Hey, everybody, welcome to another Minnesota Vikings postgame show here on Purple Insider from the US Bank Stadium Press Box.

The show is always presented by Fanduel, Matthew Collar, along with Dane Mizatani of the Pioneer Press,

and we have just witnessed

the Vikings fall to the Chicago Bears 19 to 17 in a game that we all regret. So let's start

off with talking about the number one subject here, and then we can get into the details. But that,

of course, is the performance of J.J. McCarthy, which at one point started to wonder,

is it at all possible that Kevin O'Connell could go to Max Brosmer? Because there were so many

struggles from McCarthy when it came to accuracy. The general operation of each play

turnovers had a couple of interceptions today, both of them being pretty

regrettable for one reason or another. And then McCarthy didn't get a whole lot of help from his

wide receivers in the form of drops. And just when you think you are completely out on J.J. McCarthy,

he comes up with a great fourth quarter drive to give the Vikings the lead. They allow a 56-yard

kick return. Cairo Santos puts it through the goalposts. And the result was actually kind of right

because the Bears outplayed the Vikings. But when it came to McCarthy, he came out in his post-game

press conference. And I believed he started it by saying, quote, I absolutely sucked. So I think that any critiques of McCarthy on this podcast are

probably not as harsh as the ones that he is giving it to himself after that. Following up the

Baltimore Ravens game, playing a defense that came in 28th in the league, an offensive line performance

that gave him all sorts of time to throw today. I thought that, Dane, this was about the biggest

nightmare of not only J.J. McCarthy, but the Vikings organization. The wide receivers,

again, deserving of some criticism today, and we'll get there.

But you wanted to see him bounce back.

You wanted to see him look more comfortable.

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