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Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Justin Jefferson feels he's 'close' to clicking with JJ McCarthy (Part 2)

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

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

4.7958 Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Matthew Coller talks about Justin Jefferson's latest comments about connecting with JJ McCarthy. Christian Darrisaw looks like he's going to miss another game. Emily Leiker of the Star Tribune joins to talk about evaluating the final 3 games and Snoop Dogg playing on Christmas. 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.

0:09.9

Welcome in now to the show,

0:12.1

Mani Hill,

0:12.8

and I just wanted to answer one question for the comments about the size of Sam

0:16.9

Darnold versus J.J.

0:18.1

McCarthy was a question in the comments.

0:20.2

And I'm sorry, I'm going to be

0:21.3

looking down at the game sometimes as we have this conversation. But Donald is grown up.

0:28.2

That's, yeah, he's got man strength now from shoulder to shoulder. I don't know how many

0:35.5

quarterbacks that are in the league that have as big of a chest

0:38.9

as Sam Darnold. He was recruited as a linebacker. So he's a big dude. Like whatever the height and

0:45.1

weight is not necessarily representative of the width, I guess, of Sam Darnold. And one of the

0:51.3

reasons he throws such a beautiful football is the amount of strength

0:55.3

and torque that he can create from his upper body being so strong, where J.J. McCarthy drives

1:01.9

much more from his legs as we've seen like that whole thing of the kind of drop and drive.

1:07.6

And that's why his leg kicks up. That's where he gets a lot of his velocity.

1:10.8

McCarthy is no skinny kid, not like when he was going through. drop and drive and that's why his leg kicks up. That's where he gets a lot of his velocity.

1:16.5

McCarthy is no skinny kid, not like when he was going through, you know, recovery and stuff.

1:23.6

He's, he's a pretty big kid, but it's not the same as, as being, you know, fully grown as Sam Darnold has. So, Bannie, here's my question for you as we, you know,

1:29.2

pay attention to this and we can comment on what's going on with Ram, Seahawks.

1:33.1

What a time to watch the National Football League and not be a part of these playoff races.

1:39.6

What's a better, what's a better conversation?

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