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Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

What's next for the Vikings after JJ McCarthy injury? A roundtable

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

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

4.7958 Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Matthew Coller talks with Manny Hill and Brian Murphy about the next steps for the Vikings following JJ McCarthy's injury. Do we think Carson Wentz can pull a Sam Darnold. The Purple Insider podcast is brought to you by FanDuel. 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

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

0:09.7

And this is another roundtable, Matthew Collar, Mani Hill and Brian Murphy.

0:16.1

We will be here every Monday night, no matter who the starting quarterback on Sunday is or was.

0:23.3

And that is what we will be reacting to here this evening along with talking about what is next for the Minnesota Vikings as they get ready to play the Cincinnati Bengals with Carson Wentz at quarterback.

0:36.6

So why don't we just begin this way with Manny?

0:39.7

You are a historian of the Minnesota Vikings. So I feel like you can appreciate how often this

0:47.2

has happened to the Vikings that they have a promising young quarterback and something goes

0:52.3

sideways and it ends up with a journeyman as their

0:55.6

starter and only God knows what is coming next. So, Mani, give me your reaction to J.J. McCarthy

1:03.3

spraining high sprain for his ankle. And now it is Carson Wentz time in Minnesota.

1:11.3

That's crazy, man.

1:12.5

It just feels like this never fails with this position and this franchise.

1:18.7

It's like they just can't escape it.

1:21.0

They can't get away from it.

1:23.5

You think about, you go all the way back to Brad Johnson getting injured one year and

1:30.1

Randall Cunningham having to come in and play for him.

1:35.1

I think it was 97 and then 98, Brad Johnson got hurt again.

1:39.4

Randall Cunningham came in and actually played great and obviously they had the big year,

1:45.5

the 15 and one year with Randy Moss moss and everything um then you think about dante getting hurt in 2005 then you go to teddy

1:52.7

bridgewater in 2016 i mean it's just it just seems never ending and the guy that replaced

1:59.9

teddy bridgewater sam bradford the next year

2:02.1

having a great game against the new Orleans Saints to start the season and then all of a sudden

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