Vikings camp Day 6: McCarthy's toughest day so far (Part 1)

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🗓️ 30 July 2025

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Matthew Coller talks about the Vikings practice on Tuesday, which was a tough one for JJ McCarthy and a vet day for other players. Who else stood out? Plus what KOC had to say.

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody, welcome to another episode of Purple Insider.
0:09.2	Matthew Collar here.
0:10.5	And we have a monumental moment in the growth and development of Minnesota Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy. Yes, this is one thing that all
0:23.2	great quarterbacks must have in their life. They must go through this. They must get to the other
0:30.7	side. They must battle through the difficult training camp practice. Oh, yes, yes, friends, it happened today.
0:40.8	We knew it was bound to happen to J.J. McCarthy that he would not go through an entire NFL
0:48.4	training camp where he had great day after great day every single afternoon going out there and lighting up
0:56.4	the Minnesota Vikings defense laser shows every day out there at TCO Performance Center.
1:03.0	No, it was bound to happen that J.J. McCarthy did not on Tuesday, July 29th.
1:10.5	Write it down as the day that it finally happened as him QB1.
1:15.9	It wasn't a very sharp practice for J.J. McCarthy.
1:19.8	So here's what I'm going to do.
1:21.1	I'm going to take you through what happened today out at practice.
1:24.5	And then we got Kevin O'Connell at the podium.
1:27.2	Had some interesting things to say.
1:29.2	And Jonathan Allen stopped and talked with a couple of us and, of course, your questions.
1:34.7	And I've got a conversation with Amad Hicks from Fox 9 as well. But here's how it went down for
1:42.4	JJ McCarthy's first tough practice, which obviously I'm looking at trades.
1:47.4	Can you move him for Aaron Roger? No, I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. But yeah, it was a
1:54.7	difficult practice. And the way that it started out was okay. Their first run through 11 on 11s.
1:59.9	But what they decided to do was today
2:02.7	situational stuff. Now, keep in mind that they were in shells today and it was not a full
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