best at punt coverage.

0:53.5

He develops younger players that they give him. I mean, he's had to work with a ton of undrafted free agents. To me, that would be nuts. I don't, I don't, I mean, he's got a, here's an undrafted free agent kick returner. Like, go to work. Here's four undrafted blockers. Go to work. I mean, even, like, he was, Dallas Turner was playing on that side of the ball and, and playing well at one point. I mean, I don't know. The relationship that he has with the specialists is phenomenal. And I did a story on this not too long ago. There's, to me, there's no way that that would be a good idea. But you're right to bring it up because, like, when you have a season like this and it's disappointing, there are fall guys, but I would not do that. Offensive line coach, I think, has been in a really, really tough spot. And when they had their guys, they played well. That's a tough one.

1:44.4

Offensive coordinator, I don't know.

1:46.0

That one is interesting because it just really depends on how KOC feels about the

1:51.0

operation behind the scenes.

1:52.4

Because people don't really realize what an offensive coordinator who a, who is not a

1:56.4

play caller does, but they have a lot of responsibilities in building the weekly

2:00.2

game plan.

2:01.1

So if he doesn't feel like that process was good this year, then there might be a change.

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