O’Connell has increased his use of zone-read plays, from a rate of 1.6% from 2022 to 2024 to 5.8% when McCarthy has been on the field, and he is also accommodating McCarthy’s apparent comfort on throws away from the middle of the field. Of his 66 total attempts, 46 have been targeted toward receivers outside the numbers.

The Vikings' member of the 2024 QB draft class doesn't have that same luxury as Williams. Because of his August knee injury in 2024, McCarthy didn't get a rookie season of growing pains. Instead, he's having them now.

Carvings uncovered in the Canadian Arctic may be the earliest portraits of the Vikings created in the Americas. But archaeologists have been puzzling over whether the artwork really shows the infamous seafarers.

J.J. McCarthy was a limited participant in practice Wednesday because of a bruised hand he suffered in the third quarter of the Vikings' 27-19 loss Sunday to the Ravens.

The quarterback position, obviously, is massively important. And while the Vikings have hitched their horses to J.J. McCarthy, the No. 10 overall pick from the 2024 draft, he's barely been on the field. Through Week 10 of the 2025 season, McCarthy has made four starts.

The Minnesota Vikings are in a dire position. After losing 2024 first-round quarterback J.J. McCarthy to an ankle injury after Week 2, he's finally back ... seven weeks later. And in the meantime, disaster has struck: The team sits at the bottom of the NFC North (3-4), with any playoff hopes resting on the 22-year-old's inexperienced shoulders.

Two teams looking to make playoff pushes with their starting quarterbacks finally healthy meet in Minneapolis on Sunday when the Vikings host the Ravens at U.S. Bank Stadium. The Vikings (4-4) pulled off a stunner win Week 9,

Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy didn't receive a passing grade for his Week 10 performance against the Ravens.