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Kevin Seifert
Palm Beach, FLA. – The Minnesota Vikings“A free conversation with an agent Aaron Rodgers This month did not reflect any concerns the team has about the second year’s quarterback Jj mccarthyCoach Kevin O’Connell said on Monday.
In his first comments on this matter, O’Connell said, “Two things can be true at the same time.” On the one hand, he said that the team believes that McCarthy – a selection of 1024 proposal – is his quarterback of the future and is very likely to be his present. On the other hand, Rodgers’ pedigree and the interest in signing with the Vikings demanded a complete internal discussion.
“Last year, after a very extensive evaluation process, we took (McCarthy) 10. Place,” O’Connell said at the annual NFL league meeting. “We have seen many things we hoped to see from him in a short time. Unfortunately, we injured and tried to maximize as much as we could with his” redshirt “year.
McCarthy, who recovered from a torn meniscus in his right knee, became the first Quarterback selected in the first round in the modern NFL design to miss all his newcomers for injury.
O’Connell said he had maintained McCarthy’s step from Rodgers’ discussions “borders in real time” to make sure he understood why it was happening.
“The second part that can be true,” said O’Connell, “Aaron Rodgers is four times the NFL MVP and someone who, not only me, but we all had so much respect against him.
“… but I feel very strong about where (McCarthy is) right now. And on the basis of the information we have from the evaluation process, I feel very good when we project a really positive year for JJ and now we have to go to work and do it.”
CEO of Kwesi Adofo-Mnssah said last week that installation McCarthy because the team week 1 Quarterback is ”The result we want“And” the result we are heading for. “
The Vikings did not receive a Quarterback veteran, and Adofo-Minsah said he could not rule out the possibility of revising Rodgers’ discussion at the end of this year if the circumstances change.
And in fact O’Connell was not ready to name McCarthy’s starter on Monday. As he asked about the probability that McCarthy would emerge from the training camp like QB1, O’Connell explained that McCarthy would have to earn this work.
“I feel really, really positive about the path we are going to JJ in terms of development, accelerating repetitions,” O’Connell said. “And it will benefit from offseason worth repetitions from offseason program to apparently training camps and be in a competitive situation when our Quarterback room is completed.
“… I think for me as a playcaller is responsible for making sure I’m building a relationship, except that I required a standard position from JJ I think he meets and calls to meet every day. Very excited to see him doing.” ”
Meanwhile, the Vikings owner Mark Wilf said that the team was working on extending the contract for the CEO of Kwesi Adofo-Minsah, whose agreement expires after the proposal of 2026.
“We had very, very positive conversations,” Wilf said, “and that’s something we’ll continue to work on this offseason.”
The team extended O’Connell in January and left an unusual situation because Adofo-Minsah managed offseason, which included a $ 300 million shopping agent.
“Every situation is unique and I wouldn’t read anything about it,” Wilf said about O’Connell’s time.
